US States — Patent Rankings 2004

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 47,959 28,370 665 1.4
2 New York 15,938 9,035 801 0.8
3 Texas 14,312 8,731 431 0.7
#4 Massachusetts 10,138 6,583 346 1.6
#5 Michigan 9,445 6,092 447 0.9
#6 Illinois 8,616 5,663 504 0.7
#7 Ohio 8,126 5,375 498 0.7
#8 New Jersey 7,866 5,136 485 0.9
#9 Pennsylvania 7,576 5,047 624 0.6
#10 Minnesota 7,511 4,663 323 1.5
#11 Washington 6,164 4,011 195 1.1
#12 Florida 5,999 3,935 295 0.4
#13 North Carolina 4,841 3,078 256 0.6
#14 Wisconsin 4,802 3,158 344 0.9
#15 Colorado 4,628 2,989 142 1.1
#16 Oregon 4,219 2,300 119 1.2
#17 Connecticut 4,151 2,707 216 1.2
#18 Indiana 3,572 2,450 268 0.6
#19 Arizona 3,519 2,283 76 0.7
#20 Maryland 3,399 2,377 220 0.6
#21 Georgia 3,181 2,149 195 0.4
#22 Idaho 2,845 1,066 69 2.2
#23 Virginia 2,639 1,885 211 0.4
#24 Missouri 2,379 1,427 211 0.4
#25 Tennessee 1,822 1,269 166 0.3
#26 Utah 1,808 1,201 113 0.8
#27 Iowa 1,617 1,090 199 0.6
#28 New Hampshire 1,457 979 146 1.2
#29 South Carolina 1,374 980 140 0.3
#30 Kentucky 1,141 790 118 0.3
#31 Oklahoma 1,111 787 118 0.3
#32 Kansas 1,011 638 105 0.4
#33 Vermont 996 538 75 1.6
#34 Nevada 984 525 26 0.5
#35 Delaware 923 579 25 1.2
#36 New Mexico 917 656 54 0.5
#37 Alabama 812 600 117 0.2
#38 Louisiana 730 563 100 0.2
#39 Rhode Island 664 441 51 0.6
#40 Nebraska 437 335 72 0.3
#41 Maine 341 257 95 0.3
#42 Arkansas 332 272 76 0.1
#43 Mississippi 319 237 75 0.1
#44 Montana 298 185 41 0.3
#45 West Virginia 241 181 69 0.1
#46 Hawaii 208 156 33 0.2
#47 District of Columbia 190 127 1 0.3
#48 South Dakota 153 113 42 0.2
#49 North Dakota 130 90 35 0.2
#50 Wyoming 121 82 20 0.2
#51 Alaska 57 48 13 0.1
#52 Puerto Rico 38 32 18 0.0
#53 Virgin Islands 2 2 1 —
#54 Guam 1 1 1 —

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