US States — Patent Rankings 2019

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

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

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