Total Patents per 100,000 people in 2009

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents per 100,000 Persons
1	Vermont	50000	80.5
2	Washington	53000	72.8
3	Idaho	16000	63.8
4	California	06000	63.3
5	Massachusetts	25000	61.3
6	Minnesota	27000	56.5
7	Oregon	41000	52.7
8	Connecticut	09000	47.3
9	New Hampshire	33000	46.0
10	Colorado	08000	39.2
11	Delaware	10000	38.7
12	New Jersey	34000	37.5
13	Michigan	26000	35.3
14	Wisconsin	55000	33.4
15	New York	36000	31.4
16	Utah	49000	30.7
17	Rhode Island	44000	28.8
18	Illinois	17000	28.0
19	Arizona	04000	26.7
20	Ohio	39000	26.2
21	Texas	48000	26.0
22	Maryland	24000	25.4
23	North Carolina	37000	24.6
24	Iowa	19000	24.3
24	Pennsylvania	42000	24.3
26	Indiana	18000	19.4
27	Kansas	20000	18.1
28	Georgia	13000	17.0
29	New Mexico	35000	16.4
30	Nevada	32000	16.1
31	Florida	12000	15.7
32	Virginia	51000	15.4
33	Missouri	29000	14.7
34	North Dakota	38000	14.2
35	South Carolina	45000	12.7
36	Nebraska	31000	12.6
37	Tennessee	47000	12.5
38	Oklahoma	40000	12.1
39	Wyoming	56000	11.8
40	Kentucky	21000	10.6
41	District of Columbia	11000	10.3
42	Maine	23000	9.9
43	Montana	30000	9.3
44	Alabama	01000	8.0
45	Alaska	02000	7.9
46	Hawaii	15000	7.5
47	Louisiana	22000	7.0
48	South Dakota	46000	6.9
49	West Virginia	54000	5.6
50	Arkansas	05000	5.3
51	Mississippi	28000	4.9
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