US States — Patent Rankings 2018

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

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

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