Approximate Change in Total R&D Expenditures as Percent of Gross State Product, 1987-1997 

 State

R&D/GSP 87 (Percent)

R&D/GSP 97
(Percent)

Approx. Percent Change

1

NH

0.76

2.1

175.37

2

MT

0.47

1.04

122.40

3

SD

0.20

0.35

78.70

4

WY

0.32

0.5

54.79

5

WV

0.76

1.12

46.44

6

OR

1.06

1.54

45.77

7

AK

0.41

0.55

33.95

8

ME

0.39

0.49

24.16

9

RI

3.10

3.74

20.73

10

NV

0.76

0.9

18.70

11

ID

3.83

4.36

13.98

12

NC

1.93

2.13

10.64

13

LA

0.41

0.45

9.05

14

MI

4.73

5.13

8.52

15

WA

4.05

4.38

8.10

16

NJ

3.82

4.1

7.39

17

HI

0.68

0.72

6.47

18

IA

1.18

1.22

3.10

19

AZ

1.94

1.99

2.60

20

CA

4.09

4.03

-1.46

21

NY

1.92

1.89

-1.75

22

MD

5.00

4.81

-3.78

23

CO

2.69

2.54

-5.59

24

NE

0.59

0.56

-5.82

25

VA

2.11

1.96

-7.28

26

SC

1.20

1.11

-7.71

27

TN

1.17

1.07

-8.31

28

MS

0.70

0.63

-9.83

29

MA

5.57

5.02

-9.89

30

IL

2.30

2.04

-11.22

31

PA

2.73

2.41

-11.65

32

TX

1.79

1.58

-11.70

33

OH

2.55

2.23

-12.42

34

KY

0.62

0.53

-15.04

35

CT

3.04

2.57

-15.33

36

FL

1.52

1.26

-16.85

37

WI

1.87

1.53

-18.19

38

IN

2.38

1.95

-18.20

39

GA

1.21

0.99

-18.47

40

MN

3.01

2.41

-20.04

41

OK

1.09

0.84

-23.26

42

AR

0.61

0.46

-23.97

43

VT

3.04

2.06

-32.32

44

ND

1.12

0.73

-35.00

45

NM

10.33

6.69

-35.25

46

KS

2.91

1.88

-35.32

47

UT

4.10

2.49

-39.21

48

MO

2.40

1.22

-49.20

49

AL

3.87

1.59

-58.92

50

DC

NA

5.29

 NA
51

DE

NA

3.45

 NA

Sources: National Science Foundation, State Science & Engineering Profiles and R&D Patterns: 1997-1998, (NSF 00-329), and the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Gross State Products data: http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/regional/gsp/


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