Percent Change in Total Patents 2005 to 2010

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents
1	Hawaii	15000	148.3%
2	Washington	53000	134.0%
3	Utah	49000	77.8%
4	Virginia	51000	67.9%
5	New Mexico	35000	67.3%
6	Vermont	50000	62.5%
7	Wyoming	56000	61.8%
8	Georgia	13000	61.6%
9	Kansas	20000	60.0%
10	Kentucky	21000	59.4%
11	Massachusetts	25000	59.3%
12	North Carolina	37000	58.9%
13	Missouri	29000	55.7%
14	Minnesota	27000	55.1%
15	California	06000	53.0%
16	Pennsylvania	42000	52.7%
17	New York	36000	52.6%
18	New Jersey	34000	51.5%
19	Alabama	01000	49.9%
20	New Hampshire	33000	49.1%
21	District of Columbia	11000	47.5%
22	Ohio	39000	46.1%
23	Tennessee	47000	45.6%
24	Texas	48000	45.3%
25	Nevada	32000	44.2%
26	Arkansas	05000	41.2%
27	Maine	23000	38.4%
28	North Dakota	38000	38.3%
29	Florida	12000	37.5%
30	West Virginia	54000	36.7%
31	Indiana	18000	36.2%
32	Arizona	04000	35.7%
32	Oklahoma	40000	35.7%
34	Mississippi	28000	35.4%
35	Maryland	24000	34.9%
36	Illinois	17000	32.7%
37	Iowa	19000	28.6%
38	Wisconsin	55000	27.1%
39	Oregon	41000	26.6%
40	Connecticut	09000	25.9%
41	Colorado	08000	23.5%
42	Nebraska	31000	23.4%
43	South Carolina	45000	20.8%
44	South Dakota	46000	20.6%
45	Louisiana	22000	19.1%
46	Michigan	26000	16.7%
47	Delaware	10000	14.7%
48	Rhode Island	44000	13.5%
49	Montana	30000	-0.8%
50	Alaska	02000	-8.3%
51	Idaho	16000	-25.0%
Data Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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States IN Profile provides current federal statistics on a variety of demographic and economic indicators. Read "About the Profile" for the best understanding of the data, ranks and computations. This profile is produced by STATS Indiana, a web service of the Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Major support for this effort is provided by the State of Indiana through the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Updated: May 20, 2011 at 14:01