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State Technology and Science Index | Technology Concentration and Dynamism Composite Index

Technology Concentration and Dynamism Composite Index*

This evaluates technology outcomes to assess how effective policymakers and other stakeholders have been at parlaying regional assets into regional prosperity. Ten indicators are included in this composite index; they are listed at the bottom of this page. Click on an indicator to see further data comparisons at the individual indicator level.

2016
State Rank Score
West Virginia 50 22.44
North Dakota 48 28.44
South Dakota 48 28.44
Montana 47 29.11
Arkansas 45 30.22
Oklahoma 45 30.22
Alaska 43 32.44
Maine 43 32.44
Kentucky 42 35.11
Tennessee 41 35.33
Iowa 40 36.00
Idaho 39 36.44
Wisconsin 38 37.11
Louisiana 36 38.66
Nebraska 36 38.66
Alabama 35 39.33
Hawaii 32 40.22
Mississippi 32 40.22
South Carolina 32 40.22
Wyoming 31 41.11
Vermont 30 44.22
Indiana 29 45.33
Nevada 28 48.00
Kansas 27 49.77
Missouri 26 50.66
Ohio 25 51.55
New York 24 53.33
New Mexico 23 53.77
Rhode Island 22 54.00
Arizona 20 57.77
Florida 20 57.77
New Jersey 19 58.22
Illinois 18 59.55
Oregon 17 60.00
Michigan 16 61.33
Minnesota 15 61.55
Pennsylvania 14 62.88
Utah 13 63.55
Delaware 12 64.44
Connecticut 10 66.88
New Hampshire 10 66.88
Georgia 9 67.77
Washington 8 70.00
Virginia 7 70.44
Massachusetts 5 71.33
North Carolina 5 71.33
Texas 4 74.44
Colorado 3 78.66
California 2 79.33
Maryland 1 80.00
2014
State Rank Score
Utah 1 92.89
Washington 2 85.11
Maryland 3 84.67
Massachusetts 4 84.22
California 5 83.33
Virginia 6 82.00
North Carolina 7 78.25
Colorado 8 77.11
Texas 9 74.67
Oregon 10 69.56
Georgia 11 69.33
New York 12 68.67
Delaware 13 63.00
New Jersey 14 62.89
Vermont 15 61.75
Arizona 16 61.11
New Hampshire 17 59.75
Rhode Island 18 59.50
Montana 19 57.33
Minnesota 20 56.89
Connecticut 21 56.22
Alaska 22 55.75
Illinois 23 53.78
Indiana 24 53.33
Wisconsin 25 53.00
Florida 26 51.78
Pennsylvania 26 51.78
Kansas 28 49.75
South Carolina 29 49.56
Michigan 30 49.11
New Mexico 31 48.57
Ohio 32 47.11
North Dakota 33 46.00
Idaho 34 45.00
Missouri 35 42.00
Hawaii 36 41.25
West Virginia 37 38.29
Nebraska 38 38.00
Alabama 39 37.33
Arkansas 40 37.14
Louisiana 40 37.14
Iowa 42 36.25
Nevada 43 36.22
Mississippi 44 35.11
Tennessee 45 34.89
Kentucky 46 33.33
Maine 47 31.33
Wyoming 48 29.00
Oklahoma 49 26.00
South Dakota 50 21.14
2012
State Rank Score
Utah 1 86.00
Washington 2 84.20
Colorado 3 83.00
California 4 82.00
Maryland 4 82.00
Massachusetts 6 80.40
Texas 7 76.20
Delaware 8 72.60
Virginia 9 71.60
North Carolina 10 65.20
Arizona 11 64.80
Connecticut 12 64.60
Oregon 13 64.00
Vermont 14 62.60
New Jersey 15 62.00
New Hampshire 16 60.60
Illinois 17 58.80
Kansas 18 58.00
New York 19 57.40
Minnesota 20 55.00
Georgia 21 54.80
Pennsylvania 21 54.80
Idaho 23 54.00
Rhode Island 24 53.00
South Carolina 25 51.80
Florida 26 51.20
New Mexico 27 50.80
Hawaii 28 47.80
Alaska 29 47.00
Indiana 30 45.80
Montana 30 45.80
Nevada 32 45.00
North Dakota 33 43.60
Ohio 34 43.20
Oklahoma 35 42.40
Louisiana 36 42.00
Nebraska 37 41.80
Wisconsin 38 40.20
Alabama 39 39.80
Iowa 40 38.60
Michigan 40 38.60
South Dakota 42 35.00
Maine 43 34.80
Missouri 44 33.60
West Virginia 45 33.00
Kentucky 46 32.40
Tennessee 47 31.80
Mississippi 48 30.00
Wyoming 49 25.20
Arkansas 50 24.20
2010
State Rank Score
Utah 1 86.80
Colorado 2 82.00
Washington 3 80.60
Virginia 4 80.40
California 5 79.40
Maryland 5 79.40
Massachusetts 7 75.60
New Hampshire 8 74.80
Texas 9 70.80
Arizona 10 69.40
North Carolina 11 68.00
Oregon 12 67.40
Kansas 13 66.80
Georgia 14 66.00
New Jersey 15 65.40
Idaho 16 63.00
New Mexico 17 62.20
Connecticut 18 61.20
Nevada 19 58.40
Minnesota 20 57.40
Vermont 21 57.00
Florida 22 55.40
New York 23 54.80
Delaware 24 52.80
Pennsylvania 25 51.20
Illinois 26 49.80
Alabama 27 49.40
Hawaii 28 49.20
Alaska 29 48.60
Indiana 29 48.60
Oklahoma 31 46.80
Missouri 32 46.60
Nebraska 33 45.00
Rhode Island 34 42.40
Tennessee 34 42.40
Montana 36 42.00
Louisiana 37 40.60
South Carolina 38 40.40
Wisconsin 39 39.20
Mississippi 40 37.00
North Dakota 41 36.80
Maine 42 36.00
Iowa 43 35.20
Ohio 44 34.00
South Dakota 45 33.80
Michigan 46 32.60
Kentucky 47 32.20
Wyoming 48 29.80
West Virginia 49 28.80
Arkansas 50 21.40


Average Yearly Growth of High-Tech Industries
Net Formation of High-Tech Establishments per 10,000 Business Establishments
Number of High-Tech Industries Growing Faster than U.S. Average
Number of High-Tech Industries with LQ Higher than 1.0
Number of Inc. 500 Companies per 10,000 Business Establishments
Number of Technology Fast 500 Companies per 10,000 Business Establishments
Percent of Employment in High-Tech NAICS Codes
Percent of Establishment Births in High-Tech NAICS Codes
Percent of Establishments in High-Tech NAICS Codes
Percent of Payroll in High-Tech NAICS Codes

*Note: New indicators were incorporated and methodologies changed between indices publications. Please check publications for specific changes and limitations to cross-year comparison.
       
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