List of U.S. states by research and development spending

States by R&D spending, spending per capita and federal government spending as percentage of total R&D spending.

U.S. states by R&D spending 2016 (in adjusted 2016 dollars)

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	135,129	3,446	1.7
2	Massachusetts	28,941	4,240	1.4
3	Texas	23,431	839	2.9
4	New York	23,212	1,182	1.0
5	Washington	22,902	3,140	0.9
6	Michigan	21,803	2,191	2.1
7	Maryland	21,730	3,619	50.7
8	New Jersey	17,564	1,979	3.3
9	Illinois	17,495	1,364	1.4
10	Pennsylvania	17,420	1,363	4.0
11	North Carolina	13,415	1,321	2.3
12	Ohio	11,991	1,031	5.9
13	Florida	9,781	474	8.1
14	Virginia	9,333	1,110	29.0
15	Connecticut	9,295	2,597	0.9
16	Minnesota	8,370	1,515	0.5
17	Arizona	8,040	1,158	4.2
18	Georgia	7,659	743	2.8
19	Indiana	7,442	1,122	1.1
20	Oregon	7,382	1,804	0.9
21	Missouri	7,204	1,183	1.3
22	Colorado	6,874	1,241	7.4
23	Wisconsin	6,517	1,129	0.9
24	New Mexico	6,306	3,013	9.9
25	Alabama	5,052	1,038	46.7
26	Tennessee	4,545	684	5.3
27	Utah	4,157	1,366	2.7
28	Iowa	3,787	1,209	1.6
—	District of Columbia	3,516	5,121	66.0
29	Kansas	2,790	958	0.7
30	New Hampshire	2,344	1,746	1.8
31	Idaho	2,304	1,369	1.2
32	Delaware	2,285	2,407	0.3
33	South Carolina	2,276	459	5.1
34	Kentucky	1,650	372	1.2
35	Rhode Island	1,641	1,552	14.4
36	Oklahoma	1,371	349	10.8
37	Nebraska	1,129	592	3.1
38	Louisiana	1,025	219	5.2
39	Mississippi	920	308	26.4
40	Nevada	789	270	2.9
41	Arkansas	701	234	4.0
42	Hawaii	553	387	10.8
43	North Dakota	515	683	6.2
44	Maine	483	363	2.7
45	West Virginia	450	246	12.2
46	Montana	394	379	12.9
47	Vermont	376	603	1.9
48	Alaska	303	409	29.4
49	Wyoming	292	500	1.7
50	South Dakota	289	335	5.5

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