| Table 8-42 | |||
| Net high-technology business formations as share of all business establishments, by state: 2004 | |||
| State | Net high-technology business formations | All business establishments |
High-technology formations/business establishments (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,598 | 7,366,978 | 0.16 |
| Alabama | 63 | 100,521 | 0.06 |
| Alaska | 22 | 19,309 | 0.11 |
| Arizona | 357 | 125,330 | 0.28 |
| Arkansas | 123 | 65,127 | 0.19 |
| California | 1,099 | 838,615 | 0.13 |
| Colorado | 490 | 146,937 | 0.33 |
| Connecticut | -47 | 92,710 | -0.05 |
| Delaware | -52 | 25,344 | -0.21 |
| District of Columbia | 66 | 19,503 | 0.34 |
| Florida | 1,743 | 483,693 | 0.36 |
| Georgia | 642 | 214,200 | 0.30 |
| Hawaii | 51 | 31,538 | 0.16 |
| Idaho | 54 | 41,205 | 0.13 |
| Illinois | 452 | 315,093 | 0.14 |
| Indiana | 208 | 149,050 | 0.14 |
| Iowa | 12 | 81,334 | 0.01 |
| Kansas | 160 | 75,600 | 0.21 |
| Kentucky | 116 | 91,598 | 0.13 |
| Louisiana | -38 | 102,866 | -0.04 |
| Maine | 81 | 41,131 | 0.20 |
| Maryland | 475 | 135,699 | 0.35 |
| Massachusetts | 156 | 175,426 | 0.09 |
| Michigan | 44 | 237,392 | 0.02 |
| Minnesota | 185 | 148,276 | 0.12 |
| Mississippi | 7 | 60,364 | 0.01 |
| Missouri | 195 | 153,584 | 0.13 |
| Montana | 108 | 34,570 | 0.31 |
| Nebraska | 64 | 50,803 | 0.13 |
| Nevada | 169 | 55,713 | 0.30 |
| New Hampshire | 30 | 38,707 | 0.08 |
| New Jersey | -80 | 240,013 | -0.03 |
| New Mexico | 37 | 44,071 | 0.08 |
| New York | 702 | 509,873 | 0.14 |
| North Carolina | 514 | 212,457 | 0.24 |
| North Dakota | -1 | 20,763 | 0.00 |
| Ohio | 204 | 271,078 | 0.08 |
| Oklahoma | 75 | 87,180 | 0.09 |
| Oregon | 156 | 104,966 | 0.15 |
| Pennsylvania | 474 | 300,832 | 0.16 |
| Rhode Island | 67 | 29,900 | 0.22 |
| South Carolina | 175 | 100,947 | 0.17 |
| South Dakota | 16 | 24,693 | 0.06 |
| Tennessee | 39 | 131,355 | 0.03 |
| Texas | 401 | 489,782 | 0.08 |
| Utah | 283 | 62,644 | 0.45 |
| Vermont | 42 | 22,072 | 0.19 |
| Virginia | 845 | 188,533 | 0.45 |
| Washington | 346 | 170,848 | 0.20 |
| West Virginia | 16 | 40,732 | 0.04 |
| Wisconsin | 215 | 143,739 | 0.15 |
| Wyoming | 37 | 19,262 | 0.19 |
| Puerto Rico | NA | NA | NA |
NA = not available SOURCE: Census Bureau, 1989–2004 Business Information Tracking Series, special tabulations. Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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