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US States — Patent Rankings 2018

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 129,631 60,411 708 3.3
2 Texas 29,721 15,368 538 1.0
3 New York 27,340 11,825 794 1.4
#4 Massachusetts 23,987 12,682 375 3.4
#5 Washington 23,887 12,409 223 3.1
#6 Michigan 19,805 9,817 492 2.0
#7 Illinois 14,941 7,998 532 1.2
#8 Minnesota 13,446 6,792 380 2.4
#9 Ohio 12,826 7,143 552 1.1
#10 New Jersey 12,793 6,523 486 1.4
#11 Pennsylvania 12,758 7,336 677 1.0
#12 North Carolina 11,234 5,725 286 1.1
#13 Florida 10,791 6,450 353 0.5
#14 Oregon 9,627 4,132 132 2.3
#15 Colorado 8,471 4,827 172 1.5
#16 Connecticut 7,784 3,763 212 2.2
#17 Arizona 7,651 3,846 88 1.1
#18 Wisconsin 7,598 4,392 370 1.3
#19 Georgia 7,471 4,263 218 0.7
#20 Virginia 6,740 3,633 255 0.8
#21 Indiana 6,007 3,479 293 0.9
#22 Maryland 5,397 3,464 249 0.9
#23 Utah 4,527 2,417 133 1.4
#24 Missouri 3,618 2,351 236 0.6
#25 South Carolina 3,411 1,864 147 0.7
#26 Tennessee 3,306 2,038 186 0.5
#27 New Hampshire 2,866 1,557 175 2.1
#28 Iowa 2,767 1,620 249 0.9
#29 Kansas 2,039 1,130 152 0.7
#30 Idaho 1,912 939 82 1.0
#31 Kentucky 1,817 1,088 140 0.4
#32 Nevada 1,738 980 29 0.6
#33 Oklahoma 1,504 936 118 0.4
#34 New Mexico 1,462 926 49 0.7
#35 Vermont 1,215 510 88 1.9
#36 Rhode Island 1,189 635 55 1.1
#37 Alabama 1,173 852 139 0.2
#38 Delaware 1,004 598 30 1.0
#39 Arkansas 973 562 87 0.3
#40 Louisiana 896 668 111 0.2
#41 Nebraska 807 496 69 0.4
#42 Maine 761 432 119 0.6
#43 District of Columbia 600 361 1 0.9
#44 Mississippi 437 283 76 0.1
#45 Montana 398 256 40 0.4
#46 North Dakota 334 226 50 0.4
#47 South Dakota 331 233 55 0.4
#48 Hawaii 324 189 33 0.2
#49 West Virginia 306 208 67 0.2
#50 Wyoming 276 166 32 0.5
#51 Puerto Rico 120 89 33 0.0
#52 Alaska 97 76 19 0.1
#53 Guam 17 2 2 —
#54 Virgin Islands 3 2 1 —

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