Federal R&D Obligations Per Capita 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)
• U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates, http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html

Note: Dollars are in thousands in each "Federal R&D Obligations" column.

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State	2000			2001			2002			2003			2004			5-Year Change per Capita
	$ Federal R&D Obligations	$ Federal R&D Obligations per Capita	Rank	$ Federal R&D Obligations	$ Federal R&D Obligations per Capita	Rank	$ Federal R&D Obligations	$ Federal R&D Obligations per Capita	Rank	$ Federal R&D Obligations	$ Federal R&D Obligations per Capita	Rank	$ Federal R&D Obligations	$ Federal R&D Obligations per Capita	Rank	% Change	Rank
Alabama	280,642	63.03	22	311,538	69.75	23	361,373	80.71	19	343,766	76.48	24	326,075	72.18	25	14.5	50
Alaska	50,961	81.21	10	72,694	114.98	4	70,385	109.88	8	74,250	114.63	9	77,972	118.71	9	46.2	8
Arizona	214,768	41.57	31	226,765	42.78	39	249,994	45.91	37	260,208	46.61	39	290,624	50.58	37	21.7	42
Arkansas	64,331	24.02	47	68,234	25.35	47	73,232	27.06	49	75,952	27.89	49	83,045	30.23	47	25.9	37
California	2,517,086	74.01	15	2,697,229	78.07	17	2,951,472	84.27	17	3,193,421	90.04	18	3,458,540	96.50	16	30.4	33
Colorado	441,435	102.01	4	476,803	107.67	6	494,898	109.97	7	523,145	115.08	7	569,159	123.77	7	21.3	44
Connecticut	330,699	96.91	5	360,442	104.99	7	405,423	117.24	5	439,972	126.34	5	460,469	131.79	5	36.0	23
Delaware	46,158	58.69	23	44,173	55.53	28	54,152	67.22	24	67,016	82.04	21	59,642	71.97	26	22.6	40
Florida	415,928	25.91	46	483,123	29.54	45	531,146	31.84	44	541,132	31.87	47	535,443	30.83	46	19.0	45
Georgia	340,688	41.39	34	398,573	47.31	35	445,152	51.77	34	483,676	55.28	32	508,349	56.89	34	37.4	18
Hawaii	81,332	67.10	17	101,153	82.82	13	132,132	107.14	9	146,697	117.77	6	169,376	134.50	4	100.4	1
Idaho	28,560	21.97	49	27,900	21.11	51	35,758	26.60	50	42,471	31.06	48	38,222	27.41	50	24.7	39
Illinois	617,106	49.60	28	713,052	56.93	26	745,840	59.22	27	875,051	69.18	26	893,052	70.24	27	41.6	11
Indiana	248,253	40.75	36	267,126	43.60	38	283,542	46.07	36	307,368	49.64	36	335,397	53.89	36	32.3	30
Iowa	194,940	66.56	18	234,135	79.85	16	243,288	82.88	18	255,717	86.92	19	274,304	92.87	19	39.5	16
Kansas	96,928	35.99	39	126,346	46.75	36	115,422	42.52	38	131,630	48.27	37	132,237	48.29	39	34.2	27
Kentucky	112,669	27.82	44	136,101	33.46	42	153,054	37.43	40	186,334	45.29	40	181,254	43.78	41	57.3	5
Louisiana	141,723	31.71	41	144,601	32.40	43	177,833	39.78	39	202,832	45.27	41	210,720	46.87	40	47.8	7
Maine	25,228	19.75	51	27,491	21.37	50	25,480	19.65	51	30,326	23.20	51	25,604	19.49	51	-1.3	52
Maryland	1,051,387	197.94	2	1,122,508	208.65	2	1,296,852	238.33	2	1,294,617	235.10	2	1,382,909	249.03	2	25.8	38
Massachusetts	998,935	157.00	3	1,072,847	167.46	3	1,147,940	178.49	3	1,220,700	189.56	3	1,342,045	208.52	3	32.8	28
Michigan	532,619	53.49	25	606,597	60.64	25	638,682	63.63	25	714,343	70.95	25	729,710	72.30	24	35.1	24
Minnesota	279,295	56.60	24	277,441	55.65	27	296,241	58.96	28	316,924	62.65	29	335,851	65.93	30	16.5	48
