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Table 62. Higher education R&D expenditures, by state: FYs 2006–15

(Dollars in thousands)

State 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
United States 49,645,341 51,590,017 54,113,750 57,288,415 61,253,743 65,274,305 65,729,006 67,013,137 67,199,635 68,667,801
Alabama 609,011 663,704 724,434 775,495 847,072 898,422 830,538 837,871 812,803 902,922
Alaska 171,769 171,304 165,419 173,275 180,888 185,942 181,983 184,472 174,431 163,012
Arizona 777,374 798,534 846,889 904,518 944,795 997,700 1,039,424 1,065,136 1,047,329 1,099,837
Arkansas 247,598 252,716 259,319 252,883 267,405 282,628 289,364 294,572 285,691 293,494
California 6,692,497 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
Colorado 846,245 899,200 954,653 1,098,369 1,180,741 1,292,081 1,338,888 1,253,466 1,232,376 1,273,753
Connecticut 709,879 712,775 754,792 777,963 888,949 945,705 946,289 1,059,367 1,062,741 1,091,381
Delaware 124,624 128,160 135,355 136,712 168,511 188,765 185,842 197,262 193,242 191,704
District of Columbia 328,913 375,849 410,798 353,613 470,217 493,469 501,534 524,241 543,149 559,222
Florida 1,663,216 1,767,837 1,821,138 1,900,270 1,994,860 2,125,648 2,179,352 2,171,626 2,272,556 2,389,409
Georgia 1,347,317 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
Hawaii 269,258 283,121 286,335 310,909 317,942 330,838 335,704 343,802 335,189 332,233
Idaho 114,400 115,779 115,708 122,952 126,433 142,364 146,326 143,728 142,772 146,700
Illinois 1,923,148 1,970,628 2,078,089 2,229,062 2,224,414 2,352,326 2,362,224 2,501,413 2,327,098 2,391,472
Indiana 907,994 992,586 1,062,868 1,121,868 1,186,421 1,271,364 1,306,462 1,336,343 1,308,856 1,323,824
Iowa 589,725 604,836 540,023 572,589 706,667 724,608 718,281 714,366 773,760 758,796
Kansas 382,485 402,368 432,378 467,821 482,901 511,048 527,122 545,364 547,813 562,254
Kentucky 509,947 539,199 535,357 549,484 575,277 596,081 586,240 550,941 533,834 532,991
Louisiana 578,846 631,793 696,448 710,810 713,675 727,510 699,228 671,580 665,754 662,778
Maine 122,144 142,789 151,762 156,851 137,516 139,983 120,072 104,573 126,994 107,941
Maryland 2,560,392 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
Massachusetts 2,240,760 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
Michigan 1,561,189 1,603,566 1,691,493 1,863,341 2,031,479 2,161,520 2,219,505 2,267,080 2,242,864 2,334,546
Minnesota 626,377 659,452 724,319 787,190 831,754 898,741 864,938 901,404 919,257 928,999
Mississippi 388,585 427,380 425,439 435,382 443,625 460,962 476,078 416,772 410,543 408,232
Missouri 925,821 970,240 976,250 1,023,460 1,087,432 1,121,330 1,098,287 1,074,632 1,050,665 1,074,115
Montana 183,924 189,230 198,408 196,351 207,827 195,267 196,721 185,996 181,127 181,680
Nebraska 372,538 379,214 392,446 411,458 367,793 412,756 438,302 444,916 454,744 463,654
Nevada 197,772 197,292 196,206 187,293 174,247 165,437 153,325 153,427 153,571 157,528
New Hampshire 322,281 313,309 310,721 309,144 311,455 359,839 366,337 354,296 365,537 358,154
New Jersey 894,242 903,958 909,965 952,714 1,075,872 1,141,570 1,113,109 1,173,474 1,130,474 1,106,186
New Mexico 433,485 420,572 427,599 446,632 422,868 405,339 400,952 403,776 412,428 390,913
New York 3,912,982 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
North Carolina 1,734,153 1,917,917 2,012,492 2,199,367 2,465,260 2,668,842 2,681,840 2,739,920 2,814,943 2,815,343
North Dakota 161,049 170,859 181,736 186,956 204,049 211,057 215,642 219,115 222,032 217,926
Ohio 1,684,329 1,814,571 1,881,426 1,948,462 2,051,857 2,221,827 2,128,968 2,168,267 2,158,565 2,152,826
Oklahoma 307,486 311,467 347,400 354,187 400,731 444,722 437,180 420,067 419,653 419,602
Oregon 613,188 636,260 662,924 707,287 696,272 739,733 722,421 704,764 705,688 719,881
Pennsylvania 2,489,745 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
Rhode Island 269,061 254,121 263,423 274,425 428,738 459,321 495,366 479,162 447,469 453,291
South Carolina 535,147 581,846 589,863 626,918 660,415 620,533 636,534 648,137 655,757 665,319
South Dakota 74,496 82,673 92,695 110,765 131,165 136,305 129,200 117,361 104,962 103,368
Tennessee 772,059 799,767 833,211 880,214 938,237 1,016,915 1,025,283 1,032,124 1,133,373 1,075,972
Texas 3,374,033 3,531,505 3,869,656 4,133,121 4,416,323 4,661,517 4,651,322 4,813,050 4,898,443 5,082,598
Utah 422,667 421,283 431,877 509,920 562,349 627,180 622,244 688,972 693,796 733,407
Vermont 124,581 117,673 118,252 125,516 132,792 137,303 120,226 121,110 114,549 119,663
Virginia 1,011,655 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
Washington 1,033,902 1,023,805 1,105,007 1,134,279 1,358,061 1,502,284 1,475,365 1,561,573 1,537,190 1,549,479
West Virginia 153,904 172,977 183,605 186,213 194,834 210,899 202,118 196,492 195,675 199,167
Wisconsin 1,125,974 1,152,638 1,193,124 1,279,464 1,335,621 1,442,845 1,483,983 1,419,426 1,410,506 1,373,787
Wyoming 89,707 80,041 76,711 79,684 55,319 57,549 65,611 65,490 51,422 56,996
American Samoa ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne 1,337
Guam 7,604 7,059 6,106 5,834 5,555 5,626 6,131 6,043 7,075 6,062
Puerto Rico 106,368 110,198 112,913 114,408 125,123 163,853 151,532 135,659 123,285 126,792
Virgin Islands 17,495 17,842 18,099 22,019 32,350 21,994 25,719 20,041 20,371 20,630
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 Science Foundation 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.