US States — Patent Rankings 2023

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents Inventors Cities
1 California 157,379 67,585 745
2 Texas 33,086 16,648 568
3 Massachusetts 26,222 14,338 382
#4 New York 23,808 11,993 812
#5 Washington 23,196 12,572 244
#6 Michigan 18,243 9,501 508
#7 Illinois 16,290 8,683 538
#8 Pennsylvania 13,937 7,623 725
#9 Ohio 13,562 6,963 553
#10 New Jersey 13,404 6,594 504
#11 Minnesota 12,419 6,752 369
#12 Oregon 11,558 4,197 133
#13 Florida 11,469 6,713 369
#14 North Carolina 10,795 5,783 302
#15 Colorado 9,630 5,391 173
#16 Virginia 9,361 4,347 279
#17 Wisconsin 8,568 4,688 382
#18 Arizona 8,334 4,150 99
#19 Georgia 7,375 4,343 244
#20 Connecticut 7,114 3,623 219
#21 Maryland 6,233 3,824 244
#22 Indiana 5,790 3,533 291
#23 Utah 4,544 2,568 142
#24 Missouri 3,745 2,401 239
#25 Tennessee 3,672 2,194 213
#26 Idaho 3,579 1,268 79
#27 New Hampshire 2,996 1,562 175
#28 Iowa 2,987 1,656 251
#29 South Carolina 2,911 1,772 150
#30 Nevada 2,350 1,076 29
#31 Kansas 2,025 1,147 157
#32 Kentucky 1,882 1,133 138
#33 Oklahoma 1,601 950 106
#34 New Mexico 1,390 903 51
#35 Rhode Island 1,256 656 54
#36 Alabama 1,249 871 138
#37 Vermont 1,132 432 103
#38 Delaware 1,055 650 34
#39 Arkansas 1,015 662 93
#40 District of Columbia 930 474 1
#41 Louisiana 912 667 107
#42 Nebraska 836 548 78
#43 Maine 591 384 113
#44 Montana 573 312 45
#45 Mississippi 473 321 89
#46 North Dakota 414 250 46
#47 South Dakota 352 251 59
#48 Hawaii 331 183 31
#49 Wyoming 295 163 34
#50 West Virginia 277 204 64
#51 Puerto Rico 167 97 25
#52 Alaska 94 67 20
#53 Virgin Islands 9 9 3
#54 Guam 2 2 1

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