Mississippi	116,722	40.97	35	127,392	44.60	37	147,541	51.53	35	147,875	51.45	35	162,127	56.05	35	36.8	19
Missouri	403,780	72.02	16	439,070	77.80	18	510,129	89.81	15	550,507	96.37	16	539,541	93.79	18	30.2	34
Montana	47,095	52.12	26	64,636	71.33	22	57,210	62.84	26	75,051	81.83	22	68,158	73.58	23	41.2	13
Nebraska	62,822	36.66	38	86,662	50.40	31	91,398	52.92	31	105,520	60.75	31	116,334	66.59	29	81.6	3
Nevada	54,548	27.02	45	57,590	27.48	46	60,070	27.69	47	73,725	32.90	45	74,107	31.77	45	17.6	46
New Hampshire	98,809	79.64	11	118,743	94.36	9	125,781	98.73	12	139,984	108.86	12	141,066	108.68	11	36.5	21
New Jersey	285,633	33.87	40	290,759	34.18	41	319,593	37.26	41	362,230	41.96	42	301,721	34.78	44	2.7	51
New Mexico	120,935	66.39	19	136,866	74.68	19	131,066	70.64	23	125,084	66.62	27	169,542	89.20	20	34.4	26
New York	1,410,518	74.24	14	1,580,912	82.79	14	1,682,187	87.76	16	1,857,646	96.56	15	1,948,714	101.01	14	36.1	22
North Carolina	636,881	78.83	12	766,285	93.45	10	841,951	101.28	10	938,818	111.56	10	948,086	111.13	10	41.0	14
North Dakota	33,133	51.67	27	35,275	55.43	29	45,825	72.32	22	58,392	92.30	17	60,136	94.58	17	83.0	2
Ohio	495,168	43.57	30	542,781	47.65	34	594,046	52.04	32	603,563	52.77	34	672,900	58.71	33	34.7	25
Oklahoma	74,315	21.51	50	80,105	23.11	49	102,234	29.31	46	114,872	32.78	46	105,192	29.86	48	38.8	17
Oregon	224,744	65.49	21	251,112	72.28	21	261,171	74.12	21	288,553	81.03	23	286,895	79.93	22	22.0	41
Pennsylvania	1,082,830	88.13	7	1,239,294	100.79	8	1,378,756	111.90	6	1,417,348	114.75	8	1,489,570	120.35	8	36.6	20
Puerto Rico	45,450	11.91	52	52,648	13.71	52	57,302	14.85	52	61,445	15.84	52	67,293	17.28	52	45.0	9
Rhode Island	86,536	82.35	8	92,988	87.85	12	104,329	97.63	13	114,025	106.09	13	112,695	104.45	13	26.8	35
South Carolina	121,398	30.17	42	144,460	35.57	40	147,193	35.89	43	167,329	40.39	43	165,703	39.50	43	30.9	31
South Dakota	21,590	28.57	43	22,503	29.68	44	20,898	27.49	48	28,047	36.71	44	33,206	43.11	42	50.9	6
Tennessee	236,778	41.52	32	287,048	49.95	32	339,492	58.65	29	372,788	63.90	28	411,875	69.98	28	68.6	4
Texas	958,185	45.73	29	1,147,752	53.74	30	1,222,324	56.17	30	1,385,229	62.58	30	1,342,911	59.64	31	30.4	32
Utah	183,107	81.62	9	189,282	82.71	15	230,906	99.28	11	260,661	110.65	11	240,067	99.14	15	21.5	43
Vermont	56,766	93.06	6	69,034	112.64	5	75,235	122.09	4	84,524	136.63	4	81,709	131.62	6	41.4	12
Virginia	289,503	40.75	36	356,664	49.59	33	377,659	51.84	33	397,947	53.95	33	441,042	59.02	32	44.8	10
Washington	444,763	75.23	13	535,764	89.36	11	584,402	96.27	14	628,324	102.49	14	652,589	105.16	12	39.8	15
Washington, D.C.	161,206	282.30	1	204,379	353.99	1	205,656	355.25	1	172,342	298.44	1	188,247	324.72	1	15.0	49
West Virginia	42,748	23.65	48	43,771	24.30	48	54,185	30.03	45	42,532	23.52	50	53,995	29.82	49	26.1	36
Wisconsin	355,986	66.23	20	392,093	72.55	20	432,200	79.47	20	471,861	86.31	20	482,815	87.80	21	32.6	29
Wyoming	20,501	41.49	33	32,058	64.89	24	18,212	36.50	42	23,437	46.73	38	24,481	48.43	38	16.7	47
U.S. Total	17,284,121	60.43		19,384,798	67.06		21,148,242	72.43		22,797,207	77.36		23,802,716	80.00		32.4

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