State Technology and Science Index | State Overall Ranking

State Technology and Science Index | State Overall Ranking

State Overall Ranking

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2018

State	Rank	Average Score
Mississippi	50	19.78
West Virginia	49	19.96
Arkansas	48	23.32
Oklahoma	47	25.01
Kentucky	46	25.48
Louisiana	45	25.53
Nevada	44	30.45
South Dakota	43	31.86
Wyoming	42	35.13
Alaska	41	35.70
Maine	40	35.77
Tennessee	39	36.23
North Dakota	38	36.37
South Carolina	37	38.00
Iowa	36	38.82
Hawaii	35	39.21
Nebraska	34	40.84
Florida	33	42.39
Alabama	32	43.40
Kansas	31	45.29
Missouri	30	46.03
Indiana	29	46.10
Montana	28	49.22
Ohio	27	50.88
Idaho	26	50.99
Wisconsin	25	51.96
New Mexico	24	52.06
Vermont	23	53.24
Georgia	22	53.25
New Jersey	21	55.12
Texas	20	55.60
Rhode Island	19	56.34
Michigan	18	56.37
Arizona	17	56.73
New York	16	57.52
Illinois	15	58.35
Connecticut	14	59.50
Pennsylvania	13	59.58
Virginia	12	60.28
North Carolina	11	61.24
Oregon	10	61.76
New Hampshire	9	62.34
Minnesota	8	63.11
Delaware	7	66.13
Washington	6	74.60
Utah	5	75.27
California	4	78.08
Maryland	3	79.24
Colorado	2	80.08
Massachusetts	1	86.25

2016

State	Rank	Average Score
Massachusetts	1	83.67
Colorado	2	80.40
Maryland	3	80.31
California	4	75.94
Washington	5	71.84
Connecticut	6	71.05
Minnesota	7	69.58
Utah	8	69.14
Virginia	9	65.88
Delaware	10	65.38
New Hampshire	11	65.32
North Carolina	12	62.64
Oregon	13	62.33
Pennsylvania	14	61.54
Rhode Island	15	59.84
Illinois	16	59.51
New Jersey	17	59.40
Michigan	18	58.75
Texas	19	58.66
New York	20	57.55
New Mexico	21	55.19
Wisconsin	22	55.06
Arizona	23	54.88
Georgia	24	53.53
Nebraska	25	53.53
Vermont	26	52.58
Ohio	27	52.32
Missouri	28	50.60
North Dakota	29	49.73
Indiana	30	49.23
Kansas	31	48.44
Idaho	32	46.30
Alaska	33	44.86
Montana	34	43.73
Iowa	35	43.52
Wyoming	36	43.02
Alabama	37	42.67
South Dakota	38	41.55
Hawaii	39	40.35
Tennessee	40	40.22
Florida	41	38.82
Maine	42	38.39
South Carolina	43	35.84
Oklahoma	44	34.62
Nevada	45	32.76
Louisiana	46	31.40
Kentucky	47	30.53
Mississippi	48	29.84
Arkansas	49	27.95
West Virginia	50	25.84

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