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State Technology and Science Index | State Rankings
State Overall Ranking
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2016
State
Rank
Average
Score
West Virginia
50
25.83
Arkansas
49
27.95
Mississippi
48
29.84
Kentucky
47
30.53
Louisiana
46
31.40
Nevada
45
32.75
Oklahoma
44
34.62
South Carolina
43
35.84
Maine
42
38.39
Florida
41
38.81
Tennessee
40
40.21
Hawaii
39
40.34
South Dakota
38
41.55
Alabama
37
42.67
Wyoming
36
43.01
Iowa
35
43.51
Montana
34
43.73
Alaska
33
44.86
Idaho
32
46.30
Kansas
31
48.43
Indiana
30
49.23
North Dakota
29
49.72
Missouri
28
50.60
Ohio
27
52.31
Vermont
26
52.58
Nebraska
25
53.52
Georgia
24
53.53
Arizona
23
54.87
Wisconsin
22
55.06
New Mexico
21
55.18
New York
20
57.54
Texas
19
58.65
Michigan
18
58.75
New Jersey
17
59.39
Illinois
16
59.50
Rhode Island
15
59.83
Pennsylvania
14
61.54
Oregon
13
62.32
North Carolina
12
62.64
New Hampshire
11
65.31
Delaware
10
65.38
Virginia
9
65.87
Utah
8
69.14
Minnesota
7
69.57
Connecticut
6
71.04
Washington
5
71.83
California
4
75.94
Maryland
3
80.30
Colorado
2
80.40
Massachusetts
1
83.66
2014
State
Rank
Average
Score
Massachusetts
1
86.59
Maryland
2
81.48
California
3
76.64
Colorado
4
74.60
Utah
5
74.01
Washington
6
72.71
Virginia
7
71.58
New Hampshire
8
66.88
Connecticut
9
65.51
Delaware
10
65.34
New York
11
64.99
Minnesota
12
64.35
Rhode Island
13
64.20
Pennsylvania
14
63.06
North Carolina
15
62.04
New Jersey
16
61.32
Oregon
17
59.55
Vermont
18
58.99
Arizona
19
58.96
Texas
20
58.56
Illinois
21
58.27
Michigan
22
57.10
Georgia
23
55.03
New Mexico
24
54.91
Wisconsin
25
53.90
Ohio
26
51.72
Indiana
27
50.40
Kansas
28
49.47
North Dakota
29
48.72
Nebraska
30
48.15
Iowa
31
48.01
Alabama
32
46.11
Idaho
33
45.44
Missouri
34
44.62
Hawaii
35
44.37
Tennessee
36
43.74
Florida
37
43.46
Alaska
38
43.22
Montana
39
42.95
South Carolina
40
39.99
Maine
41
36.65
South Dakota
42
35.06
Oklahoma
43
34.86
Kentucky
44
32.65
Arkansas
45
32.45
Wyoming
46
32.13
West Virginia
47
32.11
Louisiana
48
31.34
Mississippi
49
30.86
Nevada
50
30.77
2012
State
Rank
Average
Score
Massachusetts
1
86.40
Maryland
2
79.41
California
3
75.70
Colorado
4
75.07
Washington
5
71.88
Virginia
6
71.23
Utah
7
69.83
Delaware
8
69.16
Connecticut
9
68.49
New Hampshire
10
66.07
Pennsylvania
11
64.16
Minnesota
12
63.39
New York
13
62.85
Vermont
14
62.43
New Jersey
15
62.11
Arizona
16
61.56
Rhode Island
17
61.22
Illinois
18
60.81
Texas
19
59.91
Oregon
20
57.84
North Carolina
21
57.80
New Mexico
22
56.55
Michigan
23
55.03
Kansas
24
53.64
Wisconsin
25
53.07
Georgia
26
51.47
Indiana
27
50.63
Ohio
28
49.06
Missouri
29
48.90
Alabama
30
48.59
Iowa
31
47.30
North Dakota
32
46.75
Nebraska
33
45.44
Idaho
34
44.70
Tennessee
35
44.44
Hawaii
36
44.19
Montana
37
43.20
Florida
38
42.15
Maine
39
40.74
Oklahoma
40
39.93
Alaska
41
38.73
South Dakota
42
37.79
South Carolina
43
37.12
Louisiana
44
35.64
Kentucky
45
32.40
Wyoming
46
32.18
Nevada
47
30.80
West Virginia
48
30.61
Arkansas
49
28.28
Mississippi
50
26.05
2010
State
Rank
Average
Score
Massachusetts
1
82.61
Maryland
2
77.05
Colorado
3
75.73
California
4
73.85
Utah
5
71.26
Washington
6
70.23
New Hampshire
7
68.69
Virginia
8
68.05
Connecticut
9
66.56
Delaware
10
63.26
New Jersey
11
62.97
Minnesota
12
62.65
North Carolina
13
61.42
Pennsylvania
14
60.78
Arizona
15
60.21
New York
16
59.47
Vermont
17
59.30
New Mexico
18
59.05
Texas
19
58.33
Illinois
20
57.13
Oregon
21
56.53
Rhode Island
22
56.36
Kansas
23
55.48
Wisconsin
24
55.02
Georgia
25
51.71
Michigan
26
50.74
Idaho
27
49.84
Indiana
28
49.70
Ohio
29
49.47
Missouri
30
48.44
Alabama
31
47.29
Iowa
32
46.59
North Dakota
33
46.39
Nebraska
34
45.53
Montana
35
44.37
Hawaii
36
43.87
Alaska
37
42.79
South Dakota
38
41.58
Oklahoma
39
40.32
Florida
40
39.96
Tennessee
41
38.85
Maine
42
37.56
South Carolina
43
36.10
Wyoming
44
35.76
Louisiana
45
35.27
Nevada
46
34.03
Kentucky
47
32.70
Mississippi
48
32.43
West Virginia
49
30.33
Arkansas
50
25.63
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Note: New indicators were incorporated and methodologies changed between indices publications. Please check publications for specific changes and limitations to cross-year comparison.