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
89
2 		Texas
9.407
24.782.302
38
3 		New York
9.263
19.541.453
47
4 		Massachusetts
7.106
6.593.587
108
5 		Washington
5.737
6.664.195
86
6 		New Jersey
5.583
8.707.739
64
7 		Illinois
4.933
12.910.409
38
8 		Pennsylvania
4.746
12.604.767
38
9 		Michigan
4.644
9.969.727
47
10 		Minnesota
4.609
5.266.214
88
11 		Ohio
4.030
11.542.645
35
12 		Florida
3.861
18.537.969
21
13 		North Carolina
3.715
9.380.884
40
14 		Colorado
2.783
5.024.748
55
15 		Connecticut
2.776
3.518.288
79
16 		Arizona
2.613
6.595.778
40
17 		Oregon
2.575
3.825.657
67
18 		Georgia
2.504
9.829.211
25
19 		Wisconsin
2.456
5.654.774
43
20 		Virginia
2.366
7.882.590
30
21 		Maryland
2.249
5.699.478
39
22 		Indiana
1.977
6.423.113
31
23 		Missouri
1.359
5.987.580
23
24 		New Hampshire
1.295
1.324.575
98
25 		Utah
1.290
2.784.572
46
26 		Tennessee
1.280
6.296.254
20
27 		Idaho
1.174
1.545.801
76
28 		Iowa
1.008
3.007.856
34
29 		South Carolina
946
4.561.242
21
30 		Kansas
888
2.818.747
32
31 		Vermont
709
621.760
114
32 		Delaware
702
885.122
79
33 		Nevada
700
2.643.085
26
34 		Kentucky
678
4.314.113
16
35 		Oklahoma
633
3.687.050
17
36 		New Mexico
529
2.009.671
26
37 		Alabama
515
4.708.708
11
38 		Rhode Island
487
1.053.209
46
39 		Louisiana
433
4.492.076
10
40 		Maine
268
1.318.301
20
41 		Nebraska
261
1.796.619
15
42 		Mississippi
238
2.951.996
8
43 		District of Columbia
231
599.657
39
44 		Arkansas
185
2.889.450
6
45 		West Virginia
181
1.819.777
10
46 		Hawaii
155
1.295.178
12
47 		Montana
147
974.989
15
48 		South Dakota
133
812.383
16
49 		North Dakota
122
646.844
19
50 		Wyoming
105
544.270
19
51 		Alaska
44
698.473
6
52 		Puerto Rico
31
3.958.128
1
53 		Virgin Islands
4
108.612
4
54 		Guam
1
178.000
1

* 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.