Useful Stats: Ratio of Total R&D Expenditures to Gross State Product by State, 2000-2004

Included within the NSF’s National Patterns of R&D Resources series is data detailing the amount of each state’s total R&D expenditures and gross state product (GSP). Total R&D is calculated by combining a state’s R&D expenditures from federal sources, colleges and universities, federally funded research and development centers, industry and other nonprofit institutions.

 

SSTI has prepared a table showing the total R&D expenditures divided by the GSP, the percentage of which is often called the R&D intensity, for each state and the District of Columbia from 2000 to 2004. Additionally, the chart illustrates the rank of each state’s 2004 R&D intensity, the percent change of R&D intensity over the five-year period, and the ranking of this percent change.

 

Leading the pack in 2004 was New Mexico, whose R&D intensity was 8.04 percent. This was followed by Maryland (6.22 percent), Massachusetts (5.11 percent), Michigan (4.56 percent) and Rhode Island (4.4 percent). For the U.S. as a whole, the percentage was 2.56 in 2004.

 

However, the U.S. R&D intensity decreased from 2.73 percent in 2000, showing the U.S. GDP grew at a larger rate than the growth of total R&D expenditures over that period. Among states, North Dakota experienced the largest climb in intensity from 2000 to 2004, as it moved from 0.8 to 2.46 over the five years -- a relative increase of 209 percent. Other states experiencing a large jump were New Hampshire (from 1.62 to 3.2, an increase of 97 percent), Oregon (from 1.78 to 2.72, an increase of 52 percent), Hawaii (0.69 to 0.98, an increase of 42 percent) and New Mexico (5.68 to 8.04, an increase of 42 percent).

 

To see where each state ranks, visit SSTI's table at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/021308t.htm.

 

Links to each year’s NSF data are contained within the SSTI table. To access the general page for NSF’s National Patterns of R&D Resources visit: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/natlpatterns/