Federal R&D Obligations to Universities and Colleges by State, FY 2001–2005

Source: Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions, FY 2005, Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Science Foundation (Table 6), http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07333/

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

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State	2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		5-Year Change
	$	Rank	$	Rank	$	Rank	$	Rank	$	Rank	%	Rank
Alabama	311,538	19	361,373	19	343,766	21	326,075	22	368,826	21	18.39	44
Alaska	72,694	40	70,385	42	74,250	43	77,972	42	72,630	45	-0.09	51
Arizona	226,765	26	249,994	25	260,208	26	290,624	24	290,522	25	28.12	28
Arkansas	68,234	42	73,232	41	75,952	41	83,045	40	93,924	41	37.65	12
California	2,697,229	1	2,951,472	1	3,193,421	1	3,458,540	1	3,555,682	1	31.83	21
Colorado	476,803	13	494,898	14	523,145	14	569,159	12	581,422	13	21.94	35
Connecticut	360,442	17	405,423	17	439,972	17	460,469	17	478,266	17	32.69	19
Delaware	44,173	46	54,152	47	67,016	45	59,642	47	65,313	46	47.86	9
District of Columbia	204,379	27	205,656	28	172,342	30	188,247	29	263,832	27	29.09	26
Florida	483,123	12	531,146	12	541,132	13	535,443	14	588,429	12	21.80	37
Georgia	398,573	15	445,152	15	483,676	15	508,349	15	536,001	15	34.48	16
Hawaii	101,153	36	132,132	33	146,697	33	169,376	32	170,546	33	68.60	4
Idaho	27,900	50	35,758	49	42,471	49	38,222	49	50,598	48	81.35	3
Illinois	713,052	8	745,840	8	875,051	8	893,187	8	935,295	8	31.17	22
Indiana	267,126	23	283,542	23	307,368	23	335,397	21	360,359	22	34.90	15
Iowa	234,135	25	243,288	26	255,717	27	274,304	26	274,943	26	17.43	47
Kansas	126,346	34	115,422	36	131,630	35	132,237	36	134,124	36	6.16	50
Kentucky	136,101	32	153,054	30	186,334	29	181,254	30	214,418	30	57.54	6
Louisiana	144,601	29	177,833	29	202,832	28	210,720	28	233,364	28	61.38	5
Maine	27,491	51	25,480	50	30,326	50	25,604	51	30,397	51	10.57	49
Maryland	1,122,508	5	1,296,852	4	1,294,617	5	1,382,909	4	1,461,623	4	30.21	23
Massachusetts	1,072,841	6	1,147,934	6	1,220,700	6	1,342,039	6	1,377,471	6	28.39	27
Michigan	606,597	9	638,682	9	714,343	9	729,710	9	739,077	10	21.84	36
Minnesota	277,441	22	296,241	22	316,924	22	335,851	20	337,279	23	21.57	39
Mississippi	127,392	33	147,541	31	147,875	32	162,127	34	165,603	34	29.99	24
Missouri	439,070	14	510,129	13	550,507	12	539,541	13	559,829	14	27.50	29
Montana	64,636	43	57,210	45	75,051	42	68,158	44	80,126	43	23.96	32
Nebraska	86,662	38	91,398	39	105,520	39	116,334	37	107,006	40	23.48	34
Nevada	57,590	44	60,070	43	73,725	44	74,107	43	110,342	37	91.60	2
New Hampshire	118,743	35	125,781	35	139,984	34	141,066	35	139,987	35	17.89	46
New Jersey	290,759	20	319,593	21	362,230	20	301,721	23	390,724	20	34.38	17
New Mexico	136,866	31	131,066	34	125,084	36	169,542	31	193,575	32	41.43	10
New York	1,580,912	2	1,682,187	2	1,857,646	2	1,948,714	2	2,048,155	2	29.56	25
North Carolina	766,285	7	841,951	7	938,818	7	948,086	7	1,020,230	7	33.14	18
North Dakota	35,275	48	45,825	48	58,392	47	60,136	46	72,897	44	106.65	1
Ohio	542,781	10	594,046	10	603,563	11	672,900	10	744,914	9	37.24	13
Oklahoma	80,105	39	102,234	38	114,872	37	105,192	39	109,740	39	37.00	14
Oregon	251,112	24	261,171	24	288,553	24	286,895	25	312,566	24	24.47	31
Pennsylvania	1,239,294	3	1,378,756	3	1,417,348	3	1,489,570	3	1,491,231	3	20.33	43
Puerto Rico	52,648	45	57,302	44	61,445	46	67,293	45	63,716	47	21.02	40
Rhode Island	92,988	37	104,329	37	114,025	38	112,695	38	109,982	38	18.28	45
South Carolina	144,460	30	147,193	32	167,329	31	165,703	33	199,477	31	38.08	11
South Dakota	22,503	52	20,898	51	28,047	51	33,206	50	33,824	50	50.31	7
Tennessee	287,048	21	339,492	20	372,788	19	411,875	19	427,661	19	48.99	8
Texas	1,147,752	4	1,222,324	5	1,385,229	4	1,342,911	5	1,395,624	5	21.60	38
Utah	189,282	28	230,906	27	260,661	25	240,067	27	229,050	29	21.01	41
Vermont	69,034	41	75,235	40	84,524	40	81,709	41	83,192	42	20.51	42
Virginia	356,664	18	377,659	18	397,947	18	441,042	18	472,981	18	32.61	20
Washington	535,764	11	584,402	11	628,324	10	652,589	11	663,168	11	23.78	33
West Virginia	43,771	47	54,185	46	42,532	48	53,995	48	49,471	49	13.02	48
Wisconsin	392,093	16	432,200	16	471,861	16	482,815	16	492,527	16	25.61	30
Wyoming	32,058	49	18,212	52	23,437	52	24,481	52	21,470	52	-33.03	52
U.S. total	19,390,153		21,154,640		22,804,253		23,810,968		25,010,740		28.99

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