Technology and Science Workforce Composite Index
Concentration of Life & Physical Scientists per 100,000 Workforce

2018
State	Year	Rank	Statistic	Score
Wyoming	2018	1	82.57	83
Maryland	2018	2	70.12	70
Alaska	2018	3	69.11	69
Montana	2018	4	66.46	66
Delaware	2018	5	66.25	66
Colorado	2018	6	63.29	63
California	2018	7	61.22	61
Idaho	2018	8	61.07	61
Vermont	2018	9	58.73	59
Washington	2018	10	57.18	57
Massachusetts	2018	11	56.82	57
Hawaii	2018	12	56.71	57
North Dakota	2018	13	54.46	54
New Mexico	2018	14	53.76	54
Oregon	2018	15	53.53	54
South Dakota	2018	16	53.00	53
Minnesota	2018	17	52.50	52
New Hampshire	2018	18	50.27	50
North Carolina	2018	19	50.11	50
Utah	2018	20	50.00	50
West Virginia	2018	21	47.83	48
Maine	2018	22	45.54	46
Kansas	2018	23	44.31	44
New Jersey	2018	24	44.24	44
Nevada	2018	25	42.31	42
Ohio	2018	26	40.94	41
Rhode Island	2018	27	40.67	41
Nebraska	2018	28	40.62	41
Pennsylvania	2018	29	40.00	40
Texas	2018	30	38.89	39
Louisiana	2018	31	38.75	39
Wisconsin	2018	32	38.63	39
Mississippi	2018	33	38.57	39
Virginia	2018	34	37.56	38
Illinois	2018	35	37.44	37
Missouri	2018	36	37.33	37
Iowa	2018	37	36.94	37
Indiana	2018	38	36.53	37
Michigan	2018	39	34.33	34
Arizona	2018	40	33.75	34
New York	2018	41	33.00	33
Arkansas	2018	42	32.50	32
Connecticut	2018	43	32.44	32
Oklahoma	2018	44	32.43	32
Tennessee	2018	45	31.89	32
South Carolina	2018	46	29.73	30
Alabama	2018	47	28.75	29
Kentucky	2018	48	28.50	28
Georgia	2018	49	26.82	27
Florida	2018	50	25.33	25

2016
State	Year	Rank	Statistic	Score
Maryland	2016	1	79.33	79
Pennsylvania	2016	10	56.67	57
Minnesota	2016	11	56.22	56
Montana	2016	12	55.89	56
Virginia	2016	13	53.22	53
Hawaii	2016	14	53.00	53
Utah	2016	15	52.89	53
Nebraska	2016	16	50.78	51
New York	2016	16	50.78	51
Michigan	2016	18	49.89	50
Indiana	2016	19	49.33	49
California	2016	2	76.78	77
Alaska	2016	20	49.22	49
Illinois	2016	21	48.78	49
Wisconsin	2016	21	48.78	49
South Dakota	2016	23	48.67	49
New Mexico	2016	24	48.44	48
Connecticut	2016	24	48.44	48
Missouri	2016	26	47.89	48
Ohio	2016	27	47.56	48
Tennessee	2016	28	47.33	47
Texas	2016	29	45.44	45
Massachusetts	2016	3	73.56	74
Arizona	2016	30	44.33	44
Delaware	2016	31	43.56	44
Kansas	2016	32	43.33	43
Mississippi	2016	33	43.22	43
Alabama	2016	34	41.67	42
Louisiana	2016	35	41.56	42
Maine	2016	36	40.22	40
Nevada	2016	37	39.44	39
New Hampshire	2016	38	39.22	39
Florida	2016	39	38.89	39
Washington	2016	4	71.44	71
North Dakota	2016	40	38.33	38
Iowa	2016	41	38.11	38
Georgia	2016	42	36.22	36
Wyoming	2016	42	36.22	36
Oklahoma	2016	44	35.89	36
West Virginia	2016	45	35.44	35
Kentucky	2016	46	34.22	34
Arkansas	2016	47	32.44	32
Rhode Island	2016	48	31.22	31
Vermont	2016	49	28.44	28
North Carolina	2016	5	67.00	67
South Carolina	2016	50	26.33	26
Colorado	2016	6	64.89	65
Idaho	2016	7	58.56	59
Oregon	2016	8	57.11	57
New Jersey	2016	9	57.00	57

2014
State	Year	Rank	Statistic	Score
Delaware	2014	1	92.00	92
Alaska	2014	10	75.00	75
Colorado	2014	11	72.67	73
Idaho	2014	12	72.50	72
Wisconsin	2014	13	67.67	68
New York	2014	14	67.33	67
Minnesota	2014	15	66.67	67
North Carolina	2014	16	66.00	66
Hawaii	2014	17	64.00	64
Virginia	2014	18	62.67	63
Wyoming	2014	19	62.00	62
New Mexico	2014	19	62.00	62
Maryland	2014	2	90.67	91
Nebraska	2014	21	61.33	61
Pennsylvania	2014	21	61.33	61
New Jersey	2014	23	60.00	60
Iowa	2014	24	59.00	59
New Hampshire	2014	25	58.50	58
Utah	2014	26	58.00	58
Kansas	2014	26	58.00	58
Missouri	2014	28	57.67	58
Indiana	2014	29	57.20	57
California	2014	3	88.67	89
Illinois	2014	30	57.00	57
Connecticut	2014	30	57.00	57
Tennessee	2014	32	56.67	57
Ohio	2014	33	54.67	55
Maine	2014	34	54.33	54
Texas	2014	35	53.33	53
Arkansas	2014	36	51.50	52
Mississippi	2014	37	50.50	50
Nevada	2014	38	49.50	50
Michigan	2014	39	48.00	48
Massachusetts	2014	4	86.33	86
Georgia	2014	40	46.67	47
Oregon	2014	41	45.00	45
Oklahoma	2014	42	44.00	44
North Dakota	2014	42	44.00	44
Arizona	2014	44	42.00	42
West Virginia	2014	45	41.33	41
Alabama	2014	46	38.80	39
Kentucky	2014	47	38.00	38
Florida	2014	48	37.33	37
South Carolina	2014	49	31.60	32
Washington	2014	5	82.00	82
Louisiana	2014	50	28.00	28
Montana	2014	6	79.50	80
South Dakota	2014	7	79.00	79
Vermont	2014	8	78.00	78
Rhode Island	2014	9	76.00	76