Total Patents per 100,000 people in 1989

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents per 100,000 Persons
1	Delaware	10000	67.9
2	Connecticut	09000	52.0
3	New Jersey	34000	42.5
4	Massachusetts	25000	35.6
5	Minnesota	27000	33.4
6	Michigan	26000	29.9
7	California	06000	28.9
7	New Hampshire	33000	28.9
9	Illinois	17000	27.2
10	Colorado	08000	26.9
11	Ohio	39000	26.4
12	Wisconsin	55000	26.1
13	Oregon	41000	25.7
14	Pennsylvania	42000	25.2
15	New York	36000	24.9
16	Vermont	50000	24.0
17	Arizona	04000	21.7
18	Utah	49000	21.3
19	Washington	53000	20.9
20	Oklahoma	40000	20.6
21	Rhode Island	44000	20.4
22	Texas	48000	20.2
23	Indiana	18000	19.2
24	Maryland	24000	18.8
25	Idaho	16000	17.0
26	Iowa	19000	15.4
27	Florida	12000	15.3
28	Missouri	29000	13.8
29	North Carolina	37000	13.3
30	South Carolina	45000	12.9
31	Virginia	51000	12.8
32	New Mexico	35000	12.5
33	Kansas	20000	12.4
34	Tennessee	47000	11.9
35	Nevada	32000	11.8
36	Louisiana	22000	11.2
37	Georgia	13000	11.0
38	Montana	30000	10.9
39	Maine	23000	10.2
40	North Dakota	38000	9.6
41	District of Columbia	11000	9.1
41	West Virginia	54000	9.1
43	Alabama	01000	8.8
44	Nebraska	31000	8.3
45	Wyoming	56000	7.6
46	Kentucky	21000	7.5
47	Alaska	02000	6.8
48	Hawaii	15000	6.5
49	Arkansas	05000	5.6
50	South Dakota	46000	5.2
51	Mississippi	28000	4.4
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: February 09, 2011 at 10:57