State

1997

1998

1999

2000

R&D expenditures
(in millions)

Per Capita

Per Capita Rank

R&D expenditures
(in millions)

Per Capita

Per Capita Rank

R&D expenditures
(in millions)

Per Capita

Per Capita Rank

R&D expenditures
(in millions)

Per Capita

Per Capita Rank

Alabama

$589

$136.33

36

$707

$162.49

38

$556

$127.24

38

$607

$136.34

39

Alaska

24

39.42

47

189

307.21

30

NA

NA

NA

9

14.34

50

Arizona

1,854

407.27

23

1,727

370.02

27

4,434

927.94

10

2,445

473.18

20

Arkansas

118

46.75

44

118

46.49

46

216

84.66

44

273

101.92

43

California

34,011

1,055.66

6

35,568

1,088.28

7

39,047

1,178.06

7

45,769

1,345.74

6

Colorado

2,248

577.70

12

3,565

898.22

11

3,136

773.15

12

3,140

725.72

13

Connecticut

3,014

922.13

8

3,113

951.24

10

3,984

1,213.88

6

4,371

1,281.08

8

Delaware

1,009

1,372.74

2

2,476

3,327.66

1

1,261

1,673.44

2

1,444

1,835.95

1

Dist. of Columbia

NA

NA

NA

503

964.66

9

171

329.48

28

112

195.93

33

Florida

3,442

234.42

30

3,300

221.35

34

2,697

178.48

35

3,212

200.11

32

Georgia

1,273

170.05

35

1,444

189.09

36

1,827

234.58

32

1,579

191.76

35

Hawaii

87

73.15

40

17

14.28

49

27

22.78

48

154

126.99

41

Idaho

1,181

975.52

7

1,028

835.15

12

1,210

966.69

9

1,338

1,029.45

10

Illinois

6,248

520.17

16

6,892

571.01

17

7,603

626.88

16

10,661

856.94

11

Indiana

2,677

455.86

20

2,622

443.83

23

2,246

377.93

25

2,668

437.96

23

Iowa

578

202.49

33

634

221.60

33

559

194.81

33

538

183.70

36

Kansas

1,136

434.19

21

1,279

484.71

19

1,284

483.79

23

1,140

423.39

26

Kentucky

359

91.87

39

427

108.53

40

684

172.69

36

582

143.75

38

Louisiana

172

39.53

46

102

23.38

48

187

42.77

45

126

28.19

49

Maine

83

66.66

41

82

65.73

43

140

111.73

41

201

157.37

37

Maryland

1,425

279.80

27

1,744

339.96

29

1,700

328.72

29

2,032

382.50

28

Massachusetts

8,300

1,357.21

3

10,604

1,725.80

2

9,314

1,508.30

3

9,863

1,550.37

4

Michigan

13,009

1,329.42

4

12,648

1,287.95

5

17,714

1,795.86

1

17,640

1,771.78

2

Minnesota

3,116

664.71

11

3,321

702.65

13

3,379

707.57

15

3,722

754.32

12

Mississippi

73

26.72

49

73

26.53

47

114

41.18

46

101

35.45

47

Missouri

1,290

238.57

29

1,313

241.47

32

1,387

253.64

31

1,893

337.73

30

Montana

92

104.70

38

82

93.23

41

33

37.38

47

28

30.99

48

Nebraska

71

42.87

45

93

56.00

44

178

106.84

43

2,253

1,314.95

7

Nevada

380

226.79

31

434

248.89

31

337

186.26

34

248

122.84

42

New Hampshire

652

555.73

13

1,187

1,000.99

8

1,099

914.97

11

586

472.40

21

New Jersey

11,069

1,374.32

1

10,415

1,286.51

6

9,453

1,160.82

8

12,062

1,430.29

5

New Mexico

1,310

760.33

9

1,205

695.11

14

1,342

771.33

13

1,158

635.65

16

New York

9,939

547.81

15

11,176

615.45

15

11,388

625.83

17

10,539

554.69

17

North Carolina

3,590

483.26

19

3,362

445.54

22

3,953

516.68

21

3,672

454.33

22

North Dakota

33

51.49

43

34

53.31

45

75

118.36

40

51

79.55

45

Ohio

5,608

500.16

17

5,338

475.01

20

6,514

578.68

18

5,962

524.66

18

Oklahoma

428

129.14

37

245

73.36

42

365

108.69

42

333

96.40

44

Oregon

1,102

339.78

25

1,492

454.59

21

1,540

464.39

24

1,651

481.18

19

Pennsylvania

6,609

550.02

14

7,083

590.14

16

8,932

744.70

14

7,873

640.81

15

Rhode Island

704

713.30

10

1,320

1,336.43

3

1,264

1,275.71

4

1,090

1,037.41

9

South Carolina

783

206.59

32

695

181.01

37

665

171.14

37

781

194.10

34

South Dakota

26

35.57

48

5

6.84

50

13

17.73

49

44

58.22

46

Tennessee

1,089

202.48

34

2,040

375.51

26

1,768

322.42

30

1,215

213.04

31

Texas

7,265

375.35

24

8,408

426.53

24

9,935

495.66

22

8,961

427.63

25

Utah

1,027

497.24

18

1,109

527.95

18

1,123

527.27

20

979

436.39

24

Vermont

246

417.89

22

112

189.64

35

318

535.59

19

396

649.23

14

Virginia

1,767

262.44

28

2,707

398.72

25

2,488

362.00

27

2,718

382.50

27

Washington

6,610

1,179.49

5

7,476

1,314.38

4

7,231

1,256.18

5

9,265

1,567.20

3

West Virginia

NA

NA

NA

225

124.19

39

216

119.54

39

235

130.03

40

Wisconsin

1,707

328.25

26

1,919

367.47

28

1,949

371.21

26

1,981

368.60

29

Wyoming

28

58.33

42

2

4.17

51

NA

NA

NA

7

14.17

51

United States

157,539

$588.31

169,180

$626.02

182,711

$670.03

199,539

$707.02