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2020 State Technology and Science Index
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  • Research and Development Inputs
  • Risk Capital and Entrepreneurial Infrastructure
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State Technology and Science Index | Risk Capital and Entrepreneurial Infrastructure Composite Index
 

Sub-Indexes

Risk Capital and Entrepreneurial Infrastructure (RCI)

States entrepreneurial capacity and risk capital infrastructure are ingredients that determine their success in converting research into commercially viable technology services and products. We include measures of venture capital as well as entrepreneurial activity such as patents, business formation, and initial public offerings.

2020
State Rank Score
California 1 85.82
Colorado 2 84.00
Massachusetts 3 83.45
Utah 4 74.18
Washington 5 73.64
Minnesota 6 69.09
Oregon 7 68.73
New York 8 68.18
Texas 9 65.45
Pennsylvania 10 63.82
New Hampshire 11 63.27
Delaware 12 62.00
Illinois 13 61.27
New Jersey 14 60.18
Connecticut 15 59.82
Florida 16 58.36
North Carolina 17 57.82
Maryland 18 56.91
Arizona 19 55.45
Georgia 20 54.73
Montana 21 52.73
New Mexico 22 52.55
Tennessee 23 52.18
Ohio 24 52.00
Virginia 25 50.91
Indiana 26 50.73
Wisconsin 27 48.00
Michigan 28 47.82
Idaho 29 46.73
Vermont 29 46.73
Kentucky 31 46.00
South Carolina 31 46.00
Hawaii 33 44.73
Maine 33 44.73
Kansas 35 44.55
Rhode Island 36 43.64
Missouri 37 42.91
Arkansas 38 42.55
North Dakota 39 39.64
Wyoming 40 39.45
Nevada 41 36.18
Nebraska 42 34.00
Oklahoma 43 33.09
South Dakota 44 32.18
Iowa 45 28.00
Alabama 46 27.64
Louisiana 47 26.18
Mississippi 48 24.73
Alaska 49 18.55
West Virginia 50 5.27
2018
State Rank Score
Alabama 39 35.00
Alaska 48 13.80
Arizona 30 42.17
Arkansas 36 36.17
California 4 74.33
Colorado 2 77.50
Connecticut 25 49.17
Delaware 15 57.67
Florida 8 68.00
Georgia 19 53.50
Hawaii 47 16.33
Idaho 28 45.17
Illinois 10 62.50
Indiana 21 52.50
Iowa 41 33.00
Kansas 37 35.50
Kentucky 42 26.50
Louisiana 40 33.83
Maine 29 42.33
Maryland 6 68.33
Massachusetts 1 81.17
Michigan 12 58.50
Minnesota 21 52.50
Mississippi 49 11.33
Missouri 27 47.67
Montana 32 40.50
Nebraska 33 38.17
Nevada 34 36.67
New Hampshire 23 52.00
New Jersey 20 53.00
New Mexico 18 54.00
New York 6 68.33
North Carolina 9 66.50
North Dakota 44 23.60
Ohio 24 50.33
Oklahoma 43 25.17
Oregon 16 54.33
Pennsylvania 14 58.17
Rhode Island 13 58.33
South Carolina 26 48.17
South Dakota 45 19.20
Tennessee 38 35.17
Texas 11 59.67
Utah 3 76.17
Vermont 31 41.50
Virginia 34 36.67
Washington 5 70.00
West Virginia 50 10.33
Wisconsin 16 54.33
Wyoming 46 17.40
2016
State Rank Score
California 1 79.00
Massachusetts 2 78.67
Colorado 3 72.91
New York 4 72.17
North Carolina 5 71.45
Utah 6 71.27
Missouri 7 70.40
Maryland 8 70.36
Georgia 9 67.00
Oregon 10 66.36
Connecticut 11 66.18
Texas 12 66.00
Vermont 13 65.45
New Hampshire 14 64.50
Washington 15 64.18
Minnesota 16 62.73
Illinois 17 61.64
Arizona 18 61.17
Nebraska 19 58.60
Wisconsin 20 58.00
New Jersey 21 57.80
Tennessee 22 57.27
Michigan 23 56.36
Pennsylvania 24 55.83
Virginia 25 55.00
Florida 26 54.18
Idaho 27 53.40
Rhode Island 28 53.33
Delaware 29 52.80
Kansas 30 51.82
Maine 31 50.73
New Mexico 32 48.36
Ohio 33 48.00
South Dakota 34 47.33
Oklahoma 35 46.73
Louisiana 36 44.55
Nevada 37 43.82
Alabama 38 43.45
Kentucky 39 43.40
North Dakota 40 43.33
Arkansas 41 43.00
South Carolina 42 42.40
Indiana 43 42.00
Alaska 44 41.33
Montana 45 39.82
Iowa 46 39.40
Wyoming 47 36.33
West Virginia 48 34.00
Mississippi 49 32.86
Hawaii 50 27.50
2014
State Rank Score
Massachusetts 1 81.50
California 2 78.17
New York 3 73.00
Texas 4 70.50
Maryland 5 68.83
Pennsylvania 6 68.67
Colorado 7 68.55
New Jersey 7 68.55
New Hampshire 9 67.80
Utah 10 67.09
Minnesota 11 64.17
North Carolina 12 63.82
Virginia 13 63.60
Connecticut 14 62.18
Washington 15 61.82
North Dakota 16 61.40
Arizona 17 61.00
Vermont 18 60.60
Delaware 19 59.80
Ohio 20 59.64
Florida 21 59.09
Rhode Island 22 58.20
Illinois 23 57.83
Oregon 24 57.00
Michigan 25 56.18
Georgia 26 55.27
Tennessee 27 54.73
South Carolina 28 53.80
Nevada 29 51.40
New Mexico 30 49.64
Missouri 31 49.20
Louisiana 32 49.00
Nebraska 33 48.80
Kansas 34 48.40
Oklahoma 35 48.36
Wisconsin 36 46.00
Iowa 37 44.89
Arkansas 38 44.67
Hawaii 39 44.20
Idaho 40 42.60
Maine 41 42.18
Indiana 42 42.17
Kentucky 43 37.80
Mississippi 44 35.40
Alabama 45 34.36
West Virginia 46 34.20
South Dakota 47 32.25
Wyoming 48 29.14
Alaska 49 23.14
Montana 50 17.11



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