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US States — Patent Rankings 2016

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 129,006 57,791 713 3.3
2 Texas 27,797 14,752 504 0.9
3 New York 27,120 11,723 799 1.3
#4 Washington 24,109 12,053 231 3.1
#5 Massachusetts 22,833 12,163 378 3.2
#6 Michigan 17,713 8,960 483 1.8
#7 Illinois 15,070 8,132 541 1.2
#8 Minnesota 13,058 6,786 377 2.3
#9 New Jersey 12,819 6,767 488 1.4
#10 Pennsylvania 12,064 7,031 662 0.9
#11 Ohio 11,417 6,556 534 1.0
#12 North Carolina 11,049 5,540 293 1.1
#13 Florida 10,968 6,308 345 0.5
#14 Oregon 9,161 4,070 129 2.2
#15 Colorado 8,682 4,945 160 1.5
#16 Arizona 7,689 3,707 90 1.1
#17 Wisconsin 7,170 4,233 379 1.2
#18 Georgia 7,071 3,922 221 0.7
#19 Connecticut 6,443 3,459 208 1.8
#20 Indiana 5,944 3,441 280 0.9
#21 Virginia 5,752 3,378 257 0.7
#22 Maryland 5,460 3,445 228 0.9
#23 Utah 3,799 2,256 131 1.2
#24 Missouri 3,372 2,150 228 0.6
#25 Tennessee 2,979 1,913 191 0.4
#26 South Carolina 2,905 1,679 149 0.6
#27 New Hampshire 2,762 1,549 184 2.0
#28 Iowa 2,558 1,466 260 0.8
#29 Kansas 2,315 1,219 139 0.8
#30 Nevada 2,064 1,044 29 0.7
#31 Kentucky 1,964 1,177 139 0.4
#32 Idaho 1,928 911 71 1.1
#33 Oklahoma 1,394 869 114 0.3
#34 Vermont 1,351 594 81 2.1
#35 New Mexico 1,334 855 54 0.6
#36 Alabama 1,315 880 143 0.3
#37 Rhode Island 1,129 584 54 1.0
#38 Delaware 1,103 601 27 1.1
#39 Louisiana 1,015 697 109 0.2
#40 Nebraska 830 482 77 0.4
#41 Maine 713 434 112 0.5
#42 Arkansas 628 434 83 0.2
#43 District of Columbia 443 279 1 0.6
#44 Montana 432 286 49 0.4
#45 Hawaii 399 227 41 0.3
#46 Mississippi 394 285 75 0.1
#47 South Dakota 304 201 61 0.3
#48 North Dakota 280 181 41 0.4
#49 Wyoming 271 148 34 0.5
#50 West Virginia 239 186 63 0.1
#51 Puerto Rico 115 89 33 0.0
#52 Alaska 109 80 14 0.1
#53 Virgin Islands 3 2 1 —

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