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Table 66. Higher education R&D expenditures, by state: FYs 2008–17

(Dollars in thousands)

State 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
United States 54,113,750 57,288,415 61,286,610 65,274,393 65,729,007 67,013,138 67,196,537 68,550,653 71,795,275 75,174,941
Alabama 724,434 775,495 847,072 898,422 830,538 837,871 812,803 898,010 949,683 1,005,133
Alaska 165,419 173,275 180,888 185,942 181,983 184,472 174,431 163,012 167,308 176,424
Arizona 846,889 904,518 944,795 997,700 1,039,424 1,065,136 1,047,329 1,099,837 1,162,283 1,213,469
Arkansas 259,319 252,883 267,405 282,628 289,364 294,572 285,691 293,494 298,497 312,533
California 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 9,225,998
Colorado 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 1,461,877
Connecticut 754,792 777,963 888,949 945,705 946,289 1,059,367 1,062,741 1,091,381 1,176,170 1,254,440
Delaware 135,355 136,712 168,511 188,765 185,842 197,262 193,242 191,704 197,615 204,221
District of Columbia 410,798 353,613 470,217 493,469 501,534 524,241 543,149 559,222 555,721 601,551
Florida 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 2,617,802
Georgia 1,586,486 1,621,789 1,691,603 1,808,679 1,882,308 1,956,245 1,950,990 2,046,068 2,168,071 2,340,410
Hawaii 286,335 310,909 317,942 330,838 335,704 343,802 335,189 332,233 318,134 301,204
Idaho 115,708 122,952 126,433 142,364 146,326 143,728 142,772 146,700 154,989 163,093
Illinois 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 2,503,276
Indiana 1,062,868 1,121,868 1,186,421 1,271,364 1,306,462 1,336,343 1,308,856 1,323,824 1,408,862 1,462,495
Iowa 540,023 572,589 706,667 724,608 718,281 714,366 773,760 758,796 814,031 830,587
Kansas 432,378 467,821 482,901 511,048 527,122 545,364 547,813 562,254 559,279 577,566
Kentucky 535,357 549,484 575,277 596,081 586,240 550,941 533,834 516,754 546,527 582,404
Louisiana 696,448 710,810 713,675 727,510 699,228 671,580 665,754 662,778 683,125 691,888
Maine 151,762 156,851 137,516 139,983 120,072 104,573 124,688 103,102 100,351 122,740
Maryland 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 4,020,423
Massachusetts 2,396,215 2,605,290 2,749,926 2,949,264 3,214,549 3,532,767 3,500,516 3,673,620 3,796,681 3,927,934
Michigan 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 2,662,045
Minnesota 724,319 787,190 831,754 898,741 864,938 901,404 919,257 928,999 961,040 968,784
Mississippi 425,439 435,382 443,625 460,962 476,078 416,772 410,543 408,232 454,983 479,122
Missouri 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 1,149,385
Montana 198,408 196,351 207,827 195,267 196,721 185,996 181,127 181,680 195,125 229,206
Nebraska 392,446 411,458 400,660 412,756 438,303 444,917 454,744 464,664 481,383 513,581
Nevada 196,206 187,293 174,247 165,437 153,325 153,427 153,571 157,528 191,155 205,761
New Hampshire 310,721 309,144 311,455 359,839 366,337 354,296 365,537 357,665 379,991 455,859
New Jersey 909,965 952,714 1,075,872 1,141,570 1,113,109 1,173,474 1,130,474 1,106,186 1,158,998 1,253,256
New Mexico 427,599 446,632 422,868 405,339 400,952 403,776 412,428 390,913 375,368 374,131
New York 4,083,370 4,303,252 4,948,442 5,288,932 5,352,978 5,519,542 5,638,584 5,700,230 6,075,419 6,359,672
North Carolina 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 3,081,568
North Dakota 181,736 186,956 204,049 211,057 215,642 219,115 222,032 217,926 226,572 255,942
Ohio 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 2,299,112
Oklahoma 347,400 354,187 400,731 444,722 437,180 420,067 419,653 419,602 488,559 506,458
Oregon 662,924 707,287 696,272 739,733 722,421 704,764 705,688 719,881 759,243 781,305
Pennsylvania 2,686,049 2,797,547 3,128,420 3,315,363 3,239,240 3,361,374 3,328,851 3,356,723 3,950,378 4,179,810
Rhode Island 263,423 274,425 428,738 459,321 495,366 479,162 447,469 453,291 462,777 331,467
South Carolina 589,863 626,918 660,415 620,533 636,534 648,137 655,757 665,319 687,110 699,199
South Dakota 92,695 110,765 131,165 136,305 129,200 117,361 104,962 103,368 106,941 112,916
Tennessee 833,211 880,214 938,237 1,016,915 1,025,283 1,032,124 1,133,373 1,077,068 1,091,835 1,183,795
Texas 3,869,656 4,133,121 4,416,323 4,661,517 4,651,322 4,813,050 4,898,443 5,036,366 5,254,298 5,495,483
Utah 431,877 509,920 562,349 627,180 622,244 688,972 693,796 733,407 573,106 611,015
Vermont 118,252 125,516 132,792 137,303 120,226 121,110 114,549 119,663 120,650 122,634
Virginia 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 1,551,003
Washington 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 1,740,919
West Virginia 183,605 186,213 194,834 210,899 202,118 196,492 195,675 199,167 199,164 210,259
Wisconsin 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 1,503,746
Wyoming 76,711 79,684 55,319 57,549 65,611 65,490 51,422 56,996 112,056 125,032
American Samoa ne ne ne ne ne ne ne 1,337 793 ne
Guam 6,106 5,834 5,555 5,626 6,131 6,043 7,075 6,062 7,402 8,842
Puerto Rico 112,913 114,408 125,123 163,853 151,532 135,659 123,285 126,792 120,619 113,868
Virgin Islands 18,099 22,019 32,350 21,994 25,719 20,041 20,371 20,630 21,215 12,298
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.