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2022 State Technology and Science Index
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State Technology and Science Index | Research and Development Inputs Composite Index
 

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Research and Development Inputs (RDI)

The index examines a states R&D capacity to see if it has facilities that can attract funding and create innovations that can be commercialized. We evaluate state rankings for academic, industry, and federal government R&D funding; National Science Foundation activity; and Small Business Innovation Research awards.

2022
State Rank Score
Massachusetts 1 97.42
Maryland 2 86.99
New Hampshire 3 84.47
Delaware 4 79.14
California 5 78.14
Colorado 6 76.99
Pennsylvania 7 73.23
Connecticut 8 72.44
Rhode Island 9 71.55
Michigan 10 70.56
North Carolina 11 67.91
Utah 12 66.84
Washington 13 66.24
Virginia 14 63.60
New York 15 60.70
New Mexico 16 59.95
Illinois 17 58.98
Arizona 18 58.59
New Jersey 19 57.90
Wisconsin 20 57.58
Indiana 21 57.26
Oregon 22 57.06
Ohio 23 56.39
Alabama 24 55.88
Minnesota 25 55.10
Montana 26 52.70
Vermont 27 51.88
Hawaii 28 51.76
Iowa 29 49.25
Wyoming 30 47.67
Texas 31 46.96
Georgia 32 44.65
Missouri 33 44.44
Alaska 34 42.87
Idaho 35 40.74
Kansas 36 36.88
North Dakota 37 35.73
Nebraska 38 33.58
Tennessee 39 33.29
South Dakota 40 31.50
Florida 41 28.47
Maine 42 26.09
South Carolina 43 24.66
Oklahoma 44 23.52
Kentucky 45 20.81
Louisiana 46 20.54
West Virginia 47 20.32
Mississippi 48 17.52
Nevada 49 17.32
Arkansas 50 14.72
2020
State Rank Score
Alabama 23 55.56
Alaska 26 52.19
Arizona 18 60.04
Arkansas 49 17.73
California 4 79.17
Colorado 6 76.21
Connecticut 8 70.86
Delaware 3 80.03
Florida 39 33.77
Georgia 32 45.91
Hawaii 29 47.34
Idaho 36 38.63
Illinois 16 62.42
Indiana 27 51.54
Iowa 30 47.25
Kansas 38 35.86
Kentucky 43 25.98
Louisiana 46 21.58
Maine 44 25.54
Maryland 2 91.68
Massachusetts 1 97.10
Michigan 9 68.52
Minnesota 24 55.22
Mississippi 45 21.75
Missouri 31 46.20
Montana 28 48.20
Nebraska 33 42.37
Nevada 47 21.30
New Hampshire 5 78.83
New Jersey 17 60.27
New Mexico 22 58.27
New York 11 65.24
North Carolina 14 63.19
North Dakota 41 29.55
Ohio 15 62.74
Oklahoma 48 19.07
Oregon 20 59.28
Pennsylvania 7 74.14
Rhode Island 13 64.62
South Carolina 40 31.52
South Dakota 42 26.48
Tennessee 35 38.73
Texas 25 53.22
Utah 19 59.97
Vermont 34 42.03
Virginia 12 64.70
Washington 10 67.25
West Virginia 50 15.12
Wisconsin 21 58.28
Wyoming 37 35.91
2018
State Rank Score
Massachusetts 1 92.93
Maryland 2 80.56
Colorado 3 78.12
California 4 77.47
New Hampshire 5 73.60
Connecticut 6 73.08
Rhode Island 7 72.59
Pennsylvania 8 71.12
Delaware 9 70.85
Washington 10 70.12
Utah 11 69.59
Michigan 12 68.77
Oregon 13 64.19
North Carolina 14 62.45
Illinois 15 62.38
Virginia 16 62.18
Arizona 17 61.72
New York 18 61.41
Wisconsin 19 60.93
New Mexico 20 59.10
Minnesota 21 58.96
Indiana 22 58.23
Montana 23 54.66
Alabama 24 53.82
New Jersey 25 53.54
Ohio 26 52.71
Iowa 27 51.12
Texas 28 49.79
Hawaii 29 49.17
Vermont 30 48.23
Idaho 31 45.87
Georgia 32 44.92
Nebraska 33 43.23
Wyoming 34 41.51
Alaska 35 40.98
Missouri 36 40.91
North Dakota 37 37.82
Kansas 38 37.32
Tennessee 39 36.08
South Carolina 40 29.50
South Dakota 41 28.34
Florida 42 27.90
Maine 43 27.58
Kentucky 44 25.23
Oklahoma 45 22.98
Mississippi 46 21.92
Louisiana 47 18.54
Arkansas 48 18.24
Nevada 49 16.30
West Virginia 50 14.24
2016
State Rank Score
Massachusetts 1 98.72
Maryland 2 84.42
Colorado 3 82.62
New Hampshire 4 82.06
California 5 79.57
Delaware 6 78.90
Washington 7 78.25
Connecticut 8 76.46
Pennsylvania 9 74.42
Rhode Island 10 73.65
Arizona 11 71.91
Oregon 12 69.10
Michigan 13 68.83
Utah 14 67.74
Illinois 15 67.68
New Mexico 16 67.60
New Jersey 17 67.53
Wisconsin 18 66.68
Minnesota 19 65.13
Virginia 20 63.17
New York 21 62.80
North Carolina 22 62.62
Indiana 23 61.20
Vermont 24 58.29
Hawaii 25 57.16
Ohio 26 56.70
Montana 27 53.44
Alabama 28 53.05
Idaho 29 52.63
Georgia 30 50.02
Iowa 31 49.33
Texas 32 47.61
North Dakota 33 46.69
Kansas 34 46.40
Nebraska 35 44.48
Tennessee 36 44.19
Missouri 37 43.85
Maine 38 38.61
Alaska 39 36.92
South Carolina 40 34.88
Nevada 41 33.86
South Dakota 42 33.38
Florida 43 29.93
Mississippi 44 29.08
Oklahoma 45 25.58
Kentucky 46 23.68
West Virginia 47 23.60
Louisiana 48 22.09
Arkansas 49 21.88
Wyoming 50 20.15



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