Rank List: States in Profile

Total Patents per 100,000 people in 2015

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Patents per 100,000 Persons
1	Delaware	10000	240.2
2	District of Columbia	11000	180.1
3	Massachusetts	25000	114.2
4	California	06000	109.9
5	Connecticut	09000	77.3
6	Washington	53000	75.7
7	New York	36000	71.6
8	Minnesota	27000	67.7
9	Idaho	16000	67.6
10	Michigan	26000	63.7
11	Nevada	32000	61.5
12	New Jersey	34000	58.1
13	Illinois	17000	49.9
14	Texas	48000	40.4
15	Utah	49000	37.9
16	Oregon	41000	37.8
17	New Hampshire	33000	37.7
18	Colorado	08000	36.3
19	Wisconsin	55000	33.5
20	Iowa	19000	33.3
21	Ohio	39000	32.7
22	Georgia	13000	32.4
23	Indiana	18000	30.7
24	Rhode Island	44000	28.4
25	Kansas	20000	28.3
26	North Carolina	37000	28.1
27	Pennsylvania	42000	24.4
28	Maryland	24000	22.5
29	Missouri	29000	22.4
30	Arizona	04000	19.4
31	Virginia	51000	17.8
32	New Mexico	35000	16.3
33	Vermont	50000	15.8
34	Nebraska	31000	15.4
35	Florida	12000	14.0
36	Kentucky	21000	12.7
36	Tennessee	47000	12.7
38	Wyoming	56000	11.1
39	South Carolina	45000	10.1
40	South Dakota	46000	7.8
41	Maine	23000	7.5
42	North Dakota	38000	7.0
43	Alabama	01000	6.6
44	Arkansas	05000	6.3
45	Montana	30000	5.9
46	Oklahoma	40000	5.6
47	Louisiana	22000	5.0
48	Hawaii	15000	3.9
49	Alaska	02000	3.0
50	West Virginia	54000	2.7
51	Mississippi	28000	1.9

Data Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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