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US States — Patent Rankings 2022

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 145,260 65,961 768 3.7
2 Texas 32,520 16,454 541 1.1
3 Massachusetts 25,043 13,863 382 3.6
#4 Washington 24,233 13,115 247 3.1
#5 New York 23,707 12,227 818 1.2
#6 Michigan 17,142 9,276 499 1.7
#7 Illinois 15,340 8,257 534 1.2
#8 Pennsylvania 13,892 7,706 715 1.1
#9 Ohio 13,446 7,190 550 1.1
#10 New Jersey 12,881 6,720 523 1.4
#11 Minnesota 12,480 6,876 375 2.2
#12 Oregon 11,339 4,240 129 2.7
#13 Florida 11,303 6,655 382 0.5
#14 North Carolina 10,705 5,755 292 1.0
#15 Colorado 8,797 5,114 174 1.5
#16 Wisconsin 8,464 4,587 384 1.4
#17 Virginia 8,445 4,063 257 1.0
#18 Arizona 8,174 4,079 95 1.1
#19 Connecticut 7,524 3,820 215 2.1
#20 Georgia 7,224 4,233 244 0.7
#21 Indiana 6,009 3,524 305 0.9
#22 Maryland 5,837 3,746 259 0.9
#23 Utah 4,215 2,515 143 1.3
#24 Missouri 3,623 2,337 213 0.6
#25 Tennessee 3,616 2,090 189 0.5
#26 Idaho 3,260 1,239 79 1.8
#27 Iowa 3,013 1,700 248 0.9
#28 New Hampshire 2,767 1,522 169 2.0
#29 South Carolina 2,758 1,643 143 0.5
#30 Nevada 1,999 1,043 31 0.6
#31 Kansas 1,932 1,157 154 0.7
#32 Kentucky 1,826 1,035 143 0.4
#33 Oklahoma 1,700 935 100 0.4
#34 New Mexico 1,309 853 49 0.6
#35 Alabama 1,215 876 138 0.2
#36 Rhode Island 1,121 616 55 1.0
#37 Delaware 1,013 608 33 1.0
#38 Louisiana 904 680 103 0.2
#39 Vermont 887 425 88 1.4
#40 Arkansas 882 627 94 0.3
#41 District of Columbia 804 456 1 1.2
#42 Nebraska 781 517 86 0.4
#43 Maine 707 438 122 0.5
#44 Montana 586 322 56 0.5
#45 Mississippi 415 307 86 0.1
#46 Hawaii 369 216 36 0.2
#47 South Dakota 326 237 52 0.4
#48 North Dakota 311 215 50 0.4
#49 Wyoming 309 187 30 0.5
#50 West Virginia 271 182 60 0.1
#51 Puerto Rico 122 89 29 0.0
#52 Alaska 97 70 18 0.1
#53 Virgin Islands 8 4 2 —
#54 Guam 4 3 2 —

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