Patents Issued per 100,000 Employees by State, FY 2002–2006

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Notes: U.S. total includes Guam and Puerto Rico.

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State
2002 patents per 100K workers
2002 rank
2003 patents per 100K workers
2003 rank
2004 patents per 100K workers
2004 rank
2005 patents per 100K workers
2005 rank
2006 patents per 100K workers
2006 rank
% change 2001-2006
5-year % change rank
Alabama
24.1
46
25.2
42
22.2
42
18.9
43
22.3
42
-7.4
28
Alaska
17.4
48
14.7
50
16.5
46
11.9
48
14.6
49
-16.0
39
Arizona
75.9
16
75.5
16
73.5
16
64.2
16
72.4
17
-4.6
23
Arkansas
19.0
47
15.8
49
14.2
50
13.3
47
15.8
47
-16.8
42
California
143.1
3
149.1
3
144.5
2
129.1
3
161.5
2
12.9
5
Colorado
98.9
10
108.8
9
106.9
8
90.1
8
104.8
9
5.9
10
Connecticut
120.8
4
113.4
8
105.6
9
102.0
6
111.1
8
-8.0
30
Delaware
95.8
12
92.5
13
98.7
10
81.6
12
93.8
12
-2.1
21
District of Columbia
10.0
51
7.7
51
12.1
51
8.8
51
10.3
51
2.9
14
Florida
39.8
30
43.0
28
40.1
30
34.9
29
41.0
30
3.0
13
Georgia
40.2
29
40.5
30
38.8
31
34.5
31
42.7
29
6.2
9
Hawaii
16.3
50
16.9
48
14.7
48
9.6
50
16.3
46
0.3
17
Idaho
328.2
1
321.2
1
308.1
1
252.1
1
266.8
1
-18.7
48
Illinois
68.2
20
69.5
19
65.9
20
57.4
20
69.6
18
2.1
16
Indiana
61.6
24
59.5
25
52.1
25
43.4
26
51.8
25
-15.9
38
Iowa
48.2
27
68.1
22
51.7
26
43.5
25
49.8
26
3.2
12
Kansas
38.6
32
38.2
32
41.6
28
34.9
30
43.8
28
13.4
4
Kentucky
28.9
38
29.0
39
26.8
38
21.4
42
26.5
39
-8.3
32
Louisiana
26.2
42
23.7
44
20.7
44
16.2
45
20.2
45
-22.9
50
Maine
28.4
39
27.7
40
23.1
41
26.7
37
26.1
40
-8.3
31
Maryland
66.4
21
64.9
24
58.6
23
51.4
22
61.6
22
-7.3
27
Massachusetts
119.8
5
133.4
4
124.4
4
104.5
5
136.7
5
14.1
3
Michigan
96.4
11
97.7
11
95.8
11
85.3
11
98.7
11
2.3
15
Minnesota
115.1
6
126.5
5
115.2
6
97.8
7
122.4
7
6.3
8
Mississippi
16.3
49
16.9
47
14.5
49
11.4
49
13.6
50
-16.4
40
Missouri
36.6
35
36.2
36
34.1
33
27.5
36
32.0
35
-12.7
35
Montana
39.2
31
31.8
38
32.5
37
28.8
35
31.9
36
-18.5
47
Nebraska
28.4
40
27.5
41
26.0
39
23.0
40
26.5
38
-6.7
25
Nevada
35.2
37
42.2
29
41.5
29
36.4
27
37.1
33
5.4
11
New Hampshire
108.9
8
121.0
6
111.0
7
86.7
10
104.7
10
-3.8
22
New Jersey
106.3
9
101.9
10
86.6
13
72.4
14
91.8
13
-13.6
36
New Mexico
52.6
26
54.3
27
50.4
27
35.1
28
43.9
27
-16.6
41
New York
85.5
14
84.1
14
80.0
14
63.6
17
76.0
15
-11.1
33
North Carolina
57.1
25
58.4
26
54.9
24
47.7
23
56.3
24
-1.3
20
North Dakota
27.6
41
19.7
46
20.6
45
24.7
39
22.9
41
-16.8
44
Ohio
74.5
17
73.7
17
64.6
21
51.4
21
62.0
21
-16.8
43
Oklahoma
36.0
36
39.9
31
34.3
32
29.3
33
38.7
31
7.7
7
Oregon
109.1
7
119.4
7
123.3
5
111.9
4
149.2
4
36.8
2
Pennsylvania
66.2
23
65.1
23
58.7
22
45.9
24
56.9
23
-14.0
37
Rhode Island
66.4
22
68.8
21
77.4
15
65.4
15
73.70
16
11.0
6
South Carolina
40.3
28
36.8
34
33.0
36
29.6
32
37.2
32
-7.5
29
South Dakota
24.8
44
24.4
43
23.8
40
18.1
44
20.6
44
-16.9
45
Tennessee
38.6
33
37.4
33
33.0
35
26.6
38
29.9
37
-22.3
49
Texas
68.5
19
69.3
20
66.9
19
57.7
19
67.7
20
-1.1
18
Utah
71.7
18
69.6
18
73.1
17
57.7
18
68.3
19
-4.7
24
Vermont
172.3
2
158.3
2
143.4
3
136.6
2
160.3
3
-7.0
26
Virginia
38.2
34
36.5
35
33.8
34
28.8
34
33.9
34
-11.4
34
Washington
87.0
13
94.8
12
90.6
12
89.7
9
127.0
6
46.0
1
West Virginia
24.3
45
20.8
45
16.2
47
14.1
46
15.7
48
-35.2
51
Wisconsin
78.7
15
77.5
15
72.7
18
78.4
13
77.7
14
-1.3
19
Wyoming
25.5
43
34.8
37
22.2
43
21.6
41
21.0
43
-17.6
46
U.S. total
75.739
77.146
72.146
65.048
76.413
0.89

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