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

Sub-Indexes

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.

2020

State	Rank	Score
Massachusetts	1	97.10
Maryland	2	91.68
Delaware	3	80.03
California	4	79.17
New Hampshire	5	78.83
Colorado	6	76.21
Pennsylvania	7	74.14
Connecticut	8	70.86
Michigan	9	68.52
Washington	10	67.25
New York	11	65.24
Virginia	12	64.70
Rhode Island	13	64.62
North Carolina	14	63.19
Ohio	15	62.74
Illinois	16	62.42
New Jersey	17	60.27
Arizona	18	60.04
Utah	19	59.97
Oregon	20	59.28
Wisconsin	21	58.28
New Mexico	22	58.27
Alabama	23	55.56
Minnesota	24	55.22
Texas	25	53.22
Alaska	26	52.19
Indiana	27	51.54
Montana	28	48.20
Hawaii	29	47.34
Iowa	30	47.25
Missouri	31	46.20
Georgia	32	45.91
Nebraska	33	42.37
Vermont	34	42.03
Tennessee	35	38.73
Idaho	36	38.63
Wyoming	37	35.91
Kansas	38	35.86
Florida	39	33.77
South Carolina	40	31.52
North Dakota	41	29.55
South Dakota	42	26.48
Kentucky	43	25.98
Maine	44	25.54
Mississippi	45	21.75
Louisiana	46	21.58
Nevada	47	21.30
Oklahoma	48	19.07
Arkansas	49	17.73
West Virginia	50	15.12

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
Wyoming	50	20.15
Arkansas	49	21.88
Louisiana	48	22.09
West Virginia	47	23.60
Kentucky	46	23.68
Oklahoma	45	25.58
Mississippi	44	29.08
Florida	43	29.93
South Dakota	42	33.38
Nevada	41	33.86
South Carolina	40	34.88
Alaska	39	36.92
Maine	38	38.61
Missouri	37	43.85
Tennessee	36	44.19
Nebraska	35	44.48
Kansas	34	46.40
North Dakota	33	46.69
Texas	32	47.61
Iowa	31	49.33
Georgia	30	50.02
Idaho	29	52.63
Alabama	28	53.05
Montana	27	53.44
Ohio	26	56.70
Hawaii	25	57.16
Vermont	24	58.29
Indiana	23	61.20
North Carolina	22	62.62
New York	21	62.80
Virginia	20	63.17
Minnesota	19	65.13
Wisconsin	18	66.68
New Jersey	17	67.53
New Mexico	16	67.60
Illinois	15	67.68
Utah	14	67.74
Michigan	13	68.83
Oregon	12	69.10
Arizona	11	71.91
Rhode Island	10	73.65
Pennsylvania	9	74.42
Connecticut	8	76.46
Washington	7	78.25
Delaware	6	78.90
California	5	79.57
New Hampshire	4	82.06
Colorado	3	82.62
Maryland	2	84.42
Massachusetts	1	98.72

2014

State	Rank	Score
Massachusetts	1	94.82
Maryland	2	88.28
Colorado	3	81.03
New Hampshire	4	80.20
California	5	78.59
Delaware	6	75.42
Washington	7	75.13
Utah	8	71.88
Rhode Island	9	71.36
Connecticut	10	71.24
Pennsylvania	11	69.05
Virginia	12	66.56
Oregon	13	65.72
Michigan	14	64.79
New Mexico	15	64.04
Illinois	16	60.84
Arizona	17	60.72
New York	18	59.04
North Carolina	19	58.08
Wisconsin	20	57.57
New Jersey	21	56.86
Alabama	22	56.83
Hawaii	23	55.08
Minnesota	24	54.79
Ohio	25	54.06
Indiana	26	53.60
Vermont	27	53.21
Iowa	28	52.69
Montana	29	50.91
Idaho	30	47.56
Georgia	31	43.64
Texas	32	43.32
Alaska	33	43.15
North Dakota	34	42.06
Nebraska	35	38.13
Kansas	36	37.43
Tennessee	37	36.71
Maine	38	32.10
South Dakota	39	29.47
Florida	40	28.66
Kentucky	41	26.62
Wyoming	42	26.46
South Carolina	43	25.64
Missouri	44	25.04
Mississippi	45	23.68
West Virginia	46	21.47
Oklahoma	47	21.15
Nevada	48	19.41
Arkansas	49	18.93
Louisiana	50	16.02