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2020 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.

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



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