Useful Stats: Federal R&D Obligations to Industry by State, 2000-2004

Each year, the National Science Foundation releases updated information for their Federal Funds for Research and Development series. SSTI has prepared a table illustrating the amount of federal R&D obligations provided to industry in each state from 2000 to 2004, the most recent years for which statistics are available. Additionally, the relative ranking of each state is displayed for every year in this period.

 

For the entire U.S., federal R&D obligations to industry were $27.6 billion in 2000 before steadily increasing to $39.1 billion in 2004. This represents a 41.6 percent increase over the five-year period. In 2004, the states receiving the most federal R&D funding for industry were California ($7.87 billion), Texas ($3.30 billion), Virginia ($3.25 billion), Maryland ($2.38 billion) and Missouri ($2.37 billion). In 2004, 13 states had amounts higher than $1 billion, whereas 10 states received less than $50 million.

 

The values show a high amount of volatility over the years, and the relative ranking among states changes dramatically in some cases. Mississippi, for example, received $105 million in federal R&D funding to industry in 2000, which increased to $1.3 billion in 2004.

 

“Obligations are the amounts for orders placed, contracts awarded, services received, and similar transactions during a given period, regardless of when the funds were appropriated and when future payment of money is required,” according to NSF.

 

SSTI's table is available at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/012308t.htm

 

For the last five years of available information used in this Useful Stats, Table 83 in each year’s report has been the source of the data. The entire Federal Funds for Research and Development series can be accessed at:

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/pubseri.cfm?seri_id=23