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Table 80. Higher education R&D expenditures in science and engineering fields, by state: FYs 2009–18

(Dollars in thousands)

State 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
United States 54,862,998 58,387,646 61,988,062 62,198,981 63,354,376 63,767,005 64,939,909 67,625,890 70,886,740 74,667,409
Alabama 761,982 829,363 878,622 804,713 807,180 784,855 868,160 917,395 952,498 1,002,607
Alaska 131,753 141,190 140,736 135,751 133,170 168,948 157,565 163,092 171,166 161,208
Arizona 873,063 901,697 951,223 987,123 1,013,898 987,348 1,031,313 1,072,623 1,139,852 1,284,772
Arkansas 239,407 255,537 270,576 275,503 278,640 268,551 278,259 284,160 288,722 311,100
California 7,406,686 7,579,847 7,927,305 8,102,898 8,056,392 8,122,661 8,335,457 8,564,435 8,893,037 9,779,608
Colorado 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 1,486,702
Connecticut 752,793 866,600 922,694 924,773 1,041,810 1,029,748 1,062,809 1,143,663 1,210,466 1,251,620
Delaware 133,810 161,927 178,496 176,743 187,730 187,295 183,868 189,768 195,591 198,476
District of Columbia 325,155 430,944 446,448 455,063 463,042 487,260 488,789 483,863 524,970 547,181
Florida 1,663,542 1,778,300 1,896,576 1,930,189 1,921,895 2,019,460 2,080,940 2,217,780 2,348,688 2,475,305
Georgia 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 2,283,980
Hawaii 300,302 314,652 325,915 328,168 338,992 330,584 328,698 314,431 297,425 294,453
Idaho 120,721 122,754 139,392 142,976 139,444 137,825 142,954 150,043 156,152 161,196
Illinois 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 2,438,295
Indiana 1,005,216 1,048,218 1,141,830 1,150,327 1,200,697 1,169,076 1,191,841 1,235,217 1,294,203 1,331,646
Iowa 562,569 689,831 705,684 695,465 693,052 743,656 726,233 774,017 786,287 838,401
Kansas 441,321 460,629 466,851 479,721 499,788 485,562 489,955 478,843 502,399 540,529
Kentucky 518,874 538,189 555,579 546,893 515,406 505,815 499,960 526,377 561,729 576,050
Louisiana 671,131 657,569 667,523 653,885 632,537 627,547 609,102 630,012 633,514 687,619
Maine 128,434 118,832 129,236 118,589 103,373 120,628 98,607 97,680 120,471 126,229
Maryland 3,021,052 3,094,055 3,366,663 3,308,014 3,376,440 3,514,719 3,704,962 3,744,025 3,967,074 4,112,572
Massachusetts 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 3,717,256
Michigan 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 2,604,342
Minnesota 758,084 802,840 866,304 840,731 869,824 885,306 882,516 912,843 917,633 951,455
Mississippi 416,806 418,235 431,365 437,775 385,916 378,750 381,383 412,153 437,120 438,422
Missouri 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 1,183,608
Montana 181,649 195,619 182,326 184,754 175,054 172,201 171,530 184,756 216,170 214,221
Nebraska 393,611 383,260 393,395 419,164 419,565 428,017 435,767 447,703 478,198 498,045
Nevada 182,016 170,989 160,254 149,323 147,079 146,056 148,339 172,933 185,836 221,608
New Hampshire 298,298 298,650 341,848 349,891 335,518 337,909 336,857 361,834 413,173 422,319
New Jersey 913,904 1,022,690 1,091,890 1,060,469 1,120,119 1,081,018 1,048,622 1,067,318 1,141,190 1,231,753
New Mexico 435,375 407,429 400,121 390,548 390,745 400,180 377,543 357,360 361,743 359,843
New York 4,174,906 4,782,174 5,105,083 5,157,872 5,327,470 5,450,410 5,449,862 5,817,824 6,048,744 6,271,055
North Carolina 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 3,105,169
North Dakota 185,708 202,626 209,430 213,666 212,705 215,551 212,524 221,251 241,188 240,568
Ohio 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 2,249,451
Oklahoma 336,904 383,110 418,373 412,978 384,729 391,926 392,480 428,939 441,199 455,396
Oregon 636,617 663,378 701,228 680,956 667,974 670,105 679,739 701,813 731,137 771,348
Pennsylvania 2,722,278 3,026,823 3,201,566 3,125,789 3,237,847 3,210,166 3,249,295 3,710,218 3,948,483 4,162,865
Rhode Island 246,322 287,708 330,272 335,689 320,663 379,144 376,956 330,514 304,898 341,552
South Carolina 611,539 616,972 576,881 563,599 567,300 565,820 571,747 605,162 617,864 672,098
South Dakota 102,299 126,562 132,295 123,383 113,284 100,343 97,179 102,269 108,230 111,203
Tennessee 832,991 879,994 952,398 968,317 973,486 1,079,491 1,022,308 1,037,952 1,133,255 1,209,155
Texas 3,982,142 4,220,820 4,427,560 4,413,601 4,585,482 4,658,686 4,794,484 4,994,430 5,216,224 5,332,741
Utah 500,421 551,607 614,316 608,199 673,095 674,070 715,106 537,012 540,493 784,478
Vermont 125,023 132,519 136,623 119,802 120,178 113,711 118,957 119,665 121,257 133,102
Virginia 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 1,540,781
Washington 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 1,680,148
West Virginia 174,486 178,435 195,952 189,225 184,992 184,291 187,867 188,571 198,131 200,660
Wisconsin 1,203,919 1,230,932 1,338,580 1,330,338 1,278,050 1,271,859 1,227,545 1,335,963 1,401,567 1,438,790
Wyoming 77,633 53,957 55,320 63,812 63,149 48,736 54,928 108,552 121,927 112,857
American Samoa ne ne ne ne ne ne 1,337 793 ne ne
Guam 5,834 5,555 5,477 5,975 5,873 6,790 5,919 7,351 8,803 11,053
Puerto Rico 105,330 114,982 152,435 141,188 123,784 117,258 121,299 116,936 108,032 98,665
Virgin Islands 22,019 31,272 21,373 24,543 18,374 14,732 19,456 21,215 12,031 11,853
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 Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey.