Rank List: States in Profile

Total Patents per 100,000 people in 2013

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Patents per 100,000 Persons
1	Delaware	10000	267.8
2	District of Columbia	11000	194.9
3	Massachusetts	25000	106.7
4	California	06000	96.4
5	Connecticut	09000	78.0
6	Washington	53000	75.0
7	Minnesota	27000	73.8
8	Idaho	16000	73.0
9	New York	36000	70.0
10	Nevada	32000	61.1
11	New Jersey	34000	59.7
12	Michigan	26000	57.4
13	Illinois	17000	46.2
14	New Hampshire	33000	39.6
15	Oregon	41000	39.1
16	Texas	48000	37.2
17	Iowa	19000	34.4
18	Georgia	13000	33.9
19	Colorado	08000	33.5
20	Utah	49000	33.2
21	Ohio	39000	32.8
22	Wisconsin	55000	30.6
23	Kansas	20000	30.4
24	Indiana	18000	29.9
25	Rhode Island	44000	28.1
26	North Carolina	37000	27.1
27	Pennsylvania	42000	25.8
28	Missouri	29000	22.7
29	Maryland	24000	22.0
30	Vermont	50000	18.4
31	Arizona	04000	16.8
32	Virginia	51000	16.7
33	New Mexico	35000	16.1
34	Florida	12000	14.5
35	Nebraska	31000	14.1
36	Maine	23000	13.7
37	Wyoming	56000	11.8
38	Tennessee	47000	11.7
39	Kentucky	21000	11.4
40	South Dakota	46000	9.3
41	South Carolina	45000	8.9
42	Alabama	01000	6.8
43	Oklahoma	40000	6.7
44	North Dakota	38000	6.6
45	Louisiana	22000	4.8
46	Alaska	02000	4.5
47	Hawaii	15000	4.3
48	Arkansas	05000	4.2
49	Montana	30000	3.7
50	West Virginia	54000	3.3
51	Mississippi	28000	2.0

Data Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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