US States — Patent Rankings 2011

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 81,175 41,698 705 2.2
2 Texas 20,238 11,512 465 0.8
3 New York 20,164 10,473 795 1.0
#4 Washington 15,482 8,555 215 2.3
#5 Massachusetts 15,342 9,131 375 2.3
#6 Illinois 11,645 6,921 511 0.9
#7 Michigan 11,569 6,781 453 1.2
#8 Minnesota 11,041 5,843 339 2.1
#9 New Jersey 10,890 6,350 484 1.2
#10 Ohio 10,317 6,034 505 0.9
#11 Pennsylvania 9,894 6,061 634 0.8
#12 Florida 8,264 4,890 303 0.4
#13 North Carolina 7,737 4,532 276 0.8
#14 Colorado 5,961 3,647 149 1.2
#15 Oregon 5,795 2,981 124 1.5
#16 Wisconsin 5,703 3,572 336 1.0
#17 Connecticut 5,543 3,106 219 1.6
#18 Arizona 5,206 2,961 88 0.8
#19 Georgia 5,156 3,122 203 0.5
#20 Virginia 4,492 2,744 241 0.6
#21 Indiana 4,347 2,720 279 0.7
#22 Maryland 4,224 2,889 231 0.7
#23 Utah 2,940 1,734 118 1.1
#24 Missouri 2,676 1,809 221 0.5
#25 Tennessee 2,654 1,584 178 0.4
#26 Iowa 2,157 1,342 228 0.7
#27 New Hampshire 2,018 1,252 156 1.5
#28 Idaho 1,935 944 67 1.2
#29 South Carolina 1,802 1,184 142 0.4
#30 Vermont 1,747 615 83 2.8
#31 Kansas 1,734 1,015 136 0.6
#32 Nevada 1,463 764 23 0.5
#33 Kentucky 1,386 963 127 0.3
#34 Delaware 1,312 728 28 1.5
#35 Oklahoma 1,269 811 101 0.3
#36 Alabama 996 682 133 0.2
#37 New Mexico 981 664 46 0.5
#38 Rhode Island 770 470 51 0.7
#39 Louisiana 757 557 102 0.2
#40 Maine 599 400 110 0.5
#41 Nebraska 585 427 66 0.3
#42 Arkansas 424 296 62 0.1
#43 Mississippi 361 254 69 0.1
#44 Hawaii 324 167 36 0.2
#45 Montana 297 203 46 0.3
#46 District of Columbia 291 221 1 0.5
#47 West Virginia 289 220 66 0.2
#48 North Dakota 265 192 32 0.4
#49 South Dakota 245 168 48 0.3
#50 Wyoming 198 119 31 0.3
#51 Alaska 60 49 12 0.1
#52 Puerto Rico 54 42 15 0.0
#53 Virgin Islands 2 1 1 —

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