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Table 66. Higher education R&D expenditures, by state: FYs 2009–18

(Dollars in thousands)

State 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
United States 57,288,415 61,286,610 65,274,393 65,729,007 67,013,138 67,199,417 68,550,653 71,750,973 75,184,396 79,285,866
Alabama 775,495 847,072 898,422 830,538 837,871 812,803 898,010 949,683 1,004,873 1,069,086
Alaska 173,275 180,888 185,942 181,983 184,472 174,431 163,012 167,308 176,424 165,198
Arizona 904,518 944,795 997,700 1,039,424 1,065,136 1,047,329 1,099,837 1,162,283 1,213,469 1,358,920
Arkansas 252,883 267,405 282,628 289,364 294,572 285,691 293,494 298,497 312,533 343,066
California 7,654,804 7,832,767 8,225,420 8,401,638 8,357,891 8,404,097 8,657,121 8,888,706 9,227,393 10,175,248
Colorado 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 1,552,251
Connecticut 777,963 888,949 945,705 946,289 1,059,367 1,062,741 1,091,381 1,176,170 1,254,440 1,287,024
Delaware 136,712 168,511 188,765 185,842 197,262 193,242 191,704 197,615 204,221 207,569
District of Columbia 353,613 470,217 493,469 501,534 524,241 543,149 559,222 555,721 601,551 630,161
Florida 1,900,270 1,994,860 2,125,648 2,179,352 2,171,626 2,272,556 2,354,871 2,483,359 2,584,487 2,725,771
Georgia 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 2,473,503
Hawaii 310,909 317,942 330,838 335,704 343,802 335,189 332,233 318,134 301,204 297,975
Idaho 122,952 126,433 142,364 146,326 143,728 142,772 146,700 154,989 163,093 171,053
Illinois 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 2,570,270
Indiana 1,121,868 1,186,421 1,271,364 1,306,462 1,336,343 1,308,856 1,323,824 1,408,862 1,461,367 1,505,426
Iowa 572,589 706,667 724,608 718,281 714,366 773,760 758,796 814,031 830,587 885,861
Kansas 467,821 482,901 511,048 527,122 545,364 547,813 562,254 559,279 577,566 640,735
Kentucky 549,484 575,277 596,081 586,240 550,941 533,834 516,754 546,527 583,143 596,532
Louisiana 710,810 713,675 727,510 699,228 671,580 665,754 662,778 683,125 690,958 744,283
Maine 156,851 137,516 139,983 120,072 104,573 124,688 103,102 100,351 122,740 128,500
Maryland 3,046,289 3,139,254 3,416,687 3,359,741 3,433,145 3,573,167 3,741,687 3,799,639 4,017,092 4,167,470
Massachusetts 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 4,059,931
Michigan 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 2,781,359
Minnesota 787,190 831,754 898,741 864,938 901,404 919,257 928,999 961,040 968,784 999,660
Mississippi 435,382 443,625 460,962 476,078 416,772 410,543 408,232 454,983 479,122 479,431
Missouri 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 1,221,714
Montana 196,351 207,827 195,267 196,721 185,996 181,127 181,680 195,125 229,206 230,099
Nebraska 411,458 400,660 412,756 438,303 444,917 454,744 464,664 481,383 513,581 535,911
Nevada 187,293 174,247 165,437 153,325 153,427 153,571 157,528 191,155 205,761 260,074
New Hampshire 309,144 311,455 359,839 366,337 354,296 365,537 357,665 379,991 455,859 471,347
New Jersey 952,714 1,075,872 1,141,570 1,113,109 1,173,474 1,130,474 1,106,186 1,158,998 1,271,857 1,359,056
New Mexico 446,632 422,868 405,339 400,952 403,776 412,428 390,913 375,368 374,131 368,118
New York 4,303,252 4,948,442 5,288,932 5,352,978 5,519,542 5,638,584 5,700,230 6,075,419 6,388,367 6,633,547
North Carolina 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 3,205,161
North Dakota 186,956 204,049 211,057 215,642 219,115 222,032 217,926 226,572 255,942 255,534
Ohio 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 2,370,346
Oklahoma 354,187 400,731 444,722 437,180 420,067 419,653 419,602 488,559 506,458 517,358
Oregon 707,287 696,272 739,733 722,421 704,764 705,688 719,881 759,243 780,741 820,988
Pennsylvania 2,797,547 3,128,420 3,315,363 3,239,240 3,361,374 3,328,851 3,356,723 3,950,517 4,178,978 4,406,037
Rhode Island 274,425 428,738 459,321 495,366 479,162 447,469 453,291 462,777 332,483 368,079
South Carolina 626,918 660,415 620,533 636,534 648,137 655,757 665,319 687,110 699,199 761,263
South Dakota 110,765 131,165 136,305 129,200 117,361 104,962 103,368 106,941 112,916 115,860
Tennessee 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 1,293,909
Texas 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 5,642,743
Utah 509,920 562,349 627,180 622,244 688,972 693,796 733,407 573,106 611,015 812,458
Vermont 125,516 132,792 137,303 120,226 121,110 114,549 119,663 120,306 122,003 133,298
Virginia 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 1,684,274
Washington 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 1,808,947
West Virginia 186,213 194,834 210,899 202,118 196,492 195,675 199,167 199,164 210,259 211,695
Wisconsin 1,279,464 1,335,621 1,442,933 1,483,983 1,419,426 1,412,594 1,372,168 1,458,791 1,503,746 1,541,587
Wyoming 79,684 55,319 57,549 65,611 65,490 51,422 56,996 112,056 125,032 113,063
American Samoa ne ne ne ne ne ne 1,337 793 ne ne
Guam 5,834 5,555 5,626 6,131 6,043 7,075 6,062 7,402 8,842 11,225
Puerto Rico 114,408 125,123 163,853 151,532 135,659 123,285 126,792 120,619 113,868 103,935
Virgin Islands 22,019 32,350 21,994 25,719 20,041 20,371 20,630 21,215 12,298 11,957
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 the non-science and engineering R&D expenditures item prior to FY 2010.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey.