Total Patents per 100,000 people in 1994

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents per 100,000 Persons
1	Delaware	10000	63.7
2	Connecticut	09000	56.1
3	Massachusetts	25000	43.9
4	Minnesota	27000	43.0
5	New Jersey	34000	41.0
6	New Hampshire	33000	39.8
7	Michigan	26000	33.5
8	California	06000	33.2
9	Colorado	08000	32.3
10	Idaho	16000	32.2
11	New York	36000	30.0
12	Vermont	50000	29.5
13	Illinois	17000	28.1
14	Ohio	39000	27.8
15	Rhode Island	44000	27.6
16	Wisconsin	55000	27.3
17	Pennsylvania	42000	25.6
18	Arizona	04000	25.4
19	Oregon	41000	25.3
20	Utah	49000	24.9
21	Maryland	24000	23.5
22	Texas	48000	23.2
23	Washington	53000	21.6
24	Indiana	18000	20.3
25	Oklahoma	40000	19.1
26	North Carolina	37000	16.8
27	Florida	12000	16.4
28	Iowa	19000	16.3
29	New Mexico	35000	15.7
30	Virginia	51000	14.8
31	Nevada	32000	14.5
32	Missouri	29000	14.4
33	South Carolina	45000	13.9
34	Georgia	13000	13.7
35	Tennessee	47000	13.3
36	Kansas	20000	12.7
37	Montana	30000	11.5
38	Nebraska	31000	11.4
39	Maine	23000	11.3
40	Wyoming	56000	10.9
41	Louisiana	22000	10.3
42	North Dakota	38000	9.4
43	Alaska	02000	9.2
44	West Virginia	54000	9.0
45	Kentucky	21000	8.9
46	District of Columbia	11000	8.5
47	Hawaii	15000	8.4
48	Alabama	01000	8.0
49	Arkansas	05000	6.5
49	South Dakota	46000	6.5
51	Mississippi	28000	6.1
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