US States — Patent Rankings 1989

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 14,118 10,592 555 0.5
2 New York 7,754 5,342 677 0.4
3 Texas 5,813 4,134 340 0.3
#4 New Jersey 5,600 3,756 442 0.7
#5 Pennsylvania 5,298 3,759 517 0.5
#6 Illinois 5,222 3,813 434 0.5
#7 Ohio 4,775 3,574 442 0.4
#8 Michigan 4,679 3,452 361 0.5
#9 Massachusetts 3,783 2,831 299 0.6
#10 Florida 2,980 2,217 239 0.2
#11 Connecticut 2,723 1,954 197 0.8
#12 Minnesota 2,628 2,022 241 0.6
#13 Wisconsin 2,194 1,637 267 0.5
#14 Indiana 1,976 1,469 202 0.4
#15 Washington 1,757 1,406 156 0.4
#16 North Carolina 1,609 1,241 190 0.2
#17 Colorado 1,574 1,224 117 0.5
#18 Maryland 1,524 1,164 166 0.3
#19 Virginia 1,359 1,067 171 0.2
#20 Arizona 1,189 945 47 0.3
#21 Oregon 1,157 893 102 0.4
#22 Georgia 1,147 865 147 0.2
#23 Missouri 1,092 859 160 0.2
#24 Oklahoma 1,006 749 101 0.3
#25 Tennessee 991 740 124 0.2
#26 Delaware 696 479 26 1.0
#27 South Carolina 688 527 100 0.2
#28 Iowa 679 549 140 0.2
#29 Louisiana 652 524 88 0.1
#30 Utah 650 504 91 0.4
#31 Alabama 595 435 111 0.1
#32 New Hampshire 547 409 116 0.5
#33 Kansas 523 413 107 0.2
#34 Kentucky 485 406 96 0.1
#35 New Mexico 340 289 37 0.2
#36 Rhode Island 317 240 40 0.3
#37 Idaho 278 211 43 0.3
#38 West Virginia 258 187 50 0.1
#39 Nevada 233 182 19 0.2
#40 Maine 228 153 80 0.2
#41 Vermont 226 182 55 0.4
#42 Nebraska 202 171 49 0.1
#43 Arkansas 177 143 57 0.1
#44 Mississippi 158 137 51 0.1
#45 Montana 140 106 37 0.2
#46 North Dakota 106 92 36 0.2
#47 Hawaii 103 85 23 0.1
#48 District of Columbia 75 59 1 0.1
#49 South Dakota 69 62 30 0.1
#50 Wyoming 62 55 25 0.1
#51 Alaska 39 33 13 0.1
#52 Puerto Rico 33 26 15 0.0
#53 Virgin Islands 2 2 2 —

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