US States — Patent Rankings 2003

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 49,711 28,521 676 1.5
2 New York 16,660 9,423 772 0.9
3 Texas 14,083 8,709 430 0.7
#4 Massachusetts 10,861 6,881 352 1.7
#5 Michigan 9,815 6,370 463 1.0
#6 Ohio 9,429 5,836 511 0.8
#7 Illinois 9,052 5,780 499 0.7
#8 New Jersey 9,052 5,652 489 1.1
#9 Pennsylvania 8,419 5,394 642 0.7
#10 Minnesota 8,048 4,860 339 1.6
#11 Washington 6,316 3,868 205 1.1
#12 Florida 6,268 3,961 306 0.4
#13 Wisconsin 5,120 3,183 354 0.9
#14 North Carolina 4,955 3,162 257 0.6
#15 Colorado 4,750 3,015 133 1.1
#16 Connecticut 4,386 2,845 216 1.3
#17 Oregon 3,944 2,269 126 1.1
#18 Indiana 3,921 2,560 278 0.6
#19 Maryland 3,613 2,389 228 0.7
#20 Arizona 3,488 2,196 84 0.7
#21 Georgia 3,018 2,035 202 0.4
#22 Idaho 2,820 1,039 67 2.2
#23 Virginia 2,653 1,842 216 0.4
#24 Missouri 2,244 1,513 216 0.4
#25 Tennessee 2,043 1,340 175 0.4
#26 Utah 1,721 1,164 107 0.8
#27 Iowa 1,561 1,101 216 0.5
#28 New Hampshire 1,497 994 139 1.2
#29 South Carolina 1,432 970 136 0.4
#30 Oklahoma 1,260 823 113 0.4
#31 Kentucky 1,210 795 114 0.3
#32 Vermont 1,209 578 75 2.0
#33 Kansas 964 665 130 0.4
#34 New Mexico 964 642 55 0.5
#35 Alabama 948 699 129 0.2
#36 Delaware 936 600 28 1.2
#37 Nevada 881 488 24 0.4
#38 Louisiana 782 574 102 0.2
#39 Rhode Island 689 452 50 0.7
#40 Nebraska 428 302 57 0.2
#41 Maine 393 282 106 0.3
#42 Arkansas 368 284 73 0.1
#43 West Virginia 331 230 70 0.2
#44 Mississippi 309 235 73 0.1
#45 Montana 281 176 42 0.3
#46 District of Columbia 192 120 1 0.3
#47 Hawaii 182 125 33 0.1
#48 North Dakota 159 116 28 0.2
#49 South Dakota 154 117 46 0.2
#50 Wyoming 151 106 35 0.3
#51 Alaska 67 60 17 0.1
#52 Puerto Rico 54 50 20 0.0
#53 Guam 1 1 1 —
#54 Virgin Islands 1 1 1 —

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