Useful Stats: U.S. Venture Capital Dollars Invested Per Capita by State, 2005-2010

Featured in the April 27, 2011 SSTI Weekly Digest

Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers Moneytree Survey, available here and the U.S. Census Annual Population Estimate

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U.S. Venture Capital Dollars Invested Per Capita by State, 2005-2010

2005200620072008200920102010 Rank2010 Difference from US
Median ($14.98 per capita)
2010 % Difference
from Median
US Total $76.20 $87.11 $99.15 $92.34 $59.53 $70.68    
AK $- $- $- $- $- $- 49-$14.98-100.00%
AL $4.43 $4.33 $6.98 $4.06 $9.17 $0.13 48-$14.85-99.16%
AR $0.04 $0.53 $0.07 $- $- $1.71 45-$13.26-88.55%
AZ $17.81 $41.87 $33.59 $32.28 $16.22 $12.98 29-$1.99-13.30%
CA $300.07 $354.95 $406.59 $387.35 $250.11 $294.69 2$279.711867.58%
CO $128.89 $125.68 $121.90 $168.89 $92.15 $92.97 4$77.99520.71%
CT $59.89 $76.44 $78.54 $34.59 $44.73 $55.99 9$41.01273.84%
DC $50.73 $82.74 $132.31 $42.79 $120.96 $117.25 3$102.28682.88%
DE $13.27 $6.20 $6.47 $68.15 $19.72 $34.57 20$19.59130.80%
FL $19.83 $16.46 $29.60 $12.51 $15.71 $9.87 34-$5.10-34.07%
GA $26.49 $38.58 $46.54 $39.40 $30.63 $34.41 21$19.43129.75%
HI $9.80 $25.69 $3.84 $5.83 $5.69 $8.45 35-$6.52-43.56%
IA $3.80 $0.05 $1.11 $18.39 $27.81 $16.91 25$1.9312.87%
ID $7.01 $8.19 $10.57 $13.75 $9.50 $4.94 38-$10.03-66.99%
IL $20.71 $27.52 $34.46 $34.08 $18.38 $44.85 16$29.87199.43%
IN $14.07 $10.14 $9.14 $11.89 $24.43 $10.59 31-$4.39-29.29%
KS $0.52 $7.31 $26.52 $16.87 $2.81 $14.62 27-$0.36-2.38%
KY $7.65 $6.20 $12.54 $6.80 $3.14 $2.74 42-$12.24-81.72%
LA $0.18 $2.70 $3.63 $3.34 $2.44 $3.96 40-$11.02-73.56%
MA $402.14 $437.18 $547.95 $459.10 $314.45 $362.37 1$347.392319.44%
MD $83.33 $113.66 $103.40 $86.71 $51.86 $61.85 7$46.87312.94%
ME $3.20 $5.82 $3.01 $3.14 $4.06 $1.64 46-$13.34-89.05%
MI $8.01 $11.64 $10.06 $25.53 $13.41 $15.33 26$0.362.38%
MN $58.43 $63.38 $92.44 $91.50 $50.56 $26.30 22$11.3375.62%
MO $9.64 $7.11 $15.34 $15.02 $3.06 $10.18 33-$4.80-32.06%
MS $3.45 $0.35 $2.02 $- $- $- 49-$14.98-100.00%
MT $27.74 $- $3.13 $16.14 $14.90 $1.93 44-$13.05-87.11%
NC $37.27 $48.15 $51.04 $43.88 $26.08 $47.85 13$32.87219.47%
ND $- $- $0.24 $8.51 $13.58 $- 49-$14.98-100.00%
NE $4.22 $3.69 $- $8.98 $- $6.30 37-$8.68-57.96%
NH $70.25 $80.26 $98.56 $174.23 $28.60 $43.26 17$28.28188.80%
NJ $101.38 $83.06 $71.01 $83.66 $62.64 $51.27 12$36.29242.32%
NM $39.37 $15.72 $64.30 $29.25 $2.59 $11.21 30-$3.77-25.17%
NV $52.87 $7.86 $11.46 $4.83 $5.83 $10.58 32-$4.40-29.35%
NY $59.34 $67.23 $58.98 $69.28 $47.87 $69.09 6$54.12361.33%
OH $9.56 $6.08 $18.54 $18.42 $10.10 $13.59 28-$1.38-9.25%
OK $- $4.08 $2.25 $4.56 $1.22 $3.47 41-$11.51-76.86%
OR $35.51 $31.58 $77.12 $40.82 $23.88 $45.30 15$30.32202.44%
PA $35.35 $68.86 $64.63 $54.03 $33.25 $40.03 18$25.05167.25%
PR $0.38 $3.64 $4.07 $2.73 $- $1.21 47-$13.77-91.95%
RI $71.57 $76.12 $6.67 $38.63 $37.24 $61.57 8$46.59311.09%
SC $0.38 $1.91 $19.09 $4.71 $1.10 $4.48 39-$10.50-70.10%
SD $- $- $5.05 $0.62 $0.98 $- 49-$14.98-100.00%
TN $16.60 $6.73 $19.99 $11.45 $7.63 $8.20 36-$6.77-45.23%
TX $51.08 $58.83 $59.22 $52.51 $27.75 $35.42 19$20.44136.49%
UT $61.39 $65.65 $53.35 $77.06 $55.49 $51.74 11$36.77245.47%
VA $65.06 $56.63 $69.03 $66.14 $32.08 $46.92 14$31.95213.30%
VT $56.89 $10.15 $10.60 $67.34 $22.76 $52.45 10$37.47250.18%
WA $126.28 $162.49 $195.10 $132.56 $91.06 $91.18 5$76.20508.77%
WI $12.06 $12.58 $14.03 $11.38 $4.23 $21.42 23$6.4442.99%
WV $4.45 $2.59 $5.33 $16.53 $1.65 $2.02 43-$12.95-86.49%
WY $6.39 $12.67 $0.38 $2.87 $- $17.74 24$2.7618.46%