US States — Patent Rankings 2016

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

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

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