This is a list of U.S. states and the District of Columbia by research and development (R&D) spending in 2020 adjusted US dollar.
States by R&D spending, spending per capita and federal government spending as percentage of total R&D spending.
National rank |
State | Expenditures on R&D (millions of US$) [1] |
Expenditures on R&D per capita in US$ [2] |
Federal government share in % [3] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | California | 217,976 | 4,220 | 1.6 |
2 | Washington | 46,392 | 4,496 | 0.6 |
3 | Massachusetts | 44,907 | 5,188 | 1.3 |
4 | New York | 36,559 | 1,343 | 3.8 |
5 | Texas | 34,589 | 950 | 2.3 |
6 | Maryland | 27,853 | 3,864 | 52.1 |
7 | Michigan | 24,898 | 2,579 | 0.5 |
8 | New Jersey | 24,121 | 2,604 | 2.4 |
9 | Pennsylvania | 21,687 | 1,383 | 1.9 |
10 | Illinois | 19,203 | 1,368 | 0.9 |
11 | North Carolina | 18,064 | 1,488 | 1.9 |
12 | Ohio | 16,647 | 1,235 | 11.3 |
13 | Virginia | 13,317 | 1,311 | 15.2 |
14 | Florida | 11,888 | 495 | 6.4 |
15 | Oregon | 11,537 | 2,326 | 0.8 |
16 | Indiana | 10,303 | 1,293 | 2.4 |
17 | Minnesota | 10,301 | 1,569 | 0.6 |
18 | Colorado | 10,297 | 1,356 | 6.1 |
19 | Connecticut | 9,486 | 2,513 | 0.2 |
20 | Arizona | 9,056 | 1,079 | 2.9 |
21 | Georgia | 8,455 | 745 | 2.3 |
22 | New Mexico | 8,438 | 3,388 | 8.2 |
23 | Wisconsin | 8,346 | 1,320 | 0.7 |
24 | Missouri | 8,229 | 1,400 | 1.5 |
25 | Tennessee | 6,187 | 714 | 12.7 |
26 | Alabama | 5,701 | 1,006 | 25.3 |
— | District of Columbia | 5,701 | 8,050 | 58.3 |
27 | Iowa | 4,480 | 1,385 | 1.6 |
28 | Utah | 4,452 | 1,272 | 4.0 |
29 | Kansas | 3,616 | 1,133 | 2.6 |
30 | New Hampshire | 3,332 | 2,298 | 1.9 |
31 | Idaho | 2,929 | 1,795 | 1.3 |
32 | Delaware | 2,749 | 2,689 | 0.1 |
33 | South Carolina | 2,628 | 540 | 4.1 |
34 | Kentucky | 1,911 | 463 | 0.4 |
35 | Oklahoma | 1,892 | 425 | 9.8 |
36 | Rhode Island | 1,638 | 1,351 | 21.4 |
37 | Nebraska | 1,492 | 601 | 2.6 |
38 | Louisiana | 1,453 | 269 | 3.6 |
39 | Nevada | 1,252 | 406 | 1.6 |
40 | Wyoming | 1,169 | 2,031 | 2.2 |
41 | Mississippi | 1,098 | 398 | 27.3 |
42 | Arkansas | 892 | 286 | 4.6 |
43 | Hawaii | 794 | 453 | 11.5 |
44 | Maine | 769 | 396 | 1.0 |
45 | North Dakota | 679 | 795 | 5.4 |
46 | Montana | 608 | 437 | 10.7 |
47 | Vermont | 574 | 711 | 0.7 |
48 | West Virginia | 556 | 341 | 10.1 |
49 | South Dakota | 344 | 393 | 4.9 |
50 | Alaska | 339 | 410 | 25.7 |