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Research and Development Inputs Composite Index
R&D Expenditures on Engineering, US$ per Capita
2016
State
Year
Rank
Statistic
Score
Maryland
2016
1
165.59
100
Massachusetts
2016
2
65.77
98
New Mexico
2016
3
51.14
96
Delaware
2016
4
46.36
94
Georgia
2016
5
38.13
92
Utah
2016
6
36.97
90
Pennsylvania
2016
7
31.32
88
North Dakota
2016
8
29.39
86
Colorado
2016
9
28.08
84
Michigan
2016
10
23.72
82
Indiana
2016
11
21.84
80
Rhode Island
2016
12
20.56
78
Ohio
2016
13
20.12
76
Virginia
2016
14
19.39
74
Alabama
2016
15
19.20
72
Iowa
2016
16
19.08
70
New Hampshire
2016
17
18.62
68
New York
2016
18
18.36
66
Wisconsin
2016
19
17.95
64
Washington
2016
20
16.44
62
New Jersey
2016
21
15.68
60
Illinois
2016
22
14.75
58
North Carolina
2016
23
14.70
56
Tennessee
2016
24
14.45
54
California
2016
25
14.19
52
Connecticut
2016
26
13.28
50
Montana
2016
27
12.28
48
West Virginia
2016
28
11.91
46
Texas
2016
29
11.65
44
South Dakota
2016
30
11.16
42
Arizona
2016
31
10.81
40
Minnesota
2016
32
10.24
38
Hawaii
2016
33
10.19
36
Oregon
2016
34
9.59
34
Idaho
2016
35
9.43
32
Kansas
2016
36
9.32
30
Nebraska
2016
37
9.19
28
Mississippi
2016
38
8.78
26
Maine
2016
39
8.70
24
South Carolina
2016
40
8.68
22
Vermont
2016
41
8.42
20
Alaska
2016
42
8.37
18
Florida
2016
43
7.67
16
Missouri
2016
44
6.74
14
Kentucky
2016
45
6.54
12
Nevada
2016
46
5.32
10
Oklahoma
2016
47
5.29
8
Wyoming
2016
48
5.27
6
Louisiana
2016
49
4.58
4
Arkansas
2016
50
2.77
2
2014
State
Year
Rank
Statistic
Score
Maryland
2012
1
155.49
100
Massachusetts
2012
2
61.73
98
North Dakota
2012
3
47.89
96
Delaware
2012
4
47.34
94
New Mexico
2012
5
45.62
92
Utah
2012
6
42.02
90
Georgia
2012
7
37.53
88
Pennsylvania
2012
8
32.71
86
New Hampshire
2012
9
31.07
84
Colorado
2012
10
27.89
82
South Dakota
2012
11
24.68
80
Indiana
2012
12
23.36
78
Michigan
2012
13
21.76
76
Ohio
2012
14
20.44
74
Alabama
2012
15
20.08
72
Virginia
2012
16
18.82
70
New York
2012
17
18.29
68
Iowa
2012
18
17.96
66
Oklahoma
2012
19
17.74
64
New Jersey
2012
20
17.26
62
Rhode Island
2012
21
17.05
60
Alaska
2012
22
16.09
58
Washington
2012
23
15.32
56
Mississippi
2012
24
15.31
54
Tennessee
2012
25
14.95
52
Connecticut
2012
26
14.80
50
California
2012
27
14.77
48
West Virginia
2012
28
14.74
46
Wisconsin
2012
29
14.72
44
Illinois
2012
30
14.69
42
Montana
2012
31
14.10
40
North Carolina
2012
32
13.08
38
Idaho
2012
33
12.99
36
Texas
2012
34
12.22
34
Arizona
2012
35
12.14
32
Nebraska
2012
36
11.32
30
Kansas
2012
37
11.01
28
South Carolina
2012
38
10.63
26
Minnesota
2012
39
10.01
24
Vermont
2012
40
9.43
22
Oregon
2012
41
9.35
20
Kentucky
2012
42
8.97
18
Missouri
2012
43
8.88
16
Wyoming
2012
44
8.46
14
Florida
2012
45
8.03
12
Maine
2012
46
7.37
10
Louisiana
2012
47
5.61
8
Nevada
2012
48
5.28
6
Arkansas
2012
49
4.60
4
Hawaii
2012
50
3.28
2
2012
State
Year
Rank
Statistic
Score
Alabama
2010
21
25.99
60
Alaska
2010
41
15.72
20
Arizona
2010
28
22.45
46
Arkansas
2010
48
8.70
6
California
2010
25
24.42
52
Colorado
2010
10
38.70
82
Connecticut
2010
42
14.46
18
Delaware
2010
5
59.33
92
Florida
2010
44
13.46
14
Georgia
2010
7
47.67
88
Hawaii
2010
50
6.52
2
Idaho
2010
40
16.27
22
Illinois
2010
32
20.43
38
Indiana
2010
13
34.73
76
Iowa
2010
17
32.69
68
Kansas
2010
18
32.07
66
Kentucky
2010
37
17.23
28
Louisiana
2010
43
13.54
16
Maine
2010
34
19.92
34
Maryland
2010
1
159.07
100
Massachusetts
2010
3
78.63
96
Michigan
2010
15
33.90
72
Minnesota
2010
38
17.05
26
Mississippi
2010
24
24.94
54
Missouri
2010
46
12.16
10
Montana
2010
20
27.10
62
Nebraska
2010
35
18.64
32
Nevada
2010
49
7.39
4
New Hampshire
2010
19
28.62
64
New Jersey
2010
30
20.85
42
New Mexico
2010
4
61.76
94
New York
2010
11
37.63
80
North Carolina
2010
36
18.11
30
North Dakota
2010
2
92.62
98
Ohio
2010
12
35.14
78
Oklahoma
2010
29
22.24
44
Oregon
2010
47
10.13
8
Pennsylvania
2010
9
40.19
84
Rhode Island
2010
23
25.80
56
South Carolina
2010
14
34.57
74
South Dakota
2010
8
46.27
86
Tennessee
2010
31
20.69
40
Texas
2010
22
25.90
58
Utah
2010
6
54.57
90
Vermont
2010
39
16.76
24
Virginia
2010
16
33.46
70
Washington
2010
33
20.38
36
West Virginia
2010
26
23.91
50
Wisconsin
2010
27
22.68
48
Wyoming
2010
45
12.78
12