Rank List: States in Profile

Total Patents per 100,000 people in 2017

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Patents per 100,000 Persons
1	Delaware	10000	217.5
2	District of Columbia	11000	169.4
3	Massachusetts	25000	124.1
4	California	06000	117.2
5	Washington	53000	85.7
6	New York	36000	84.8
7	Connecticut	09000	78.3
8	Michigan	26000	74.6
9	Minnesota	27000	71.7
10	New Jersey	34000	57.1
11	Oregon	41000	55.8
12	Idaho	16000	55.5
13	Nevada	32000	54.6
14	Illinois	17000	52.5
15	Texas	48000	43.6
16	Utah	49000	42.1
17	New Hampshire	33000	41.0
18	Colorado	08000	39.8
19	Georgia	13000	35.2
20	Wisconsin	55000	35.0
21	Indiana	18000	34.9
22	Ohio	39000	34.8
23	North Carolina	37000	34.7
24	Rhode Island	44000	34.0
25	Iowa	19000	31.9
26	Pennsylvania	42000	28.4
27	Kansas	20000	27.1
28	Maryland	24000	25.4
29	Missouri	29000	23.1
30	Arizona	04000	21.0
31	Virginia	51000	19.5
32	New Mexico	35000	19.4
33	Nebraska	31000	18.0
34	Vermont	50000	17.4
35	Tennessee	47000	16.6
36	Kentucky	21000	15.1
37	Florida	12000	14.9
38	South Carolina	45000	14.1
39	Wyoming	56000	12.1
40	South Dakota	46000	11.4
41	North Dakota	38000	9.1
42	Arkansas	05000	8.1
43	Montana	30000	7.9
44	Alabama	01000	7.4
45	Oklahoma	40000	7.2
46	Louisiana	22000	6.4
47	Maine	23000	5.8
48	Hawaii	15000	4.7
49	West Virginia	54000	3.6
50	Alaska	02000	3.2
51	Mississippi	28000	2.7

Data Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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