Federal R&D Obligations Per Capita 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/
• U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates, http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html

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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	2001			2002			2003			2004			2005			5-Year Change per Capita
State	Federal R&D Obligations	Federal R&D Obligations per Capita	Rank	Federal R&D Obligations	Federal R&D Obligations per Capita	Rank	Federal R&D Obligations	Federal R&D Obligations per Capita	Rank	Federal R&D Obligations	Federal R&D Obligations per Capita	Rank	Federal R&D Obligations	Federal R&D Obligations per Capita	Rank	% Change	Rank
Alabama	311,538	69.75	23	361,373	80.71	19	343,766	76.48	24	326,075	72.18	25	368,826	81.09	24	16.3	40
Alaska	72,694	114.98	4	70,385	109.88	8	74,250	114.63	9	77,972	118.71	9	72,630	109.51	11	-4.8	51
Arizona	226,765	42.78	39	249,994	45.91	37	260,208	46.61	39	290,624	50.58	37	290,522	48.80	40	14.1	43
Arkansas	68,234	25.35	47	73,232	27.06	49	75,952	27.89	49	83,045	30.23	47	93,924	33.84	47	33.5	13
California	2,697,229	78.07	17	2,951,472	84.27	17	3,193,421	90.04	18	3,458,540	96.50	16	3,555,682	98.35	17	26.0	24
Colorado	476,803	107.67	6	494,898	109.97	7	523,145	115.08	7	569,159	123.77	7	581,422	124.68	7	15.8	42
Connecticut	360,442	104.99	7	405,423	117.24	5	439,972	126.34	5	460,469	131.79	5	478,266	136.62	4	30.1	17
Delaware	44,173	55.53	28	54,152	67.22	24	67,016	82.04	21	59,642	71.97	26	65,313	77.59	25	39.7	9
District of Columbia	204,379	353.99	1	205,656	355.25	1	172,342	298.44	1	188,247	324.72	1	263,832	453.28	1	28.0	20
Florida	483,123	29.54	45	531,146	31.84	44	541,132	31.87	47	535,443	30.83	46	588,429	33.12	48	12.1	47
Georgia	398,573	47.31	35	445,152	51.77	34	483,676	55.28	32	508,349	56.89	34	536,001	58.69	34	24.0	28
Hawaii	101,153	82.82	13	132,132	107.14	9	146,697	117.77	6	169,376	134.50	4	170,546	133.94	5	61.7	4
Idaho	27,900	21.11	51	35,758	26.60	50	42,471	31.06	48	38,222	27.41	50	50,598	35.40	46	67.7	2
Illinois	713,052	56.93	26	745,840	59.22	27	875,051	69.18	26	893,052	70.24	27	935,295	73.27	26	28.7	18
Indiana	267,126	43.60	38	283,542	46.07	36	307,368	49.64	36	335,397	53.89	36	360,359	57.51	35	31.9	15
Iowa	234,135	79.85	16	243,288	82.88	18	255,717	86.92	19	274,304	92.87	19	274,943	92.71	19	16.1	41
Kansas	126,346	46.75	36	115,422	42.52	38	131,630	48.27	37	132,237	48.29	39	134,124	48.80	39	4.4	50
Kentucky	136,101	33.46	42	153,054	37.43	40	186,334	45.29	40	181,254	43.78	41	214,418	51.39	38	53.6	6
Louisiana	144,601	32.40	43	177,833	39.78	39	202,832	45.27	41	210,720	46.87	40	233,364	51.77	37	59.8	5
Maine	27,491	21.37	50	25,480	19.65	51	30,326	23.20	51	25,604	19.49	51	30,397	23.06	51	7.9	49
Maryland	1,122,508	208.65	2	1,296,852	238.33	2	1,294,617	235.10	2	1,382,909	249.03	2	1,461,623	261.49	2	25.3	26
Massachusetts	1,072,847	167.46	3	1,147,940	178.49	3	1,220,700	189.56	3	1,342,045	208.52	3	1,377,471	214.11	3	27.9	21
Michigan	606,597	60.64	25	638,682	63.63	25	714,343	70.95	25	729,710	72.30	24	739,077	73.17	27	20.7	31
