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US States — Patent Rankings 2021

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 147,055 66,859 730 3.7
2 Texas 33,496 16,780 541 1.1
3 New York 27,959 12,766 823 1.4
#4 Massachusetts 26,573 14,123 377 3.8
#5 Washington 26,164 13,672 227 3.4
#6 Michigan 18,917 9,874 498 1.9
#7 Illinois 16,643 8,822 549 1.3
#8 Ohio 14,556 7,535 553 1.2
#9 Pennsylvania 13,735 7,685 696 1.1
#10 New Jersey 13,654 6,977 502 1.5
#11 Minnesota 12,961 7,038 387 2.3
#12 Florida 11,841 6,924 358 0.6
#13 North Carolina 11,519 5,924 312 1.1
#14 Oregon 10,932 4,388 127 2.6
#15 Colorado 9,079 5,235 170 1.6
#16 Arizona 8,596 4,087 91 1.2
#17 Wisconsin 8,351 4,723 379 1.4
#18 Connecticut 7,917 4,045 208 2.2
#19 Georgia 7,907 4,415 224 0.7
#20 Virginia 7,817 4,020 261 0.9
#21 Indiana 6,489 3,792 306 1.0
#22 Maryland 6,455 3,967 256 1.0
#23 Utah 4,576 2,632 143 1.4
#24 Missouri 3,874 2,600 246 0.6
#25 Tennessee 3,683 2,117 199 0.5
#26 Idaho 3,205 1,226 76 1.7
#27 Iowa 3,127 1,785 263 1.0
#28 New Hampshire 3,031 1,586 178 2.2
#29 South Carolina 2,906 1,711 142 0.6
#30 Nevada 2,306 1,087 27 0.7
#31 Kansas 1,980 1,131 149 0.7
#32 Kentucky 1,871 1,120 134 0.4
#33 Oklahoma 1,813 1,049 131 0.5
#34 Alabama 1,355 931 140 0.3
#35 Rhode Island 1,261 654 55 1.1
#36 New Mexico 1,240 830 47 0.6
#37 Vermont 1,011 475 91 1.6
#38 Arkansas 988 658 102 0.3
#39 Delaware 953 595 30 1.0
#40 Louisiana 944 687 109 0.2
#41 Nebraska 879 557 78 0.5
#42 District of Columbia 798 425 1 1.2
#43 Maine 794 429 119 0.6
#44 Montana 569 307 47 0.5
#45 Mississippi 430 306 85 0.1
#46 South Dakota 408 283 60 0.5
#47 North Dakota 346 236 40 0.4
#48 Hawaii 335 205 36 0.2
#49 West Virginia 320 222 65 0.2
#50 Wyoming 293 161 32 0.5
#51 Puerto Rico 162 105 32 0.1
#52 Alaska 110 80 17 0.1
#53 Virgin Islands 9 4 1 —
#54 Guam 4 3 2 —

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