IFI CLAIMS 2011 US Patent Rankings by State

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Rankings were compiled using USPTO source data curated by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. We analyzed US utility grants for 2011 and attributed those patents to different US States based on the existence of at least one inventor from that State. Patents can be counted more than once if there are multiple inventors from different States.

Rank State No. of 2011 Utility Grants Population (2009)* Patents per 100,000 residents
1 		California
32,715
36,961,664
88.51
2 		Texas
9,407
24,782,302
37.96
3 		New York
9,263
19,541,453
47.4
4 		Massachusetts
7,106
6,593,587
107.77
5 		Washington
5,737
6,664,195
86.09
6 		New Jersey
5,583
8,707,739
64.12
7 		Illinois
4,933
12,910,409
38.21
8 		Pennsylvania
4,746
12,604,767
37.65
9 		Michigan
4,644
9,969,727
46.58
10 		Minnesota
4,609
5,266,214
87.52
11 		Ohio
4,030
11,542,645
34.91
12 		Florida
3,861
18,537,969
20.83
13 		North Carolina
3,715
9,380,884
39.6
14 		Colorado
2,783
5,024,748
55.39
15 		Connecticut
2,776
3,518,288
78.9
16 		Arizona
2,613
6,595,778
39.62
17 		Oregon
2,575
3,825,657
67.31
18 		Georgia
2,504
9,829,211
25.48
19 		Wisconsin
2,456
5,654,774
43.43
20 		Virginia
2,366
7,882,590
30.02
21 		Maryland
2,249
5,699,478
39.46
22 		Indiana
1,977
6,423,113
30.78
23 		Missouri
1,359
5,987,580
22.7
24 		New Hampshire
1,295
1,324,575
97.77
25 		Utah
1,290
2,784,572
46.33
26 		Tennessee
1,280
6,296,254
20.33
27 		Idaho
1,174
1,545,801
75.95
28 		Iowa
1,008
3,007,856
33.51
29 		South Carolina
946
4,561,242
20.74
30 		Kansas
888
2,818,747
31.5
31 		Vermont
709
621,760
114.03
32 		Delaware
702
885,122
79.31
33 		Nevada
700
2,643,085
26.48
34 		Kentucky
678
4,314,113
15.72
35 		Oklahoma
633
3,687,050
17.17
36 		New Mexico
529
2,009,671
26.32
37 		Alabama
515
4,708,708
10.94
38 		Rhode Island
487
1,053,209
46.24
39 		Louisiana
433
4,492,076
9.64
40 		Maine
268
1,318,301
20.33
41 		Nebraska
261
1,796,619
14.53
42 		Mississippi
238
2,951,996
8.06
43 		District of Columbia
231
599,657
38.52
44 		Arkansas
185
2,889,450
6.4
45 		West Virginia
181
1,819,777
9.95
46 		Hawaii
155
1,295,178
11.97
47 		Montana
147
974,989
15.08
48 		South Dakota
133
812,383
16.37
49 		North Dakota
122
646,844
18.86
50 		Wyoming
105
544,270
19.29
51 		Alaska
44
698,473
6.3
52 		Puerto Rico
31
3,958,128
0.78
53 		Virgin Islands
4
108,612
3.68
54 		Guam
1
178,000
0.56

* Population data is from the US Census Bureau and is based on the resident population for 2009. Guam, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico are based on 2009 estimates found either at the Census Bureau or Wikipedia.