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Table 66. Higher education R&D expenditures, by state: FYs 2007–16

(Dollars in thousands)

State 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
United States 51,590,017 54,113,750 57,288,415 61,286,610 65,274,393 65,729,007 67,013,138 67,196,537 68,566,890 71,833,308
Alabama 663,704 724,434 775,495 847,072 898,422 830,538 837,871 812,803 898,010 949,683
Alaska 171,304 165,419 173,275 180,888 185,942 181,983 184,472 174,431 163,012 167,308
Arizona 798,534 846,889 904,518 944,795 997,700 1,039,424 1,065,136 1,047,329 1,099,837 1,162,283
Arkansas 252,716 259,319 252,883 267,405 282,628 289,364 294,572 285,691 293,494 298,497
California 6,948,312 7,258,240 7,654,804 7,832,767 8,225,420 8,401,638 8,357,891 8,404,097 8,657,121 8,888,706
Colorado 899,200 954,653 1,098,369 1,180,741 1,292,081 1,338,888 1,253,466 1,232,376 1,273,753 1,378,920
Connecticut 712,775 754,792 777,963 888,949 945,705 946,289 1,059,367 1,062,741 1,091,381 1,176,170
Delaware 128,160 135,355 136,712 168,511 188,765 185,842 197,262 193,242 191,704 197,615
District of Columbia 375,849 410,798 353,613 470,217 493,469 501,534 524,241 543,149 559,222 555,721
Florida 1,767,837 1,821,138 1,900,270 1,994,860 2,125,648 2,179,352 2,171,626 2,272,556 2,354,871 2,527,456
Georgia 1,446,604 1,586,486 1,621,789 1,691,603 1,808,679 1,882,308 1,956,245 1,950,990 2,046,068 2,179,727
Hawaii 283,121 286,335 310,909 317,942 330,838 335,704 343,802 335,189 332,233 318,134
Idaho 115,779 115,708 122,952 126,433 142,364 146,326 143,728 142,772 146,700 154,989
Illinois 1,970,628 2,078,089 2,229,062 2,224,414 2,352,326 2,362,224 2,501,413 2,327,098 2,382,947 2,400,990
Indiana 992,586 1,062,868 1,121,868 1,186,421 1,271,364 1,306,462 1,336,343 1,308,856 1,323,824 1,409,782
Iowa 604,836 540,023 572,589 706,667 724,608 718,281 714,366 773,760 758,796 814,031
Kansas 402,368 432,378 467,821 482,901 511,048 527,122 545,364 547,813 562,254 559,279
Kentucky 539,199 535,357 549,484 575,277 596,081 586,240 550,941 533,834 532,991 556,074
Louisiana 631,793 696,448 710,810 713,675 727,510 699,228 671,580 665,754 662,778 683,125
Maine 142,789 151,762 156,851 137,516 139,983 120,072 104,573 124,688 103,102 100,351
Maryland 2,574,067 2,775,603 3,046,289 3,139,254 3,416,687 3,359,741 3,433,145 3,573,167 3,741,687 3,799,639
Massachusetts 2,286,853 2,396,215 2,605,290 2,749,926 2,949,264 3,214,549 3,532,767 3,500,516 3,673,620 3,797,277
Michigan 1,603,566 1,691,493 1,863,341 2,031,479 2,161,520 2,219,505 2,267,080 2,242,864 2,334,031 2,468,498
Minnesota 659,452 724,319 787,190 831,754 898,741 864,938 901,404 919,257 928,999 961,040
Mississippi 427,380 425,439 435,382 443,625 460,962 476,078 416,772 410,543 408,232 454,983
Missouri 970,240 976,250 1,023,460 1,087,432 1,121,330 1,098,287 1,074,632 1,050,665 1,074,115 1,119,296
Montana 189,230 198,408 196,351 207,827 195,267 196,721 185,996 181,127 181,680 195,125
Nebraska 379,214 392,446 411,458 400,660 412,756 438,303 444,917 454,744 464,664 481,383
