1999 Federal R&D Obligations and Employed Doctoral
Scientists & Engineers by State
State
Employed Doctoral Scientists & Engineers: 1999
(see note 1)1999 Federal Obligations for R&D and R&D plant for selected agencies: (000s)
(see note 2)1999 Obligations per Employed Doctoral Scientist or Engineer
S&E Rank
1999 Population (see note 3)
1999 Federal Obligations per capita
Per Capita Rank
U.S. Total
553,360
$75,840,468
$137,054
--
271,687,278
$279.15
--
Alabama
5,534
1,873,532
338,574
3
4,369,862
428.74
7
Alaska
1,107
115,015
103,924
20
619,500
185.66
19
Arizona
6,640
1,118,044
168,372
10
4,778,332
233.98
14
Arkansas
2,767
109,449
39,558
45
2,551,373
42.90
50
California
76,917
16,067,865
208,899
5
33,145,121
484.77
6
Colorado
11,067
1,481,920
133,902
13
4,056,133
365.35
9
Connecticut
9,960
657,480
66,009
32
3,282,031
200.33
16
Delaware
3,874
53,341
13,771
51
753,538
70.79
43
Dist. of Col.
13,834
2,505,293
181,097
8
519,000
4,827.15
1
Florida
14,387
2,340,593
162,684
11
15,111,244
154.89
25
Georgia
11,067
2,031,780
183,586
7
7,788,240
260.88
12
Hawaii
2,767
208,112
75,218
27
1,185,497
175.55
20
Idaho
2,213
208,899
94,378
24
1,251,700
166.89
22
Illinois
22,134
1,467,563
66,302
31
12,128,370
121.00
34
Indiana
8,854
420,611
47,506
42
5,942,901
70.78
44
Iowa
4,427
270,289
61,056
36
2,869,413
94.20
38
Kansas
3,320
195,563
58,902
37
2,654,052
73.68
41
Kentucky
3,874
146,976
37,944
47
3,960,825
37.11
51
Louisiana
5,534
248,021
44,821
44
4,372,035
56.73
47
Maine
2,213
152,084
68,709
29
1,253,040
121.37
33
Maryland
22,134
8,396,532
379,343
1
5,171,634
1,623.57
2
Massachusetts
27,115
3,149,654
116,161
17
5,171,634
609.02
5
Michigan
16,601
845,619
50,938
41
9,863,775
85.73
39
Minnesota
11,621
892,384
76,794
25
4,775,508
186.87
18
Mississippi
3,320
378,351
113,956
18
2,768,619
136.66
30
Missouri
9,407
930,514
98,916
22
5,468,338
170.16
21
Montana
1,660
96,867
58,351
38
882,779
109.73
35
Nebraska
2,767
94,967
34,324
50
1,666,028
57.00
46
Nevada
1,660
293,832
176,999
9
1,809,253
162.41
23
New Hampshire
2,213
292,251
132,035
14
1,201,134
243.31
13
New Jersey
21,581
2,691,966
124,738
16
8,143,412
330.57
11
New Mexico
7,747
2,168,105
279,862
4
1,739,844
1,246.15
3
New York
42,609
2,778,009
65,198
33
18,196,601
152.67
26
North Carolina
15,494
1,045,471
67,476
30
7,650,789
136.65
31
North Dakota
1,107
62,258
56,255
39
633,666
98.25
37
Ohio
20,474
3,795,905
185,398
6
11,256,654
337.21
10
Oklahoma
4,427
173,585
39,212
46
3,358,044
51.69
49
Oregon
6,640
417,043
62,805
35
3,316,154
125.76
32
Pennsylvania
25,455
1,935,185
76,025
26
11,994,016
161.35
24
Rhode Island
2,767
407,142
147,153
12
990,819
410.91
8
South Carolina
4,427
234,487
52,969
40
3,885,736
60.35
45
South Dakota
1,107
39,107
35,336
49
733,133
53.34
48
Tennessee
8,300
820,140
98,807
23
5,483,535
149.56
27
Texas
30,988
3,897,469
125,773
15
20,044,141
194.44
17
Utah
4,427
306,191
69,166
28
2,129,836
143.76
28
Vermont
1,660
62,215
37,477
48
593,740
104.78
36
Virginia
16,601
5,811,710
350,086
2
6,872,912
845.60
4
Washington
13,281
1,321,618
99,515
21
5,756,361
229.59
15
West Virginia
2,213
252,030
113,863
19
1,806,928
139.48
29
Wisconsin
8,300
380,985
45,900
43
5,250,446
72.56
42
Wyoming
553
35,541
64,228
34
479,602
74.11
40
Note 1: Since the sample design is not based on geography, reliability of estimates in some states may be poor due to a small sample size. Source: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Studies, 1999 Survey of Doctorate Recipients.
Note 2: Only the following 10 agencies are required to report to this section of the survey: the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health & Human Services, Interior, and Transportation; the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, and the National Science Foundation. The obligations of these ten agencies represent approximately 98 percent of the total federal R&D and R&D plant obligations in fiscal year 1999. Source: NSF/Division of Science Resource Studies, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 1999, 2000, and 2001
Note 3: Source is the Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce.
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