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Table 80. Higher education R&D expenditures in science and engineering fields, by state: FYs 2008–17

(Dollars in thousands)

State 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
United States 51,871,804 54,862,998 58,387,646 61,988,062 62,198,981 63,354,376 63,764,096 64,939,909 67,647,844 70,829,473
Alabama 707,801 761,982 829,363 878,622 804,713 807,180 784,855 868,160 917,395 952,641
Alaska 128,242 131,753 141,190 140,736 135,751 133,170 168,948 157,565 163,092 171,166
Arizona 831,192 873,063 901,697 951,223 987,123 1,013,898 987,348 1,031,313 1,072,623 1,139,852
Arkansas 246,621 239,407 255,537 270,576 275,503 278,640 268,551 278,259 284,160 288,722
California 7,026,354 7,406,686 7,579,847 7,927,305 8,102,898 8,056,392 8,122,661 8,335,457 8,564,435 8,893,946
Colorado 924,088 1,058,283 1,128,509 1,240,906 1,249,413 1,200,521 1,184,397 1,226,205 1,326,252 1,402,890
Connecticut 731,711 752,793 866,600 922,694 924,773 1,041,810 1,029,748 1,062,809 1,143,663 1,210,466
Delaware 133,231 133,810 161,927 178,496 176,743 187,730 187,295 183,868 189,768 195,591
District of Columbia 375,459 325,155 430,944 446,448 455,063 463,042 487,260 488,789 483,863 524,970
Florida 1,591,774 1,663,542 1,778,300 1,896,576 1,930,189 1,921,895 2,019,460 2,080,940 2,239,349 2,366,067
Georgia 1,521,486 1,565,574 1,611,447 1,657,919 1,711,596 1,789,112 1,850,346 1,918,019 2,029,544 2,177,129
Hawaii 278,751 300,302 314,652 325,915 328,168 338,992 330,584 328,698 314,431 297,425
Idaho 113,482 120,721 122,754 139,392 142,976 139,444 137,825 142,954 150,043 156,152
Illinois 1,972,752 2,113,124 2,146,061 2,264,226 2,269,727 2,407,183 2,238,266 2,284,059 2,265,419 2,369,632
Indiana 954,621 1,005,216 1,048,218 1,141,830 1,150,327 1,200,697 1,169,076 1,191,841 1,235,217 1,296,614
Iowa 527,769 562,569 689,831 705,684 695,465 693,052 743,656 726,233 774,017 786,287
Kansas 403,512 441,321 460,629 466,851 479,721 499,788 485,562 489,955 478,843 502,399
Kentucky 498,742 518,874 538,189 555,579 546,893 515,406 505,815 499,960 526,377 560,860
Louisiana 660,262 671,131 657,569 667,523 653,885 632,537 627,547 609,102 630,012 634,477
Maine 128,090 128,434 118,832 129,236 118,589 103,373 120,628 98,607 97,680 120,471
Maryland 2,747,001 3,021,052 3,094,055 3,366,663 3,308,014 3,376,440 3,514,719 3,704,962 3,744,025 3,970,405
Massachusetts 2,271,757 2,463,395 2,628,804 2,806,845 3,010,696 3,246,125 3,218,358 3,406,239 3,520,952 3,631,771
Michigan 1,593,654 1,742,051 1,903,476 2,029,656 2,076,947 2,134,096 2,115,363 2,202,000 2,320,601 2,497,196
Minnesota 698,920 758,084 802,840 866,304 840,731 869,824 885,306 882,516 912,843 917,633
Mississippi 406,459 416,806 418,235 431,365 437,775 385,916 378,750 381,383 412,153 437,120
Missouri 960,171 1,008,901 964,192 984,357 1,055,960 1,028,703 1,014,509 1,046,359 1,088,195 1,116,840
Montana 185,791 181,649 195,619 182,326 184,754 175,054 172,201 171,530 184,756 216,170
Nebraska 376,092 393,611 383,260 393,395 419,164 419,565 428,017 435,767 447,703 478,198
