Rank by S&E per 100,000

State

S&E Doctorates in 2000

Rank by S&E Doctorates

2000 Population

2000 S&E Doctorates per 100,000 residents

1

District of Col.

342

26

572,059

59.78

2

Massachusetts

1,452

4

6,349,097

22.87

3

Rhode Island

167

36

1,048,319

15.93

4

Delaware

121

38

783,600

15.44

5

Iowa

358

24

2,926,324

12.23

6

Utah

272

28

2,233,169

12.18

7

Maryland

635

13

5,296,486

11.99

8

Connecticut

403

22

3,405,565

11.83

9

New York

2,217

2

18,976,457

11.68

10

Colorado

498

17

4,301,261

11.58

11

Indiana

702

11

6,080,485

11.55

12

Wyoming

54

46

493,782

10.94

13

Illinois

1,345

5

12,419,293

10.83

14

Wisconsin

566

16

5,363,675

10.55

15

Nebraska

175

34

1,711,263

10.23

16

Pennsylvania

1,240

6

12,281,054

10.10

17

Michigan

993

8

9,938,444

9.99

18

California

3,321

1

33,871,648

9.80

19

Virginia

666

12

7,078,515

9.41

20

Ohio

1,057

7

11,353,140

9.31

21

Minnesota

456

18

4,919,479

9.27

22

Kansas

245

30

2,688,418

9.11

23

Hawaii

110

39

1,211,537

9.08

24

North Carolina

715

10

8,049,313

8.88

25

New Mexico

158

37

1,819,046

8.69

26

Arizona

441

20

5,130,632

8.60

27

Missouri

452

19

5,595,211

8.08

28

Louisiana

356

25

4,468,976

7.97

29

Texas

1,572

3

20,851,820

7.54

30

Oregon

257

29

3,421,399

7.51

31

Georgia

583

15

8,186,453

7.12

32

New Jersey

597

14

8,414,350

7.10

33

Washington

406

21

5,894,121

6.89

34

Oklahoma

236

31

3,450,654

6.84

35

Alabama

303

27

4,447,100

6.81

36

Tennessee

375

23

5,689,283

6.59

37

Vermont

39

49

608,827

6.41

38

North Dakota

41

48

642,200

6.38

39

Mississippi

168

35

2,844,658

5.91

40

New Hampshire

72

44

1,235,786

5.83

41

217

32

4,012,012

5.41

42

Kentucky

211

33

4,041,769

5.22

43

West Virginia

94

40

1,808,344

5.20

44

Florida

810

9

15,982,378

5.07

45

Montana

42

47

902,195

4.66

46

Idaho

60

45

1,293,953

4.64

47

South Dakota

32

50

754,844

4.24

48

Nevada

77

41

1,998,257

3.85

49

Maine

41

48

1,274,923

3.22

50

Alaska

19

51

626,932

3.03

51

Arkansas

75

43

2,673,400

2.81

52

Puerto Rico

84

41

3,808,610

2.21

USA

25,928

285,230,516

9.09