State Rankings for 1999 Patent Activity
Source: Science & Engineering State Profiles: 1998-99
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State
1999 Patents Issued to State Residents
Patents Rank
1999 Civilian Workforce (000s)
Workforce Rank
1999 Patents/ Civilian Worker
Patents/Worker Rank
1999 Doctoral Scientists & Engineers
Doctoral S&E Rank
1999 Patents/ Doctoral S&E
Patents/S&E Rank
1998 Total R&D Performance ($ millions)
R&D Performance Rank
1998 R&D $/ 1999 Patents
R&D $/ Patent Rank
AK
53
50
315
50
0.000168
47
1,330
49
0.0398
48
133
48
2,509.43
33
AL
405
35
2,145
23
0.000189
44
6,850
27
0.0591
41
1,926
26
4,755.56
46
AR
188
41
1,222
34
0.000154
49
3,120
37
0.0603
40
283
43
1,505.32
12
AZ
1,497
18
2,364
21
0.000633
13
8,150
26
0.1837
6
2,318
25
1,548.43
14
CA
16,774
1
16,586
1
0.001011
6
86,780
1
0.1933
5
43,919
1
2,618.28
35
CO
1,812
13
2,264
22
0.000800
10
13,540
16
0.1338
18
4,565
14
2,519.32
34
CT
1,794
14
1,692
28
0.001060
4
10,790
19
0.1663
10
3,559
17
1,983.84
24
DC
55
49
282
51
0.000195
43
14,220
15
0.0039
52
2,606
20
47,381.82
51
DE
417
34
389
47
0.001072
3
4,390
34
0.0950
30
2,556
21
6,129.50
48
FL
2,600
11
7,366
4
0.000353
28
17,540
13
0.1482
13
4,773
13
1,835.77
20
GA
1,320
20
4,088
10
0.000323
30
12,280
18
0.1075
25
2,492
24
1,887.88
21
HI
83
46
595
43
0.000139
51
2,660
40
0.0312
50
242
44
2,915.66
39
IA
745
26
1,574
30
0.000473
24
5,040
31
0.1478
14
1,054
34
1,414.77
8
ID
1,224
21
655
42
0.001869
1
2,350
44
0.5209
1
1,127
33
920.75
3
IL
3,736
6
6,385
5
0.000585
19
24,560
7
0.1521
12
8,830
7
2,363.49
32
IN
1,439
19
3,078
14
0.000468
25
10,040
21
0.1433
16
3,089
18
2,146.63
28
KS
433
33
1,434
31
0.000302
33
4,220
35
0.1026
27
1,518
30
3,505.77
41
KY
452
32
1,970
25
0.000229
39
4,920
33
0.0919
32
645
36
1,426.99
9
LA
483
31
2,052
24
0.000235
38
6,200
28
0.0779
35
542
38
1,122.15
5
MA
3,521
8
3,278
13
0.001074
2
29,730
4
0.1184
23
13,382
4
3,800.62
43
MD
1,510
17
2,766
19
0.000546
22
24,950
6
0.0605
39
8,019
10
5,310.60
47
ME
121
45
672
40
0.000180
46
2,570
42
0.0471
46
159
47
1,314.05
7
MI
3,682
7
5,136
8
0.000717
11
18,300
11
0.2012
4
13,655
2
3,708.58
42
MN
2,650
10
2,699
20
0.000982
7
12,480
17
0.2123
3
3,818
16
1,440.75
10
MO
931
24
2,847
17
0.000327
29
10,430
20
0.0893
33
1,868
28
2,006.44
25
MS
188
41
1,270
33
0.000148
50
3,500
36
0.0537
45
366
41
1,946.81
23
MT
125
44
474
45
0.000264
37
1,940
47
0.0644
36
191
45
1,528.00
13
NC
1,731
15
3,874
11
0.000447
26
17,700
12
0.0978
29
4,560
15
2,634.32
36
ND
67
47
337
48
0.000199
41
1,430
48
0.0469
47
119
49
1,776.12
18
NE
191
40
911
37
0.000210
40
2,980
38
0.0641
37
315
42
1,649.21
15
NH
651
28
666
41
0.000977
8
2,610
41
0.2494
2
1,340
32
2,058.37
26
NJ
3,988
4
4,207
9
0.000948
9
24,490
8
0.1628
11
11,368
5
2,850.55
38
NM
339
37
810
39
0.000419
27
8,860
24
0.0383
49
3,032
19
8,943.95
50
NV
295
38
942
36
0.000313
31
2,180
45
0.1353
17
571
37
1,935.59
22
NY
6,108
2
8,883
3
0.000688
12
47,460
2
0.1287
21
13,514
3
2,212.51
30
OH
3,362
9
5,749
7
0.000585
19
22,980
9
0.1463
15
6,970
11
2,073.17
27
OK
496
30
1,648
29
0.000301
34
5,030
32
0.0986
28
513
39
1,034.27
4
OR
1,097
22
1,760
27
0.000623
16
8,240
25
0.1331
20
1,910
27
1,741.11
16
PA
3,753
5
5,969
6
0.000629
14
28,110
5
0.1335
19
8,762
8
2,334.67
31
PR
24
52
1,302
32
0.000018
52
1,320
50
0.0182
51
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RI
261
39
504
44
0.000518
23
2,980
38
0.0876
34
1,677
29
6,425.29
49
SC
563
29
1,962
26
0.000287
36
5,360
30
0.1050
26
989
35
1,756.66
17
SD
66
48
400
46
0.000165
48
1,150
51
0.0574
42
60
51
909.09
2
TN
855
25
2,819
18
0.000303
32
9,220
23
0.0927
31
2,503
22
2,927.49
40
TX
6,051
3
10,206
2
0.000593
18
35,510
3
0.1704
8
10,774
6
1,780.53
19
UT
678
27
1,084
35
0.000625
15
5,500
29
0.1233
22
1,495
31
2,205.01
29
VA
1,043
23
3,522
12
0.000296
35
18,960
10
0.0550
43
4,934
12
4,730.58
45
VT
340
36
336
49
0.001012
5
2,020
46
0.1683
9
175
46
514.71
1
WA
1,827
12
3,076
15
0.000594
17
15,620
14
0.1170
24
8,466
9
4,633.83
44
WI
1,676
16
2,892
16
0.000580
21
9,740
22
0.1721
7
2,501
23
1,492.24
11
WV
149
43
817
38
0.000182
45
2,440
43
0.0611
38
421
40
2,825.50
37
WY
52
51
262
52
0.000198
42
960
52
0.0542
44
65
50
1,250.00
6
USA
83,901
140,536
0.000597
625,770
0.1341
214,668
0.00
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