US States — Patent Rankings 2025

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents Inventors Cities
1 California 118,668 55,090 732
2 Texas 23,828 13,174 523
3 Massachusetts 20,211 11,797 362
#4 New York 16,470 9,062 706
#5 Washington 16,233 9,973 221
#6 Michigan 12,210 6,958 458
#7 Illinois 11,326 6,351 482
#8 Pennsylvania 10,798 6,113 661
#9 Ohio 9,497 5,372 497
#10 Minnesota 9,450 5,562 355
#11 New Jersey 9,244 5,082 486
#12 Florida 8,933 5,619 366
#13 Oregon 8,348 3,620 129
#14 North Carolina 8,322 4,827 289
#15 Virginia 7,180 3,511 237
#16 Colorado 7,114 4,451 167
#17 Wisconsin 7,060 3,989 360
#18 Arizona 6,302 3,383 90
#19 Georgia 5,724 3,563 235
#20 Maryland 4,516 3,049 225
#21 Connecticut 4,498 2,605 202
#22 Indiana 4,414 2,804 283
#23 Utah 3,499 2,089 137
#24 Missouri 3,006 1,865 208
#25 Tennessee 2,949 1,835 172
#26 Iowa 2,349 1,331 231
#27 Idaho 2,316 1,024 78
#28 Nevada 2,164 1,043 31
#29 New Hampshire 2,147 1,239 159
#30 South Carolina 2,061 1,374 141
#31 Kansas 1,530 925 129
#32 Kentucky 1,282 815 119
#33 Oklahoma 1,262 722 103
#34 New Mexico 1,036 708 38
#35 Rhode Island 926 535 55
#36 Delaware 906 558 33
#37 Alabama 883 654 138
#38 Vermont 642 313 94
#39 Arkansas 642 464 83
#40 Louisiana 631 467 91
#41 Nebraska 609 402 67
#42 District of Columbia 557 346 1
#43 Maine 492 321 99
#44 Montana 424 286 47
#45 North Dakota 374 214 30
#46 Hawaii 307 182 34
#47 Mississippi 274 187 64
#48 Wyoming 252 159 29
#49 South Dakota 246 184 50
#50 West Virginia 158 112 46
#51 Puerto Rico 117 70 26
#52 Alaska 58 42 14
#53 Virgin Islands 5 5 2
#54 Guam 1 1 1

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