Minnesota	277,441	55.65	27	296,241	58.96	28	316,924	62.65	29	335,851	65.93	30	337,279	65.79	29	18.2	37
Mississippi	127,392	44.60	37	147,541	51.53	35	147,875	51.45	35	162,127	56.05	35	165,603	56.94	36	27.7	22
Missouri	439,070	77.80	18	510,129	89.81	15	550,507	96.37	16	539,541	93.79	18	559,829	96.56	18	24.1	27
Montana	64,636	71.33	22	57,210	62.84	26	75,051	81.83	22	68,158	73.58	23	80,126	85.72	23	20.2	32
Nebraska	86,662	50.40	31	91,398	52.92	31	105,520	60.75	31	116,334	66.59	29	107,006	60.86	33	20.7	30
Nevada	57,590	27.48	46	60,070	27.69	47	73,725	32.90	45	74,107	31.77	45	110,342	45.74	42	66.5	3
New Hampshire	118,743	94.36	9	125,781	98.73	12	139,984	108.86	12	141,066	108.68	11	139,987	107.12	12	13.5	44
New Jersey	290,759	34.18	41	319,593	37.26	41	362,230	41.96	42	301,721	34.78	44	390,724	44.89	43	31.3	16
New Mexico	136,866	74.68	19	131,066	70.64	23	125,084	66.62	27	169,542	89.20	20	193,575	100.51	16	34.6	11
New York	1,580,912	82.79	14	1,682,187	87.76	16	1,857,646	96.56	15	1,948,714	101.01	14	2,048,155	106.04	13	28.1	19
North Carolina	766,285	93.45	10	841,951	101.28	10	938,818	111.56	10	948,086	111.13	10	1,020,230	117.64	9	25.9	25
North Dakota	35,275	55.43	29	45,825	72.32	22	58,392	92.30	17	60,136	94.58	17	72,897	114.87	10	107.2	1
Ohio	542,781	47.65	34	594,046	52.04	32	603,563	52.77	34	672,900	58.71	33	744,914	64.94	30	36.3	10
Oklahoma	80,105	23.11	49	102,234	29.31	46	114,872	32.78	46	105,192	29.86	48	109,740	30.97	49	34.0	12
Oregon	251,112	72.28	21	261,171	74.12	21	288,553	81.03	23	286,895	79.93	22	312,566	85.90	22	18.8	34
Pennsylvania	1,239,294	100.79	8	1,378,756	111.90	6	1,417,348	114.75	8	1,489,570	120.35	8	1,491,231	120.21	8	19.3	33
Puerto Rico	52,648	13.71	52	57,302	14.85	52	61,445	15.84	52	67,293	17.28	52	63,716	16.29	52	18.8	35
Rhode Island	92,988	87.85	12	104,329	97.63	13	114,025	106.09	13	112,695	104.45	13	109,982	102.44	15	16.6	39
South Carolina	144,460	35.57	40	147,193	35.89	43	167,329	40.39	43	165,703	39.50	43	199,477	46.97	41	32.0	14
South Dakota	22,503	29.68	44	20,898	27.49	48	28,047	36.71	44	33,206	43.11	42	33,824	43.65	44	47.1	7
Tennessee	287,048	49.95	32	339,492	58.65	29	372,788	63.90	28	411,875	69.98	28	427,661	71.81	28	43.8	8
Texas	1,147,752	53.74	30	1,222,324	56.17	30	1,385,229	62.58	30	1,342,911	59.64	31	1,395,624	60.87	32	13.3	45
Utah	189,282	82.71	15	230,906	99.28	11	260,661	110.65	11	240,067	99.14	15	229,050	91.98	20	11.2	48
Vermont	69,034	112.64	5	75,235	122.09	4	84,524	136.63	4	81,709	131.62	6	83,192	133.67	6	18.7	36
Virginia	356,664	49.59	33	377,659	51.84	33	397,947	53.95	33	441,042	59.02	32	472,981	62.53	31	26.1	23
Washington	535,764	89.36	11	584,402	96.27	14	628,324	102.49	14	652,589	105.16	12	663,168	105.40	14	17.9	38
West Virginia	43,771	24.30	48	54,185	30.03	45	42,532	23.52	50	53,995	29.82	49	49,471	27.27	50	12.2	46
Wisconsin	392,093	72.55	20	432,200	79.47	20	471,861	86.31	20	482,815	87.80	21	492,527	89.10	21	22.8	29
Wyoming	32,058	64.89	24	18,212	36.50	42	23,437	46.73	38	24,481	48.43	38	21,470	42.20	45	-35.0	52
U.S. total	19,384,798	67.06		21,148,242	72.43		22,797,207	77.36		23,802,716	80.00		25,010,740	84.35		25.8

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