Federal R&D Obligations to Universities and Colleges by State, FY 2000–2004

Source: Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions, FY 2004, Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Science Foundation, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07316/ (Table 5)

Note: Total includes American Samoa, Guam, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands. Dollars are in thousands.

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	2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		5-Year Change
State	$	Rank	$	Rank	$	Rank	$	Rank	$	Rank	%	Rank
Alabama	280,642	20	311,538	19	361,373	19	343,766	21	326,075	22	16.2	50
Alaska	50,961	43	72,694	40	70,385	42	74,250	43	77,972	42	53	7
Arizona	214,768	25	226,765	26	249,994	25	260,208	26	290,624	24	35.3	33
Arkansas	64,331	39	68,234	42	73,232	41	75,952	41	83,045	40	29.1	42
California	2,517,086	1	2,697,229	1	2,951,472	1	3,193,421	1	3,458,540	1	37.4	26
Colorado	441,435	12	476,803	13	494,898	14	523,145	14	569,159	12	28.9	43
Connecticut	330,699	17	360,442	17	405,423	17	439,972	17	460,469	17	39.2	22
Delaware	46,158	45	44,173	46	54,152	47	67,016	45	59,642	47	29.2	41
District of Columbia	161,206	28	204,379	27	205,656	28	172,342	30	188,247	29	16.8	49
Florida	415,928	13	483,123	12	531,146	12	541,132	13	535,443	14	28.7	44
Georgia	340,688	16	398,573	15	445,152	15	483,676	15	508,349	15	49.2	9
Hawaii	81,332	37	101,153	36	132,132	33	146,697	33	169,376	32	108.3	1
Idaho	28,560	49	27,900	50	35,758	49	42,471	49	38,222	49	33.8	36
Illinois	617,106	8	713,052	8	745,840	8	875,051	8	893,052	8	44.7	14
Indiana	248,253	22	267,126	23	283,542	23	307,368	23	335,397	21	35.1	34
Iowa	194,940	26	234,135	25	243,288	26	255,717	27	274,304	26	40.7	19
Kansas	96,928	35	126,346	34	115,422	36	131,630	35	132,237	36	36.4	29
Kentucky	112,669	33	136,101	32	153,054	30	186,334	29	181,254	30	60.9	5
Louisiana	141,723	29	144,601	29	177,833	29	202,832	28	210,720	28	48.9	11
Maine	25,228	50	27,491	51	25,480	50	30,326	50	25,604	51	1.5	52
Maryland	1,051,387	4	1,122,508	5	1,296,852	4	1,294,617	5	1,382,909	4	31.5	38
Massachusetts	998,935	5	1,072,847	6	1,147,940	6	1,220,700	6	1,342,045	6	34.4	35
Michigan	532,619	9	606,597	9	638,682	9	714,343	9	729,710	9	37	27
Minnesota	279,295	21	277,441	22	296,241	22	316,924	22	335,851	20	20.3	47
Mississippi	116,722	32	127,392	33	147,541	31	147,875	32	162,127	34	38.9	23
Missouri	403,780	14	439,070	14	510,129	13	550,507	12	539,541	13	33.6	37
Montana	47,095	44	64,636	43	57,210	45	75,051	42	68,158	44	44.7	14
Nebraska	62,822	40	86,662	38	91,398	39	105,520	39	116,334	37	85.2	2
Nevada	54,548	42	57,590	44	60,070	43	73,725	44	74,107	43	35.9	31
New Hampshire	98,809	34	118,743	35	125,781	35	139,984	34	141,066	35	42.8	17
New Jersey	285,633	19	290,759	20	319,593	21	362,230	20	301,721	23	5.6	51
New Mexico	120,935	31	136,866	31	131,066	34	125,084	36	169,542	31	40.2	20
New York	1,410,518	2	1,580,912	2	1,682,187	2	1,857,646	2	1,948,714	2	38.2	24
North Carolina	636,881	7	766,285	7	841,951	7	938,818	7	948,086	7	48.9	10
North Dakota	33,133	48	35,275	48	45,825	48	58,392	47	60,136	46	81.5	3
Ohio	495,168	10	542,781	10	594,046	10	603,563	11	672,900	10	35.9	30
Oklahoma	74,315	38	80,105	39	102,234	38	114,872	37	105,192	39	41.6	18
Oregon	224,744	24	251,112	24	261,171	24	288,553	24	286,895	25	27.7	45
Pennsylvania	1,082,830	3	1,239,294	3	1,378,756	3	1,417,348	3	1,489,570	3	37.6	25
Puerto Rico	45,450	46	52,648	45	57,302	44	61,445	46	67,293	45	48.1	12
Rhode Island	86,536	36	92,988	37	104,329	37	114,025	38	112,695	38	30.2	40
South Carolina	121,398	30	144,460	30	147,193	32	167,329	31	165,703	33	36.5	28
South Dakota	21,590	51	22,503	52	20,898	51	28,047	51	33,206	50	53.8	6
Tennessee	236,778	23	287,048	21	339,492	20	372,788	19	411,875	19	73.9	4
Texas	958,185	6	1,147,752	4	1,222,324	5	1,385,229	4	1,342,911	5	40.2	21
Utah	183,107	27	189,282	28	230,906	27	260,661	25	240,067	27	31.1	39
Vermont	56,766	41	69,034	41	75,235	40	84,524	40	81,709	41	43.9	16
Virginia	289,503	18	356,664	18	377,659	18	397,947	18	441,042	18	52.3	8
Washington	444,763	11	535,764	11	584,402	11	628,324	10	652,589	11	46.7	13
West Virginia	42,748	47	43,771	47	54,185	46	42,532	48	53,995	48	26.3	46
Wisconsin	355,986	15	392,093	16	432,200	16	471,861	16	482,815	16	35.6	32
Wyoming	20,501	52	32,058	49	18,212	52	23,437	52	24,481	52	19.4	48
U.S. Total	17,289,808		19,390,159		21,154,646		22,804,253		23,810,839		37.7

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