Useful Stats: Industrial R&D Performance by State, 2000-2004

Industrial R&D expenditures in the U.S. totaled $208 billion in 2004 — an increase of 2.1 percent ($4.3 billion) from 2003, according to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Survey of Industrial Research and Development.



From 2000 to 2004, industrial R&D expenditures increased by 3.14 percent, the NSF data show. North Dakota experienced the largest increase over the five-year period, more than tripling its 2000 total with $379 million in industrial R&D expenditures in 2004. Oregon (99.4 percent), New Hampshire (84.2 percent), Connecticut (73.68 percent) and Maryland (72.87 percent) followed North Dakota, in terms of percent change.



Connecticut showed the largest dollar increase ($3.05 billion) over the five-year period. Six other states also saw an increase in industrial R&D spending of more than $1 billion from 2000-2004: Maryland ($1.61B), Oregon ($1.52B), Virginia ($1.32B), Indiana ($1.32B), Minnesota ($1.23B) and California ($1.12B).

 

SSTI has prepared a state-by-state table that shows the above NSF data for 2000-2004 and ranks the states accordingly. The table is available at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/043007t.htm

 

The NSF InfoBrief that further discusses the data is available at: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf07304/