Nevada 197,292 196,206 187,293 174,247 165,437 153,325 153,427 153,571 157,528 191,155
New Hampshire 313,309 310,721 309,144 311,455 359,839 366,337 354,296 365,537 357,665 379,991
New Jersey 903,958 909,965 952,714 1,075,872 1,141,570 1,113,109 1,173,474 1,130,474 1,106,186 1,157,605
New Mexico 420,572 427,599 446,632 422,868 405,339 400,952 403,776 412,428 390,913 375,368
New York 4,074,240 4,083,370 4,303,252 4,948,442 5,288,932 5,352,978 5,519,542 5,638,584 5,700,230 6,089,673
North Carolina 1,917,917 2,012,492 2,199,367 2,465,260 2,668,842 2,681,840 2,739,920 2,814,943 2,814,924 2,937,671
North Dakota 170,859 181,736 186,956 204,049 211,057 215,642 219,115 222,032 217,926 226,572
Ohio 1,814,571 1,881,426 1,948,462 2,051,857 2,221,827 2,128,968 2,168,267 2,158,565 2,152,796 2,193,019
Oklahoma 311,467 347,400 354,187 400,731 444,722 437,180 420,067 419,653 419,602 488,559
Oregon 636,260 662,924 707,287 696,272 739,733 722,421 704,764 705,688 719,881 759,243
Pennsylvania 2,501,878 2,686,049 2,797,547 3,128,420 3,315,363 3,239,240 3,361,374 3,328,851 3,356,723 3,950,530
Rhode Island 254,121 263,423 274,425 428,738 459,321 495,366 479,162 447,469 453,291 462,777
South Carolina 581,846 589,863 626,918 660,415 620,533 636,534 648,137 655,757 665,319 687,110
South Dakota 82,673 92,695 110,765 131,165 136,305 129,200 117,361 104,962 103,368 106,941
Tennessee 799,767 833,211 880,214 938,237 1,016,915 1,025,283 1,032,124 1,133,373 1,077,068 1,091,835
Texas 3,531,505 3,869,656 4,133,121 4,416,323 4,661,517 4,651,322 4,813,050 4,898,443 5,036,366 5,256,599
Utah 421,283 431,877 509,920 562,349 627,180 622,244 688,972 693,796 733,407 573,106
Vermont 117,673 118,252 125,516 132,792 137,303 120,226 121,110 114,549 119,663 120,650
Virginia 1,036,170 1,122,656 1,151,996 1,199,244 1,390,412 1,379,440 1,419,504 1,381,078 1,411,176 1,462,939
Washington 1,023,805 1,105,007 1,134,279 1,358,061 1,502,284 1,475,365 1,561,573 1,537,190 1,548,580 1,645,843
West Virginia 172,977 183,605 186,213 194,834 210,899 202,118 196,492 195,675 199,167 199,164
Wisconsin 1,152,638 1,193,124 1,279,464 1,335,621 1,442,933 1,483,983 1,419,426 1,409,714 1,372,168 1,458,791
Wyoming 80,041 76,711 79,684 55,319 57,549 65,611 65,490 51,422 56,996 112,056
American Samoa ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne 1,337 793
Guam 7,059 6,106 5,834 5,555 5,626 6,131 6,043 7,075 6,062 7,402
Puerto Rico 110,198 112,913 114,408 125,123 163,853 151,532 135,659 123,285 126,792 120,619
Virgin Islands 17,842 18,099 22,019 32,350 21,994 25,719 20,041 20,371 20,630 21,215
ne = not eligible; no institutions within the state met the criteria for inclusion.
NOTE: Prior to FY 2010, some institution totals for all R&D expenditures may be lower-bound estimates because the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics did not attempt to estimate for nonresponse on non-science and engineering R&D expenditures item prior to FY 2010.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey.