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THE INDICATORS
 
PART I: KNOWLEDGE JOBS
 
Information Technology Jobs

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PART II: GLOBALIZATION
 
Export Focus of Manufacturing

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PART III: ECONOMIC DYNAMISM
 
"Gazelle" Jobs

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PART IV: THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
 
Online Population

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PART V: INNOVATION CAPACITY
 
High-Tech Jobs

Scientists and Engineers

Patents

Industry Investment in R&D

Venture Capital
 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
 
Data Sources
 
Weighting Methodology
 
Endnotes
 
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PART 5: INNOVATION CAPACITY

"IT investment in 2001 was higher than any year prior to 2000."

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Notwithstanding the difficulties in the IT sector, technology companies remain key engines of the New Economy. High-tech output increased from 5.5 percent of GDP in 1990 to 6.2 percent in 1996 to 8.3 percent in 2000, while average wages in the sector are 73 percent higher than in the rest of the economy. 35 The slowdown in the IT and telecommunications sec-tor is cyclical, in part a natural adjustment to the extremely high level of IT investment in 1999 and 2000 to respond to the Y2K crisis and the dot-com and telecom bubbles. Even so, IT investment in 2001 was higher than any year prior to 2000. And it's expected to grow as IT gets cheaper and more powerful, and a host of new technologies, including smart cards, voice recognition, expert systems, cheap storage devices, new display devices, intelligent transportation systems, "third generation" wireless communication devices, and robots are rolled out. And with the breakthroughs in the human genome project, biotechnology and related biomedical industries are poised for robust growth.

THE RANKINGS: The high-tech focus of states varies significantly, from a high of 10.4 percent of the workforce in Massachusetts to 1.4 percent in Wyoming. While all states have high-tech jobs, the leaders tend to be in the Northeast, the Mountain states, and the Pacific region. High-tech jobs are often concentrated in particular regions of a state: information technology in southern New Hampshire, software around Provo, Utah and Seattle; Internet and telecommunications in the Washington, DC region; telecommunications in Denver; semiconductors in Phoenix; and a broad mix of technologies in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.

STATES BY RANK Rank State Score 1 Massachusetts 10.4% 2 Colorado 10.0% 3 New Hampshire 9.6% 4 California 8.9% 5 Virginia 7.5% 6 New Jersey 7.1% 7 Minnesota 6.9% 8 Maryland 6.6% 9 Washington 6.6% 10 Connecticut 6.6% 11 Utah 6.4% 12 Oregon 6.3% 13 Vermont 6.3% 14 Idaho 5.9% 15 New Mexico 5.8% 16 Arizona 5.8% 17 Texas 5.7% 18 New York 5.3% 19 Nebraska 4.9% 20 Georgia 4.8% 21 Illinois 4.8% 22 South Dakota 4.7% 23 Pennsylvania 4.6% 24 North Carolina 4.5% 25 Rhode Island 4.4% 26 Florida 4.3% 27 Kansas 3.9% 28 Iowa 3.9% 29 Missouri 3.8% 30 Ohio 3.5% 31 Wisconsin 3.5% 32 Delaware 3.4% 33 Indiana 3.4% 34 Maine 3.3% 35 Alabama 3.3% 36 Michigan 3.2% 37 Oklahoma 2.9% 38 Nevada 2.7% 39 Tennessee 2.6% 40 North Dakota 2.6% 41 South Carolina 2.5% 42 Kentucky 2.5% 43 Arkansas 2.4% 44 Alaska 2.1% 45 West Virginia 2.1% 46 Hawaii 2.0% 47 Mississippi 1.9% 48 Montana 1.8% 49 Louisiana 1.6% 50 Wyoming 1.4% U.S. Average 5.3%

ALPHABETICALLY Rank State Score 35 Alabama 3.3% 44 Alaska 2.1% 16 Arizona 5.8% 43 Arkansas 2.4% 4 California 8.9% 2 Colorado 10.0% 10 Connecticut 6.6% 32 Delaware 3.4% 26 Florida 4.3% 20 Georgia 4.8% 46 Hawaii 2.0% 14 Idaho 5.9% 21 Illinois 4.8% 33 Indiana 3.4% 28 Iowa 3.9% 27 Kansas 3.9% 42 Kentucky 2.5% 49 Louisiana 1.6% 34 Maine 3.3% 8 Maryland 6.6% 1 Massachusetts 10.4% 36 Michigan 3.2% 7 Minnesota 6.9% 47 Mississippi 1.9% 29 Missouri 3.8% 48 Montana 1.8% 19 Nebraska 4.9% 38 Nevada 2.7% 3 New Hampshire 9.6% 6 New Jersey 7.1% 15 New Mexico 5.8% 18 New York 5.3% 24 North Carolina 4.5% 40 North Dakota 2.6% 30 Ohio 3.5% 37 Oklahoma 2.9% 12 Oregon 6.3% 23 Pennsylvania 4.6% 25 Rhode Island 4.4% 41 South Carolina 2.5% 22 South Dakota 4.7% 39 Tennessee 2.6% 17 Texas 5.7% 11 Utah 6.4% 13 Vermont 6.3% 5 Virginia 7.5% 9 Washington 6.6% 45 West Virginia 2.1% 31 Wisconsin 3.5% 50 Wyoming 1.4%

Source: American Electronics Association, 2000 data, and U.S. Census (for biomedical sections), 1999 data.

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