US States — Patent Rankings 1997

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 26,301 17,285 612 0.8
2 New York 11,120 7,187 746 0.6
3 Texas 8,729 5,943 380 0.4
#4 New Jersey 7,223 4,679 479 0.9
#5 Ohio 7,112 4,576 485 0.6
#6 Illinois 7,063 4,656 464 0.6
#7 Massachusetts 6,535 4,501 340 1.0
#8 Michigan 6,276 4,492 423 0.6
#9 Pennsylvania 6,258 4,367 577 0.5
#10 Florida 4,622 3,260 270 0.3
#11 Minnesota 4,539 3,156 288 0.9
#12 Washington 3,521 2,427 177 0.6
#13 Connecticut 3,441 2,266 207 1.0
#14 North Carolina 3,360 2,260 240 0.4
#15 Wisconsin 3,164 2,194 285 0.6
#16 Indiana 2,949 1,942 236 0.5
#17 Colorado 2,735 1,967 125 0.6
#18 Maryland 2,557 1,889 199 0.5
#19 Arizona 2,311 1,597 77 0.5
#20 Georgia 2,096 1,490 185 0.3
#21 Oregon 2,047 1,309 117 0.6
#22 Virginia 1,909 1,409 203 0.3
#23 Missouri 1,745 1,153 183 0.3
#24 Tennessee 1,456 1,057 139 0.3
#25 Utah 1,411 929 103 0.6
#26 South Carolina 987 750 122 0.2
#27 New Hampshire 957 683 134 0.8
#28 Iowa 926 653 151 0.3
#29 Idaho 879 494 57 0.7
#30 Oklahoma 861 631 104 0.2
#31 Delaware 801 552 25 1.0
#32 Kentucky 761 568 114 0.2
#33 Louisiana 674 531 98 0.1
#34 Kansas 606 472 109 0.2
#35 Alabama 601 462 105 0.1
#36 Vermont 601 373 68 1.0
#37 Rhode Island 589 391 48 0.6
#38 New Mexico 503 421 42 0.3
#39 Nevada 410 298 28 0.2
#40 Nebraska 341 254 53 0.2
#41 Mississippi 337 273 77 0.1
#42 West Virginia 269 183 51 0.1
#43 Maine 258 198 86 0.2
#44 Arkansas 231 199 63 0.1
#45 Montana 167 123 43 0.2
#46 Hawaii 140 121 30 0.1
#47 District of Columbia 139 104 1 0.2
#48 Wyoming 129 87 28 0.3
#49 North Dakota 121 100 33 0.2
#50 South Dakota 100 82 30 0.1
#51 Alaska 78 72 14 0.1
#52 Puerto Rico 21 17 11 0.0
#53 Virgin Islands 6 6 2 —
#54 Guam 2 2 2 —

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