Patents Issued per 100,000 Employees by State, FY 2002–2006
Sources:
- Quarterly Census of Employees and Wages, Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/cew/
- Patent Counts by Country/State and Year, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/cst_all.pdf
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 rankAlabama 24.1 46 25.2 42 22.2 42 18.9 43 22.3 42 -7.4 28Alaska 17.4 48 14.7 50 16.5 46 11.9 48 14.6 49 -16.0 39Arizona 75.9 16 75.5 16 73.5 16 64.2 16 72.4 17 -4.6 23Arkansas 19.0 47 15.8 49 14.2 50 13.3 47 15.8 47 -16.8 42California 143.1 3 149.1 3 144.5 2 129.1 3 161.5 2 12.9 5Colorado 98.9 10 108.8 9 106.9 8 90.1 8 104.8 9 5.9 10Connecticut 120.8 4 113.4 8 105.6 9 102.0 6 111.1 8 -8.0 30Delaware 95.8 12 92.5 13 98.7 10 81.6 12 93.8 12 -2.1 21District of Columbia 10.0 51 7.7 51 12.1 51 8.8 51 10.3 51 2.9 14Florida 39.8 30 43.0 28 40.1 30 34.9 29 41.0 30 3.0 13Georgia 40.2 29 40.5 30 38.8 31 34.5 31 42.7 29 6.2 9Hawaii 16.3 50 16.9 48 14.7 48 9.6 50 16.3 46 0.3 17Idaho 328.2 1 321.2 1 308.1 1 252.1 1 266.8 1 -18.7 48Illinois 68.2 20 69.5 19 65.9 20 57.4 20 69.6 18 2.1 16Indiana 61.6 24 59.5 25 52.1 25 43.4 26 51.8 25 -15.9 38Iowa 48.2 27 68.1 22 51.7 26 43.5 25 49.8 26 3.2 12Kansas 38.6 32 38.2 32 41.6 28 34.9 30 43.8 28 13.4 4Kentucky 28.9 38 29.0 39 26.8 38 21.4 42 26.5 39 -8.3 32Louisiana 26.2 42 23.7 44 20.7 44 16.2 45 20.2 45 -22.9 50Maine 28.4 39 27.7 40 23.1 41 26.7 37 26.1 40 -8.3 31Maryland 66.4 21 64.9 24 58.6 23 51.4 22 61.6 22 -7.3 27Massachusetts 119.8 5 133.4 4 124.4 4 104.5 5 136.7 5 14.1 3Michigan 96.4 11 97.7 11 95.8 11 85.3 11 98.7 11 2.3 15Minnesota 115.1 6 126.5 5 115.2 6 97.8 7 122.4 7 6.3 8Mississippi 16.3 49 16.9 47 14.5 49 11.4 49 13.6 50 -16.4 40Missouri 36.6 35 36.2 36 34.1 33 27.5 36 32.0 35 -12.7 35Montana 39.2 31 31.8 38 32.5 37 28.8 35 31.9 36 -18.5 47Nebraska 28.4 40 27.5 41 26.0 39 23.0 40 26.5 38 -6.7 25Nevada 35.2 37 42.2 29 41.5 29 36.4 27 37.1 33 5.4 11New Hampshire 108.9 8 121.0 6 111.0 7 86.7 10 104.7 10 -3.8 22New Jersey 106.3 9 101.9 10 86.6 13 72.4 14 91.8 13 -13.6 36New Mexico 52.6 26 54.3 27 50.4 27 35.1 28 43.9 27 -16.6 41New York 85.5 14 84.1 14 80.0 14 63.6 17 76.0 15 -11.1 33North Carolina 57.1 25 58.4 26 54.9 24 47.7 23 56.3 24 -1.3 20North Dakota 27.6 41 19.7 46 20.6 45 24.7 39 22.9 41 -16.8 44Ohio 74.5 17 73.7 17 64.6 21 51.4 21 62.0 21 -16.8 43Oklahoma 36.0 36 39.9 31 34.3 32 29.3 33 38.7 31 7.7 7Oregon 109.1 7 119.4 7 123.3 5 111.9 4 149.2 4 36.8 2Pennsylvania 66.2 23 65.1 23 58.7 22 45.9 24 56.9 23 -14.0 37Rhode Island 66.4 22 68.8 21 77.4 15 65.4 15 73.70 16 11.0 6South Carolina 40.3 28 36.8 34 33.0 36 29.6 32 37.2 32 -7.5 29South Dakota 24.8 44 24.4 43 23.8 40 18.1 44 20.6 44 -16.9 45Tennessee 38.6 33 37.4 33 33.0 35 26.6 38 29.9 37 -22.3 49Texas 68.5 19 69.3 20 66.9 19 57.7 19 67.7 20 -1.1 18Utah 71.7 18 69.6 18 73.1 17 57.7 18 68.3 19 -4.7 24Vermont 172.3 2 158.3 2 143.4 3 136.6 2 160.3 3 -7.0 26Virginia 38.2 34 36.5 35 33.8 34 28.8 34 33.9 34 -11.4 34Washington 87.0 13 94.8 12 90.6 12 89.7 9 127.0 6 46.0 1West Virginia 24.3 45 20.8 45 16.2 47 14.1 46 15.7 48 -35.2 51Wisconsin 78.7 15 77.5 15 72.7 18 78.4 13 77.7 14 -1.3 19Wyoming 25.5 43 34.8 37 22.2 43 21.6 41 21.0 43 -17.6 46U.S. total 75.739 77.146 72.146 65.048 76.413 0.89
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