Science and Engineering State Profiles
State Profiles is an interactive website providing access to state-level data on science and engineering (S&E) personnel and finances and state rankings. State Profiles displays up to 7 state profiles of the user’s choice. Data are available from surveys sponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation on employed S&E doctorate holders; S&E doctorates awarded, including by major S&E fields; S&E graduate students and postdoctorates; federal research and development obligations by agency and performer; state government agency R&D expenditures; total and business R&D performance; and higher education R&D performance, including by major S&E fields. Data available from other sources include population, civilian labor force, per capita personal income, federal expenditures, patents, small business innovation research awards, and gross domestic product. All data are available for download. Data cover 2003 to present.
Because of the time it takes to produce and post the Science and Engineering State Profiles data set, some source data may have been updated since these profiles were created. See the source data for the most up-to-date information.
Most recent data year
- Science and Engineering State Profiles: 2006–08(A)
Detailed Statistical Tables | NSF 10-302 | November 4, 2009 - Science and Engineering State Profiles: 2005-07(A)
Detailed Statistical Tables | NSF 08-314 | August 15, 2008 - Science and Engineering State Profiles: 2003-05(A)
Detailed Statistical Tables | NSF 07-322 | May 31, 2007 - Science and Engineering State Profiles: 2003-04(A)
Detailed Statistical Tables | NSF 06-314 | May 8, 2006 - Top R&D-Performing States Display Diverse R&D Patterns in 2000(A)
InfoBriefs | NSF 03-303 | December 5, 2002 - R&D Spending is Highly Concentrated in a Small Number of States(A)
InfoBriefs | NSF 01-320 | March 29, 2001
- Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey (BERD)
- Higher Education Research and Development Survey (HERD)
- Survey of Doctorate Recipients
- Survey of Earned Doctorates
- Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development
- Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
- Survey of State Government Research and Development
Last Updated: July 17, 2023