Federal R&D Obligations to Academia, by State, FY 2003–2007
Sources:
Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions, FY 2007
National Science Foundation (Table 6), http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09315/
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Note:
U.S. total for R&D obligations used in calculations does not include Puerto Rico and other outlying areas
Dollars in thousands
State	FY 2003	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	rank 2007	Five-Year % Change	Rank            % Change
New Mexico	125,084	169,542	193,575	205,532	182,210	32	45.7	1
West Virginia	42,532	53,995	49,471	75,519	56,436	47	32.7	2
North Dakota	58,392	60,136	72,947	81,576	74,185	44	27.0	3
Tennessee	372,788	411,875	427,654	448,870	467,686	18	25.5	4
District of Columbia	172,342	188,247	263,832	235,645	211,667	28	22.8	5
Georgia	483,676	508,349	536,001	552,559	592,933	13	22.6	6
Massachusetts	1,220,700	1,342,039	1,377,471	1,483,191	1,491,859	5	22.2	7
Arizona	260,208	290,624	290,522	295,218	316,669	25	21.7	8
Ohio	603,563	672,900	744,914	726,104	732,599	10	21.4	9
Maryland	1,294,617	1,382,909	1,461,924	1,652,290	1,569,606	4	21.2	10
Minnesota	316,924	335,851	337,629	340,092	376,134	20	18.7	11
Wyoming	23,437	24,481	21,470	22,390	27,751	51	18.4	12
Oregon	288,553	286,895	312,862	331,906	340,948	23	18.2	13
Hawaii	146,697	169,376	170,546	211,117	173,193	33	18.1	14
Nebraska	105,520	116,334	107,006	110,291	124,504	37	18.0	15
Virginia	397,947	441,042	472,981	393,956	465,499	19	17.0	16
South Dakota	28,047	33,206	33,824	45,528	32,434	49	15.6	17
South Carolina	167,329	165,703	199,477	171,751	193,368	29	15.6	18
Illinois	875,051	893,187	934,812	924,909	1,011,211	8	15.6	19
Delaware	67,016	59,642	65,313	72,411	77,351	41	15.4	20
North Carolina	938,818	948,086	1,020,230	1,079,329	1,076,694	7	14.7	21
Kansas	131,630	132,237	134,124	135,182	150,783	35	14.6	22
Mississippi	147,875	162,127	165,603	167,807	167,234	34	13.1	23
Connecticut	439,972	460,469	478,266	479,275	495,819	15	12.7	24
U.S. 5-year inflation rate							12.7
Florida	541,132	535,443	589,352	579,120	608,804	12	12.5	25
Pennsylvania	1,417,348	1,489,570	1,491,231	1,536,857	1,591,859	3	12.3	26
Iowa	255,717	274,304	277,283	278,412	287,026	26	12.2	27
Indiana	307,368	335,397	360,359	348,156	344,722	22	12.2	28
United States	22,735,762	23,765,252	24,954,315	25,294,079	25,262,603		11.1
California	3,193,421	3,458,540	3,562,040	3,458,085	3,487,825	1	9.2	29
Michigan	714,343	729,710	740,632	758,651	768,799	9	7.6	30
New York	1,857,646	1,948,714	2,048,855	2,010,960	1,991,832	2	7.2	31
Rhode Island	114,025	112,695	109,982	116,941	121,644	38	6.7	32
Alabama	343,766	326,075	368,826	393,829	365,610	21	6.4	33
Washington	628,324	652,589	663,168	679,199	668,029	11	6.3	34
Missouri	550,507	539,541	559,769	577,268	579,473	14	5.3	35
Wisconsin	471,861	482,815	492,527	495,576	490,440	16	3.9	36
Nevada	73,725	74,107	110,342	97,678	76,353	43	3.6	37
Texas	1,385,229	1,342,911	1,396,643	1,401,353	1,418,120	6	2.4	38
Arkansas	75,952	83,045	87,766	97,829	77,042	42	1.4	39
Utah	260,661	240,067	229,050	251,991	263,471	27	1.1	40
Kentucky	186,334	181,254	214,418	193,266	183,882	30	-1.3	41
Montana	75,051	68,158	80,126	88,812	72,999	45	-2.7	42
Maine	30,326	25,604	30,397	28,209	29,494	50	-2.7	43
Idaho	42,471	38,222	50,598	49,564	40,951	48	-3.6	44
New Hampshire	139,984	141,066	139,987	137,167	133,695	36	-4.5	45
Oklahoma	114,872	105,192	109,740	125,515	109,055	39	-5.1	46
Vermont	84,524	81,709	83,192	81,053	78,920	40	-6.6	47
New Jersey	362,230	301,721	395,829	404,826	336,948	24	-7.0	48
Colorado	523,145	569,159	581,422	593,164	484,721	17	-7.3	49
Louisiana	202,832	210,720	235,697	210,036	182,349	31	-10.1	50
Alaska	74,250	77,972	72,630	58,114	59,767	46	-19.5	51