US States — Patent Rankings 2002

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 46,278 26,763 651 1.4
2 New York 16,546 9,277 778 0.9
3 Texas 14,049 8,590 434 0.7
#4 Massachusetts 9,873 6,384 350 1.6
#5 Michigan 9,601 6,198 458 1.0
#6 New Jersey 9,391 5,778 495 1.1
#7 Ohio 9,340 5,754 504 0.8
#8 Illinois 8,900 5,836 509 0.7
#9 Pennsylvania 8,567 5,512 637 0.7
#10 Minnesota 7,229 4,549 327 1.5
#11 Florida 5,819 3,788 304 0.4
#12 Washington 5,817 3,602 201 1.0
#13 Wisconsin 5,066 3,225 333 0.9
#14 North Carolina 4,961 3,093 276 0.6
#15 Connecticut 4,508 2,817 206 1.3
#16 Colorado 4,401 2,977 139 1.0
#17 Indiana 3,967 2,507 289 0.7
#18 Maryland 3,679 2,389 236 0.7
#19 Oregon 3,624 2,069 119 1.1
#20 Arizona 3,487 2,228 78 0.7
#21 Georgia 3,100 2,114 199 0.4
#22 Idaho 2,917 989 67 2.2
#23 Virginia 2,654 1,919 214 0.4
#24 Missouri 2,499 1,485 215 0.5
#25 Tennessee 2,197 1,455 181 0.4
#26 Utah 1,743 1,142 113 0.8
#27 Iowa 1,482 1,029 194 0.5
#28 New Hampshire 1,463 1,007 146 1.2
#29 South Carolina 1,438 957 132 0.4
#30 Vermont 1,363 563 67 2.2
#31 Kentucky 1,153 789 134 0.3
#32 Kansas 1,094 706 124 0.4
#33 Oklahoma 1,031 726 112 0.3
#34 Alabama 964 675 122 0.2
#35 New Mexico 942 664 55 0.5
#36 Delaware 937 591 26 1.2
#37 Louisiana 879 638 102 0.2
#38 Nevada 844 503 29 0.4
#39 Rhode Island 660 438 49 0.6
#40 Nebraska 488 345 66 0.3
#41 Arkansas 402 292 76 0.1
#42 Maine 388 268 100 0.3
#43 Mississippi 366 256 72 0.1
#44 West Virginia 340 244 75 0.2
#45 Montana 288 199 44 0.3
#46 District of Columbia 217 135 1 0.4
#47 North Dakota 200 144 37 0.3
#48 South Dakota 164 126 40 0.2
#49 Hawaii 149 115 30 0.1
#50 Wyoming 124 84 24 0.2
#51 Alaska 70 65 12 0.1
#52 Puerto Rico 40 37 16 0.0
#53 Guam 1 1 1 —

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