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US States — Patent Rankings 2024

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 158,739 67,048 775 4.0
2 Texas 33,084 16,704 569 1.1
3 Massachusetts 27,312 14,432 373 3.9
#4 New York 23,300 12,119 806 1.1
#5 Washington 22,049 12,196 243 2.9
#6 Michigan 17,515 9,077 498 1.7
#7 Illinois 16,273 8,447 545 1.3
#8 Pennsylvania 14,289 7,701 719 1.1
#9 Ohio 13,979 7,095 537 1.2
#10 Minnesota 13,256 7,004 382 2.3
#11 New Jersey 12,920 6,455 509 1.4
#12 Florida 11,836 6,824 381 0.6
#13 Oregon 11,109 4,306 143 2.6
#14 North Carolina 10,803 5,744 301 1.0
#15 Virginia 9,759 4,385 271 1.1
#16 Colorado 9,701 5,530 183 1.7
#17 Wisconsin 9,474 4,887 382 1.6
#18 Arizona 8,134 4,087 92 1.1
#19 Georgia 7,378 4,315 248 0.7
#20 Connecticut 7,086 3,623 217 2.0
#21 Maryland 6,071 3,699 250 1.0
#22 Indiana 5,972 3,468 304 0.9
#23 Utah 4,352 2,484 149 1.3
#24 Missouri 3,826 2,318 232 0.6
#25 Tennessee 3,649 2,171 196 0.5
#26 Idaho 3,268 1,264 78 1.8
#27 Iowa 3,026 1,728 253 0.9
#28 Nevada 2,941 1,119 31 0.9
#29 New Hampshire 2,818 1,513 160 2.0
#30 South Carolina 2,762 1,650 153 0.5
#31 Kansas 1,923 1,136 141 0.7
#32 Kentucky 1,846 1,053 140 0.4
#33 Oklahoma 1,467 815 99 0.4
#34 New Mexico 1,407 893 53 0.7
#35 Rhode Island 1,303 676 54 1.2
#36 Delaware 1,245 692 33 1.3
#37 Alabama 1,235 879 150 0.2
#38 Arkansas 958 636 86 0.3
#39 Louisiana 915 686 111 0.2
#40 Vermont 902 407 103 1.4
#41 District of Columbia 876 487 1 1.3
#42 Nebraska 812 498 78 0.4
#43 Maine 646 418 119 0.5
#44 Montana 605 303 41 0.6
#45 North Dakota 419 243 45 0.5
#46 Mississippi 408 266 83 0.1
#47 Wyoming 377 181 37 0.7
#48 South Dakota 366 242 52 0.4
#49 Hawaii 360 217 31 0.2
#50 West Virginia 290 208 66 0.2
#51 Puerto Rico 149 91 25 0.1
#52 Alaska 85 57 18 0.1
#53 Virgin Islands 9 5 2 —
#54 Guam 8 6 3 —

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