Total Patents per 100,000 people in 1999

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents per 100,000 Persons
1	Idaho	16000	100.7
2	Massachusetts	25000	61.9
3	Connecticut	09000	61.7
4	Vermont	50000	61.1
5	Minnesota	27000	60.8
6	Delaware	10000	58.7
7	New Hampshire	33000	57.4
8	California	06000	56.9
9	New Jersey	34000	53.6
10	Colorado	08000	48.9
11	Oregon	41000	41.8
12	Michigan	26000	40.9
13	Wisconsin	55000	38.1
14	New York	36000	37.9
15	Ohio	39000	35.6
16	Illinois	17000	35.5
17	Washington	53000	35.4
18	Utah	49000	35.1
19	Rhode Island	44000	34.4
20	Pennsylvania	42000	34.0
21	Arizona	04000	33.9
22	Texas	48000	32.0
23	Maryland	24000	31.5
24	Indiana	18000	28.7
25	Iowa	19000	28.5
26	North Carolina	37000	25.5
27	New Mexico	35000	20.5
28	Florida	12000	20.1
29	Missouri	29000	19.9
30	Georgia	13000	19.8
31	Nevada	32000	19.7
32	Kansas	20000	18.6
33	Tennessee	47000	18.5
34	South Carolina	45000	16.9
35	Virginia	51000	16.7
36	Oklahoma	40000	16.2
37	Montana	30000	16.1
38	Nebraska	31000	13.7
39	Kentucky	21000	12.8
40	North Dakota	38000	12.2
41	District of Columbia	11000	12.1
41	Wyoming	56000	12.1
43	Louisiana	22000	11.9
44	Maine	23000	11.6
45	Alabama	01000	10.7
45	Alaska	02000	10.7
47	South Dakota	46000	10.6
48	West Virginia	54000	9.2
49	Arkansas	05000	8.9
50	Hawaii	15000	8.2
51	Mississippi	28000	7.9
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