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US States — Patent Rankings 2019

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 153,253 67,890 741 3.9
2 Texas 35,056 17,606 548 1.2
3 New York 30,913 13,137 847 1.5
#4 Washington 29,758 14,738 232 3.9
#5 Massachusetts 28,308 14,267 380 4.0
#6 Michigan 22,487 10,747 501 2.2
#7 Illinois 17,803 9,120 552 1.4
#8 Ohio 15,099 7,781 528 1.3
#9 Minnesota 14,931 7,373 393 2.6
#10 New Jersey 14,157 6,802 497 1.5
#11 Pennsylvania 14,043 7,891 699 1.1
#12 Florida 12,615 7,100 350 0.6
#13 North Carolina 12,321 6,286 296 1.2
#14 Oregon 11,368 4,620 138 2.7
#15 Colorado 9,775 5,412 168 1.7
#16 Connecticut 9,378 4,246 218 2.6
#17 Arizona 8,683 4,254 91 1.2
#18 Wisconsin 8,632 4,782 384 1.5
#19 Georgia 8,385 4,617 227 0.8
#20 Virginia 8,286 4,185 260 1.0
#21 Indiana 7,199 3,883 313 1.1
#22 Maryland 6,805 4,079 254 1.1
#23 Utah 5,385 2,803 138 1.6
#24 Missouri 4,467 2,707 231 0.7
#25 South Carolina 3,648 1,980 152 0.7
#26 Tennessee 3,491 2,154 206 0.5
#27 New Hampshire 3,448 1,702 175 2.5
#28 Iowa 3,124 1,684 283 1.0
#29 Idaho 2,564 1,069 80 1.4
#30 Nevada 2,199 1,097 28 0.7
#31 Kansas 2,106 1,241 131 0.7
#32 Kentucky 1,961 1,149 143 0.4
#33 Oklahoma 1,640 1,012 122 0.4
#34 New Mexico 1,614 984 47 0.8
#35 Arkansas 1,560 682 91 0.5
#36 Alabama 1,410 968 135 0.3
#37 Rhode Island 1,408 681 53 1.3
#38 Vermont 1,122 496 97 1.7
#39 Nebraska 1,040 607 88 0.5
#40 Louisiana 1,013 741 99 0.2
#41 Delaware 975 593 33 1.0
#42 Maine 866 414 117 0.6
#43 District of Columbia 774 429 1 1.1
#44 Montana 577 356 52 0.5
#45 Mississippi 491 316 88 0.2
#46 North Dakota 384 233 43 0.5
#47 South Dakota 363 258 60 0.4
#48 Hawaii 353 210 38 0.2
#49 West Virginia 338 217 62 0.2
#50 Wyoming 319 172 28 0.6
#51 Puerto Rico 178 108 29 0.1
#52 Alaska 96 78 18 0.1
#53 Guam 24 3 1 —
#54 Virgin Islands 10 6 2 —

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