Academic R&D Expenditures by State, 2001-2005

Source: Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, FY 2005 (table 19), Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Science Foundation, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07318/content.cfm?pub_id=3767&id=2

Note: The U.S. total includes American Samoa, Guam, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands. All dollars are in thousands.

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State	2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2001-2005
	$	Rank	$	Rank	$	Rank	$	Rank	$	Rank	% Change	Rank
Alabama	448,294	23	503,470	23	550,756	23	570,982	23	589,860	23	31.58	39
Alaska	119,199	41	128,875	41	142,413	42	146,465	44	153,721	43	28.96	43
Arizona	500,548	20	531,106	21	617,978	20	650,961	21	720,184	21	43.88	23
Arkansas	142,310	40	140,813	40	183,908	40	182,958	40	209,518	39	47.23	14
California	4,426,401	1	4,888,197	1	5,357,748	1	5,714,383	1	6,272,890	1	41.72	25
Colorado	572,950	19	645,291	19	694,862	19	771,821	19	825,984	18	44.16	22
Connecticut	498,745	21	538,070	20	594,541	22	649,663	22	669,199	22	34.18	34
Delaware	79,985	46	88,319	48	104,650	48	114,355	48	115,751	48	44.72	21
District of Columbia	228,110	36	251,601	36	263,342	36	303,049	35	302,921	35	32.80	36
Florida	985,628	12	1,085,764	11	1,204,592	11	1,306,810	11	1,448,634	11	46.98	15
Georgia	988,883	11	1,076,424	12	1,175,657	12	1,221,251	12	1,274,410	12	28.87	44
Hawaii	156,976	38	172,664	38	184,602	39	241,346	38	240,247	38	53.05	9
Idaho	82,496	45	93,323	46	105,039	47	116,757	46	119,871	46	45.31	19
Illinois	1,280,955	7	1,440,716	7	1,613,691	7	1,707,597	7	1,770,938	7	38.25	28
Indiana	584,418	18	650,718	18	725,752	18	840,957	17	759,419	19	29.94	41
Iowa	439,810	24	485,756	25	498,669	26	531,770	25	548,237	26	24.65	47
Kansas	268,800	32	299,728	31	310,052	32	332,547	32	348,751	33	29.74	42
Kentucky	298,268	30	334,208	30	377,635	30	424,013	29	452,265	29	51.63	11
Louisiana	435,619	25	475,883	26	513,463	25	567,501	24	579,734	24	33.08	35
Maine	68,034	49	69,222	49	75,092	49	87,353	49	81,624	50	19.98	48
Maryland	1,644,467	5	1,886,027	5	2,035,273	4	2,269,201	4	2,357,063	4	43.33	24
Massachusetts	1,578,924	6	1,697,102	6	1,821,817	6	2,000,120	6	2,079,463	6	31.70	37
Michigan	1,108,270	9	1,233,511	9	1,389,683	9	1,397,011	9	1,455,849	10	31.36	40
Minnesota	469,370	22	504,398	22	517,912	24	524,260	26	559,585	25	19.22	49
Mississippi	260,991	33	289,521	33	324,298	31	347,772	31	353,445	32	35.42	32
Missouri	678,202	15	705,593	15	806,907	15	841,584	16	893,013	16	31.67	38
Montana	107,744	43	122,375	43	141,220	43	154,726	42	170,791	42	58.52	6
Nebraska	241,638	35	266,930	35	300,540	34	324,541	33	360,148	31	49.04	13
Nevada	115,934	42	126,713	42	154,515	41	163,764	41	178,492	41	53.96	7
New Hampshire	196,975	37	220,061	37	252,210	37	277,201	37	287,472	37	45.94	17
New Jersey	628,040	16	690,642	17	754,590	17	805,732	18	867,121	17	38.07	29
New Mexico	274,209	31	292,691	32	306,636	33	303,922	34	345,844	34	26.12	46
New York	2,476,008	2	2,763,416	2	3,079,897	2	3,365,658	2	3,604,414	2	45.57	18
North Carolina	1,137,248	8	1,276,823	8	1,394,545	8	1,442,854	8	1,652,049	8	45.27	20
North Dakota	84,574	44	106,078	44	133,615	44	151,710	43	149,994	44	77.35	4
Ohio	995,866	10	1,115,710	10	1,267,802	10	1,318,420	10	1,530,915	9	53.73	8
Oklahoma	255,217	34	282,062	34	295,098	35	283,408	36	291,697	36	14.29	51
Oregon	366,023	27	386,666	28	436,958	27	505,065	27	536,228	27	46.50	16
Pennsylvania	1,692,930	4	1,912,760	4	2,013,372	5	2,206,023	5	2,353,640	5	39.03	27
Rhode Island	142,625	39	163,052	39	187,131	38	192,326	39	199,709	40	40.02	26
South Carolina	361,404	28	399,982	27	435,328	28	455,964	28	486,399	28	34.59	33
South Dakota	32,498	51	38,449	51	49,977	51	57,185	51	67,012	51	106.20	1
Tennessee	427,980	26	490,994	24	599,723	21	657,965	20	726,078	20	69.65	5
Texas	2,251,839	3	2,535,237	3	2,765,634	3	2,880,784	3	3,073,724	3	36.50	31
Utah	338,127	29	359,556	29	385,158	29	414,340	30	400,276	30	18.38	50
Vermont	76,882	48	90,189	47	106,581	46	115,778	47	117,442	47	52.76	10
Virginia	610,449	17	693,204	16	775,594	16	848,556	15	914,166	14	49.75	12
Washington	707,477	14	783,859	14	870,743	14	896,913	14	901,102	15	27.37	45
West Virginia	79,076	47	97,326	45	121,213	45	130,057	45	145,150	45	83.56	3
Wisconsin	728,618	13	805,813	13	877,010	13	955,802	13	998,449	13	37.03	30
Wyoming	41,632	50	41,632	50	60,054	50	60,054	50	83,449	49	100.44	2
U.S. total	36,367,358		40,056,637		42,945,081		43,228,773		45,750,413		25.80

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