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US States — Patent Rankings 2020

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 155,812 68,989 747 3.9
2 Texas 35,484 17,455 546 1.2
3 New York 30,862 13,306 824 1.5
#4 Washington 29,246 14,769 234 3.8
#5 Massachusetts 27,990 14,474 379 4.0
#6 Michigan 21,081 10,373 492 2.1
#7 Illinois 18,012 9,161 565 1.4
#8 Ohio 15,665 7,937 561 1.3
#9 New Jersey 14,824 7,174 496 1.6
#10 Minnesota 14,665 7,575 384 2.6
#11 Pennsylvania 14,280 7,986 697 1.1
#12 Florida 12,655 7,109 365 0.6
#13 North Carolina 11,779 5,993 315 1.1
#14 Oregon 11,596 4,557 131 2.7
#15 Colorado 9,804 5,433 166 1.7
#16 Connecticut 9,573 4,387 220 2.6
#17 Arizona 9,007 4,273 97 1.3
#18 Georgia 8,830 4,647 228 0.8
#19 Wisconsin 8,710 4,845 402 1.5
#20 Virginia 8,603 4,224 276 1.0
#21 Maryland 7,024 4,116 240 1.1
#22 Indiana 6,835 3,983 327 1.0
#23 Utah 5,179 2,797 137 1.6
#24 Missouri 4,342 2,681 251 0.7
#25 Tennessee 3,734 2,204 205 0.5
#26 South Carolina 3,578 1,948 149 0.7
#27 New Hampshire 3,312 1,693 170 2.4
#28 Iowa 3,192 1,791 264 1.0
#29 Idaho 2,923 1,182 77 1.6
#30 Nevada 2,360 1,150 31 0.8
#31 Kentucky 2,135 1,184 142 0.5
#32 Kansas 2,035 1,176 149 0.7
#33 Oklahoma 1,727 1,063 131 0.4
#34 Rhode Island 1,369 671 54 1.2
#35 Arkansas 1,365 712 100 0.5
#36 New Mexico 1,358 916 56 0.6
#37 Alabama 1,350 902 148 0.3
#38 Vermont 1,144 515 91 1.8
#39 Delaware 1,126 653 28 1.1
#40 Louisiana 1,068 786 116 0.2
#41 Nebraska 945 570 81 0.5
#42 Maine 845 437 119 0.6
#43 District of Columbia 825 448 1 1.2
#44 Montana 497 300 48 0.5
#45 Mississippi 495 335 85 0.2
#46 South Dakota 399 263 57 0.5
#47 Hawaii 355 219 37 0.2
#48 North Dakota 351 232 44 0.5
#49 West Virginia 326 233 78 0.2
#50 Wyoming 312 190 35 0.5
#51 Puerto Rico 184 104 29 0.1
#52 Alaska 115 84 19 0.2
#53 Virgin Islands 12 7 3 —
#54 Guam 5 4 2 —

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