Table 4-2
Top 10 states in R&D performance, by sector and intensity: 2003
 
    Sector ranking   R&D intensity (R&D/GSP ratio)
Total R&Da        Federal     GSP
(current      intramural R&D/GSP (current
Rank State $ millions)    Industry    U&C    and FFRDCb   State (%)    $ billions)
1 California 59,664 California California California New Mexico 8.72 57.1
2 Michigan 16,884 Michigan New York New Mexico Massachusetts 5.26 297.1
3 Massachusetts 15,638 New Jersey Texas Maryland Maryland 4.77 213.1
4 Texas 14,785 Massachusetts Maryland Virginia Michigan 4.70 359.4
5 New York 13,031 Texas Pennsylvania District of Columbia Washington 4.68 245.1
6 New Jersey 12,795 Washington Massachusetts Massachusetts Rhode Island 4.46 39.4
7 Washington 11,469 New York Illinois Washington California 4.15 1,438.1
8 Illinois 11,045 Illinois North Carolina Illinois District of Columbia 3.80 70.7
9 Maryland 10,162 Pennsylvania Michigan New York Connecticut 3.76 174.1
10 Pennsylvania 9,944 Ohio Ohio Alabama   New Hampshire 3.45 48.2
 

FFRDC = federally funded research and development center; GSP = gross state product; U&C = universities and colleges

aIncludes in-state total R&D performance of industry, universities, federal agencies, FFRDCs, and federally financed nonprofit R&D.
bIncludes costs associated with administration of intramural and extramural programs by federal personnel and actual intramural R&D performance.

NOTES: Rankings do not account for margin of error of estimates from sample surveys.

SOURCES: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Patterns of R&D Resources (annual series); and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce (2005), http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/gspnewsrelease.htm.

 
Science and Engineering Indicators 2006