Total Patents per 100,000 people in 2004

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents per 100,000 Persons
1	Idaho	16000	131.0
2	Vermont	50000	69.2
3	California	06000	60.8
4	Massachusetts	25000	60.5
5	Minnesota	27000	59.0
6	Oregon	41000	55.0
7	New Hampshire	33000	52.7
8	Colorado	08000	49.8
9	Connecticut	09000	49.6
10	Delaware	10000	49.1
11	Michigan	26000	40.8
12	Washington	53000	39.5
13	New Jersey	34000	38.9
14	Wisconsin	55000	35.8
15	New York	36000	34.3
16	Rhode Island	44000	34.2
17	Utah	49000	32.2
18	Arizona	04000	30.0
19	Ohio	39000	29.8
20	Illinois	17000	29.7
21	Texas	48000	27.8
22	Pennsylvania	42000	26.0
23	Maryland	24000	25.9
24	Iowa	19000	25.0
25	North Carolina	37000	24.4
26	Indiana	18000	23.9
27	Nevada	32000	20.5
28	New Mexico	35000	20.3
29	Kansas	20000	19.8
30	Florida	12000	17.2
31	Georgia	13000	16.8
32	Virginia	51000	15.8
33	Missouri	29000	15.5
34	Tennessee	47000	14.8
35	Montana	30000	14.2
36	Oklahoma	40000	14.0
37	District of Columbia	11000	13.8
37	South Carolina	45000	13.8
39	Nebraska	31000	13.2
40	South Dakota	46000	11.4
41	Kentucky	21000	11.2
42	Wyoming	56000	10.9
43	Maine	23000	10.6
44	North Dakota	38000	10.4
45	Alabama	01000	9.1
46	Louisiana	22000	8.6
47	Alaska	02000	7.4
48	Hawaii	15000	6.9
49	West Virginia	54000	6.2
50	Arkansas	05000	5.8
51	Mississippi	28000	5.5
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