| Table 4-2 |
| Top 10 states in R&D performance, by sector and intensity: 2004 |
| |
| |
| |
|
All R&Da |
|
Sector ranking |
|
R&D intensity (R&D/GDP ratio) |
| Rank |
|
State |
|
Amount
(current
$millions) |
|
Industry |
|
U&C |
|
Federal
intramural and
FFRDCb |
|
State |
|
R&D/
GDP
(%) |
|
GDP
(current
$billions) |
| |
| 1 |
|
California |
|
59,607 |
|
California |
|
California |
|
Maryland |
|
New Mexico |
|
8.01 |
|
63.9 |
| 2 |
|
Michigan |
|
16,722 |
|
Michigan |
|
New York |
|
California |
|
Maryland |
|
6.26 |
|
229.2 |
| 3 |
|
Massachusetts |
|
15,987 |
|
Massachusetts |
|
Texas |
|
New Mexico |
|
Massachusetts |
|
5.17 |
|
309.5 |
| 4 |
|
Maryland |
|
14,341 |
|
New Jersey |
|
Maryland |
|
Virginia |
|
Michigan |
|
4.60 |
|
363.4 |
| 5 |
|
Texas |
|
14,266 |
|
Texas |
|
Pennsylvania |
|
District of Columbia |
|
Rhode Island |
|
4.36 |
|
42.2 |
| 6 |
|
New York |
|
13,113 |
|
Washington |
|
Massachusetts |
|
Massachusetts |
|
Washington |
|
4.33 |
|
252.4 |
| 7 |
|
New Jersey |
|
12,460 |
|
New York |
|
Illinois |
|
Illinois |
|
Connecticut |
|
4.29 |
|
183.9 |
| 8 |
|
Illinois |
|
11,300 |
|
Illinois |
|
North Carolina |
|
Washington |
|
California |
|
3.93 |
|
1,515.5 |
| 9 |
|
Washington |
|
10,936 |
|
Pennsylvania |
|
Michigan |
|
Alabama |
|
New Hampshire |
|
3.22 |
|
51.7 |
| 10 |
|
Pennsylvania |
|
10,813 |
|
Connecticut |
|
Ohio |
|
Tennessee |
|
District of Columbia |
|
3.06 |
|
77.8 |
| |
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center; GDP = gross domestic product; U&C = universities and colleges
aIncludes in-state total R&D performance of industry, universities, federal agencies, FFRDCs, and federally financed nonprofit R&D.
bIncludes costs associated with administration of intramural and extramural programs by federal personnel and actual intramural R&D performance.
NOTE: Rankings do not account for margin of error of estimates from sample surveys.
SOURCES: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Patterns of R&D Resources (annual series); and Bureau of Economic Analysis, Gross Domestic Product by State (2006), http://www.bea.gov/regional/gsp, accessed 25 August 2007.
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