Industrial R&D performance by State, 1999–2003
Ranked by Percent Change over Five-year Period

Source: Survey of Industrial Research and Development: 2003, National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf06305/

Note: All R&D is in millions of dollars.

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State
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Change in Dollar
Amount 1999-03
% Change 1999-03
$ Total
Rank
$ Total
Rank
$ Total
Rank
$ Total
Rank
$ Total
Rank
16
Alabama
823
33
821
32
905
31
846
32
999
30
176
21.39
50
Alaska
82
48
48
50
68
50
51
50
36
51
-46
-56.10
14
Arizona
2,109
20
2,182
20
2,707
19
3,201
17
2,605
21
496
23.52
40
Arkansas
326
41
400
38
254
41
225
43
270
42
-56
-17.18
15
California
38,169
1
45,455
1
44,628
1
42,177
1
47,142
1
8,973
23.51
25
Colorado
3,266
15
3,143
15
3,082
17
2,823
19
3,544
17
278
8.51
8
Connecticut
4,145
11
4,132
12
4,686
11
6,077
11
5,834
11
1,689
40.75
31
Delaware
1,295
28
1,468
25
1,232
27
1,219
26
1,298
27
3
0.23
39
District of Columbia
268
42
196
45
242
43
194
45
235
43
-33
-12.31
36
Florida
3,482
14
3,773
14
3,755
14
3,707
14
3,181
18
-301
-8.64
24
Georgia
1,904
22
2,159
21
1,912
22
2,107
22
2,108
22
204
10.71
5
Hawaii
68
49
93
46
93
47
103
47
133
47
65
95.59
47
Idaho
1,239
29
1,363
26
884
32
992
31
745
34
-494
-39.87
29
Illinois
8,102
7
8,393
8
8,232
9
7,616
8
8,319
8
217
2.68
12
Indiana
2,863
16
2,888
16
3,583
16
3,572
16
3,658
16
795
27.77
21
Iowa
730
35
762
33
817
33
753
33
833
33
103
14.11
20
Kansas
1,448
24
1,327
27
1,299
26
1,427
24
1,675
24
227
15.68
42
Kentucky
777
34
762
34
636
34
656
34
601
35
-176
-22.65
48
Louisiana
516
37
364
40
316
38
248
42
295
41
-221
-42.83
33
Maine
208
45
255
43
249
42
250
41
200
46
-8
-3.85
4
Maryland
2,020
21
2,213
19
3,682
15
3,800
13
3,998
15
1,978
97.92
22
Massachusetts
9,781
5
10,857
4
11,756
3
10,609
5
11,094
4
1,313
13.42
38
Michigan
16,877
2
17,489
2
14,283
2
13,565
2
15,241
2
-1,636
-9.69
9
Minnesota
3,695
13
3,971
13
4,355
13
4,460
12
5,003
12
1,308
35.40
1
Mississippi
224
43
242
44
219
45
224
44
1,021
29
797
355.80
27
Missouri
1,664
23
1,978
22
1,792
23
1,592
23
1,742
23
78
4.69
43
Montana
92
47
78
49
70
49
66
48
65
49
-27
-29.35
6
Nebraska
217
44
335
41
306
39
342
36
363
38
146
67.28
41
Nevada
490
38
433
37
290
40
339
37
383
37
-107
-21.84
19
New Hampshire
1,157
30
722
35
1,339
25
1,153
27
1,349
26
192
16.59
23
New Jersey
10,145
4
10,580
5
10,164
5
11,566
3
11,401
3
1,256
12.38
51
New Mexico
1,352
26
1,203
28
231
44
331
38
349
40
-1,003
-74.19
44
New York
12,260
3
11,622
3
10,884
4
9,234
6
8,556
7
-3,704
-30.21
18
North Carolina
3,754
12
4,535
11
4,437
12
3,704
15
4,424
13
670
17.85
2
North Dakota
95
46
83
48
347
36
154
46
216
45
121
127.37
34
Ohio
6,531
10
6,245
10
6,694
10
6,230
10
6,260
10
-271
-4.15
30
Oklahoma
562
36
463
36
543
35
412
35
577
36
15
2.67
3
Oregon
1,408
25
1,533
24
2,677
20
2,320
21
2,973
19
1,565
111.15
35
Pennsylvania
7,474
8
8,473
7
8,967
7
7,064
9
7,091
9
-383
-5.12
37
Rhode Island
1,317
27
1,167
29
1,134
29
1,121
28
1,203
28
-114
-8.66
26
South Carolina
922
32
1,059
31
921
30
1,054
30
976
32
54
5.86
10
South Dakota
57
51
89
47
87
48
53
49
75
48
18
31.58
45
Tennessee
2,205
18
1,644
23
1,503
24
1,289
25
1,507
25
-698
-31.66
13
Texas
8,661
6
10,048
6
9,839
6
10,744
4
11,057
5
2,396
27.66
32
Utah
1,028
31
1,063
30
1,173
28
1,116
29
996
31
-32
-3.11
28
Vermont
346
40
389
39
339
37
286
39
360
39
14
4.05
7
Virginia
2,662
17
2,683
17
2,957
18
2,920
18
4,152
14
1,490
55.97
11
Washington
7,093
9
8,235
9
8,933
8
8,579
7
9,222
6
2,129
30.02
46
West Virginia
351
39
329
42
211
46
264
40
219
44
-132
-37.61
17
Wisconsin
2,194
19
2,415
18
2,469
21
2,649
20
2,623
20
429
19.55
49
Wyoming
65
50
37
51
28
51
21
51
37
50
-28
-43.08
  U.S. Total
184,129
201,962
202,017
193,868
204,004
19,875
10.79

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