US States — Patent Rankings 2024

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

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

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