US States — Patent Rankings 1982

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 8,009 6,198 482 0.3
2 New York 4,997 3,580 544 0.3
3 New Jersey 4,458 2,847 406 0.6
#4 Illinois 3,725 2,749 384 0.3
#5 Pennsylvania 3,624 2,652 461 0.3
#6 Ohio 3,382 2,550 366 0.3
#7 Texas 3,030 2,272 264 0.2
#8 Michigan 2,673 1,972 294 0.3
#9 Massachusetts 2,369 1,827 275 0.4
#10 Connecticut 1,701 1,269 173 0.6
#11 Florida 1,509 1,167 187 0.1
#12 Indiana 1,442 1,070 177 0.3
#13 Minnesota 1,268 1,035 194 0.3
#14 Wisconsin 1,155 927 201 0.2
#15 Maryland 1,086 841 156 0.3
#16 Colorado 915 721 83 0.3
#17 Washington 907 744 110 0.2
#18 Virginia 889 685 133 0.2
#19 North Carolina 870 673 147 0.1
#20 Missouri 808 645 125 0.2
#21 Oklahoma 744 552 79 0.2
#22 Arizona 695 528 39 0.3
#23 Georgia 615 480 103 0.1
#24 Tennessee 606 493 88 0.1
#25 Oregon 445 384 83 0.2
#26 Iowa 425 364 104 0.1
#27 Kentucky 421 312 77 0.1
#28 South Carolina 395 294 80 0.1
#29 Delaware 373 287 23 0.6
#30 Louisiana 356 288 58 0.1
#31 New Hampshire 344 239 90 0.4
#32 Utah 322 283 63 0.2
#33 Alabama 311 231 64 0.1
#34 Kansas 299 252 77 0.1
#35 Rhode Island 188 144 35 0.2
#36 West Virginia 188 156 49 0.1
#37 Nebraska 163 137 42 0.1
#38 Nevada 160 115 15 0.2
#39 New Mexico 151 134 26 0.1
#40 Idaho 133 116 39 0.1
#41 Maine 116 96 56 0.1
#42 Arkansas 111 98 37 0.1
#43 Vermont 108 85 35 0.2
#44 Mississippi 89 82 38 0.0
#45 District of Columbia 60 53 1 0.1
#46 Montana 59 53 27 0.1
#47 North Dakota 51 44 21 0.1
#48 Hawaii 42 36 14 0.0
#49 South Dakota 37 34 22 0.1
#50 Wyoming 34 27 13 0.1
#51 Puerto Rico 17 15 9 0.0
#52 Alaska 17 15 6 0.0

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