State Technology and Science Index

State Technology and Science Index | State Rankings

State Ranking

Composite Score			Human Capital Investment		Risk Capital and Entrepreneurial Infrastructure		Research and Development Inputs		Technology Concentration and Dynamism		Technology and Science Workforce
Rank	Score	State	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score
1	86.59	Massachusetts	1	85.33	1	81.50	1	94.82	4	84.22	1	87.06
2	81.48	Maryland	2	79.14	5	68.83	2	88.28	3	84.67	2	86.47
3	76.64	California	17	60.76	2	78.17	5	78.59	5	83.33	4	82.33
4	74.60	Colorado	6	68.10	7	68.55	3	81.03	8	77.11	6	78.22
5	74.01	Utah	5	69.24	10	67.09	8	71.88	1	92.89	8	68.93
6	72.71	Washington	19	58.29	15	61.82	7	75.13	2	85.11	3	83.22
7	71.58	Virginia	8	66.95	13	63.60	12	66.56	6	82.00	5	78.78
8	66.88	New Hampshire	14	63.24	9	67.80	4	80.20	17	59.75	13	63.43
9	65.51	Connecticut	3	75.90	14	62.18	10	71.24	21	56.22	16	62.00
10	65.34	Delaware	10	64.67	19	59.80	6	75.42	13	63.00	11	63.83
11	64.99	New York	7	67.90	3	73.00	18	59.04	12	68.67	26	56.35
12	64.35	Minnesota	4	74.86	11	64.17	24	54.79	20	56.89	7	71.06
13	64.20	Rhode Island	13	63.43	22	58.20	9	71.36	18	59.50	9	68.50
14	63.06	Pennsylvania	16	62.00	6	68.67	11	69.05	26	51.78	12	63.78
15	62.04	North Carolina	28	49.05	12	63.82	19	58.08	7	78.25	19	61.00
16	61.32	New Jersey	21	57.62	7	68.55	21	56.86	14	62.89	20	60.71
17	59.55	Oregon	22	54.29	24	57.00	13	65.72	10	69.56	33	51.20
18	58.99	Vermont	9	66.57	18	60.60	27	53.21	15	61.75	31	52.80
19	58.96	Arizona	29	48.67	17	61.00	17	60.72	16	61.11	14	63.29
20	58.56	Texas	41	36.67	4	70.50	32	43.32	9	74.67	10	67.67
21	58.27	Illinois	11	63.81	23	57.83	16	60.84	23	53.78	27	55.11
22	57.10	Michigan	20	57.90	25	56.18	14	64.79	30	49.11	24	57.53
23	55.03	Georgia	33	43.90	26	55.27	31	43.64	11	69.33	15	63.00
24	54.91	New Mexico	25	51.05	30	49.64	15	64.04	31	48.57	18	61.25
25	53.90	Wisconsin	23	51.52	36	46.00	20	57.57	25	53.00	17	61.41
26	51.72	Ohio	31	44.67	20	59.64	25	54.06	32	47.11	30	53.11
27	50.40	Indiana	26	50.76	42	42.17	26	53.60	24	53.33	32	52.13
28	49.47	Kansas	24	51.24	34	48.40	36	37.43	28	49.75	21	60.53
29	48.72	North Dakota	12	63.62	16	61.40	34	42.06	33	46.00	47	30.50
30	48.15	Nebraska	15	62.30	33	48.80	35	38.13	38	38.00	29	53.50
31	48.01	Iowa	18	58.95	37	44.89	28	52.69	42	36.25	35	47.25
32	46.11	Alabama	36	42.29	45	34.36	22	56.83	39	37.33	22	59.75
33	45.44	Idaho	44	33.05	40	42.60	30	47.56	34	45.00	23	59.00
34	44.62	Missouri	27	50.38	31	49.20	44	25.04	35	42.00	25	56.47
35	44.37	Hawaii	39	38.19	39	44.20	23	55.08	36	41.25	40	43.14
36	43.74	Tennessee	34	43.33	27	54.73	37	36.71	45	34.89	34	49.06
37	43.46	Florida	43	33.24	21	59.09	40	28.66	26	51.78	38	44.56
38	43.22	Alaska	37	40.40	49	23.14	33	43.15	22	55.75	28	53.64
39	42.95	Montana	35	43.05	50	17.11	29	50.91	19	57.33	36	46.33
40	39.99	South Carolina	47	28.95	28	53.80	43	25.64	29	49.56	41	42.00
41	36.65	Maine	40	37.90	41	42.18	38	32.10	47	31.33	42	39.73
42	35.06	South Dakota	30	47.30	47	32.25	39	29.47	50	21.14	37	45.14
43	34.86	Oklahoma	42	34.76	35	48.36	47	21.15	49	26.00	39	44.00
44	32.65	Kentucky	45	31.62	43	37.80	41	26.62	46	33.33	45	33.88
45	32.45	Arkansas	48	25.81	38	44.67	49	18.93	40	37.14	43	35.69
46	32.13	Wyoming	32	44.30	48	29.14	42	26.46	48	29.00	46	31.75
47	32.11	West Virginia	38	38.86	46	34.20	46	21.47	37	38.29	48	27.71
48	31.34	Louisiana	46	30.29	32	49.00	50	16.02	40	37.14	50	24.27
49	30.86	Mississippi	48	25.81	44	35.40	45	23.68	44	35.11	44	34.29
50	30.77	Nevada	50	21.43	29	51.40	48	19.41	43	36.22	49	25.38