US States — Patent Rankings 2021

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents Inventors Cities
1 California 147,055 66,859 730
2 Texas 33,496 16,780 541
3 New York 27,959 12,766 823
#4 Massachusetts 26,573 14,123 377
#5 Washington 26,164 13,672 227
#6 Michigan 18,917 9,874 498
#7 Illinois 16,643 8,822 549
#8 Ohio 14,556 7,535 553
#9 Pennsylvania 13,735 7,685 696
#10 New Jersey 13,654 6,977 502
#11 Minnesota 12,961 7,038 387
#12 Florida 11,841 6,924 358
#13 North Carolina 11,519 5,924 312
#14 Oregon 10,932 4,388 127
#15 Colorado 9,079 5,235 170
#16 Arizona 8,596 4,087 91
#17 Wisconsin 8,351 4,723 379
#18 Connecticut 7,917 4,045 208
#19 Georgia 7,907 4,415 224
#20 Virginia 7,817 4,020 261
#21 Indiana 6,489 3,792 306
#22 Maryland 6,455 3,967 256
#23 Utah 4,576 2,632 143
#24 Missouri 3,874 2,600 246
#25 Tennessee 3,683 2,117 199
#26 Idaho 3,205 1,226 76
#27 Iowa 3,127 1,785 263
#28 New Hampshire 3,031 1,586 178
#29 South Carolina 2,906 1,711 142
#30 Nevada 2,306 1,087 27
#31 Kansas 1,980 1,131 149
#32 Kentucky 1,871 1,120 134
#33 Oklahoma 1,813 1,049 131
#34 Alabama 1,355 931 140
#35 Rhode Island 1,261 654 55
#36 New Mexico 1,240 830 47
#37 Vermont 1,011 475 91
#38 Arkansas 988 658 102
#39 Delaware 953 595 30
#40 Louisiana 944 687 109
#41 Nebraska 879 557 78
#42 District of Columbia 798 425 1
#43 Maine 794 429 119
#44 Montana 569 307 47
#45 Mississippi 430 306 85
#46 South Dakota 408 283 60
#47 North Dakota 346 236 40
#48 Hawaii 335 205 36
#49 West Virginia 320 222 65
#50 Wyoming 293 161 32
#51 Puerto Rico 162 105 32
#52 Alaska 110 80 17
#53 Virgin Islands 9 4 1
#54 Guam 4 3 2

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