Useful Stats: 2004 Industrial R&D Intensity by State

California accounted for 22.4 percent of the nation’s total industrial R&D in 2004, leading the U.S. with $46.6 billion in total industrial R&D expenditures, according to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Survey of Industrial Research and Development: 2004. Michigan ($15.2 billion), Massachusetts ($11.8 billion), New Jersey ($11.0 billion), and Texas ($11.0 billion) rounded out the top five.

 

When ranked by industrial R&D intensity, Michigan placed first at 4.14 percent, followed by Connecticut (3.93 percent), Massachusetts (3.78 percent), Washington (3.49 percent), Rhode Island (3.15 percent) and California (3.07 percent). The national average in industrial R&D intensity for 2004 was 1.79 percent.

 

Using the NSF data, SSTI has prepared a table presenting state rankings of industrial R&D intensity for 2004. Industrial R&D intensity, or the ratio of industry R&D to gross state product, is shown for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The table may be accessed by visiting http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/042307t.htm.

 

For 2003 state industrial R&D intensity data, visit http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/040306t.htm.

 

NSF’s InfoBrief on the survey is available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf07304/.