Nevada 190,893 182,016 170,989 160,254 149,323 147,079 146,056 148,339 172,933 185,836
New Hampshire 302,008 298,298 298,650 341,848 349,891 335,518 337,909 336,857 361,834 413,173
New Jersey 878,330 913,904 1,022,690 1,091,890 1,060,469 1,120,119 1,081,018 1,048,622 1,067,318 1,081,880
New Mexico 416,991 435,375 407,429 400,121 390,548 390,745 400,180 377,543 357,360 361,743
New York 3,982,048 4,174,906 4,782,174 5,105,083 5,157,872 5,327,470 5,450,410 5,449,862 5,817,824 6,020,049
North Carolina 1,979,164 2,160,505 2,422,947 2,603,702 2,618,572 2,669,329 2,741,270 2,744,906 2,847,296 2,991,666
North Dakota 180,764 185,708 202,626 209,430 213,666 212,705 215,551 212,524 221,251 241,188
Ohio 1,827,042 1,895,074 1,963,559 2,107,830 2,017,370 2,048,353 2,043,780 2,017,358 2,055,047 2,164,145
Oklahoma 333,230 336,904 383,110 418,373 412,978 384,729 391,926 392,480 428,939 441,199
Oregon 594,945 636,617 663,378 701,228 680,956 667,974 670,105 679,739 701,813 731,759
Pennsylvania 2,604,118 2,722,278 3,026,823 3,201,566 3,125,789 3,237,847 3,210,166 3,249,295 3,710,227 3,948,859
Rhode Island 236,627 246,322 287,708 330,272 335,689 320,663 379,144 376,956 330,514 300,658
South Carolina 576,219 611,539 616,972 576,881 563,599 567,300 565,820 571,747 605,162 617,864
South Dakota 91,797 102,299 126,562 132,295 123,383 113,284 100,343 97,179 102,269 108,230
Tennessee 787,122 832,991 879,994 952,398 968,317 973,486 1,079,491 1,022,308 1,037,952 1,133,255
Texas 3,744,182 3,982,142 4,220,820 4,427,560 4,413,601 4,585,482 4,658,686 4,794,484 4,994,430 5,225,263
Utah 425,683 500,421 551,607 614,316 608,199 673,095 674,070 715,106 537,012 540,493
Vermont 117,210 125,023 132,519 136,623 119,802 120,178 113,711 118,957 120,041 121,931
Virginia 1,052,601 1,088,367 1,134,387 1,300,258 1,283,852 1,323,095 1,287,075 1,302,589 1,356,482 1,436,045
Washington 1,058,170 1,083,799 1,304,992 1,438,349 1,376,467 1,402,118 1,399,577 1,431,158 1,525,348 1,600,656
West Virginia 169,054 174,486 178,435 195,952 189,225 184,992 184,291 187,867 188,571 198,131
Wisconsin 1,117,152 1,203,919 1,230,932 1,338,580 1,330,338 1,278,050 1,268,950 1,227,545 1,335,963 1,401,567
Wyoming 74,720 77,633 53,957 55,320 63,812 63,149 48,736 54,928 108,552 121,927
American Samoa ne ne ne ne ne ne ne 1,337 793 ne
Guam 6,106 5,834 5,555 5,477 5,975 5,873 6,790 5,919 7,351 8,803
Puerto Rico 111,744 105,330 114,982 152,435 141,188 123,784 117,258 121,299 116,936 108,032
Virgin Islands 18,099 22,019 31,272 21,373 24,543 18,374 14,732 19,456 21,215 12,031
ne = not eligible; no institutions within the state met the criteria for inclusion.
NOTE: FY 2016 R&D expenditure amounts in various fields may show increases or decreases from amounts reported in FY 2015 because of the reclassification of disciplines. See the FY 2016 Technical Notes, Appendix A (https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2016) for specific details about discipline changes.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey.