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THE INDICATORS
 
PART I: KNOWLEDGE JOBS
 
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PART II: GLOBALIZATION
 
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PART III: ECONOMIC DYNAMISM
 
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PART IV: THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
 
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PART V: INNOVATION CAPACITY
 
High-Tech Jobs

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

"Business-funded R&D as a share of GDP has continued its upward climb, reaching its highest levels ever in 2000."

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Research and development, which yields product innovations and adds to the knowledge base of industry, is a key driver of economic growth. Business provides more than two-thirds of all R&D funding. After steadily rising in the 1980s and falling in the early 1990s, business-funded R&D as a share of GDP has continued its upward climb, reaching its highest levels ever in 2000, both in inflation-adjusted dollars and as a share of GDP.

THE RANKINGS: The two smallest states, Rhode Island and Delaware, rank 1st and 3rd respectively in R&D intensity. Rhode Island's rank may be because of a number of defense electronics firms there and the fact that it instituted the nation's most generous R&D tax credit several years ago. In Delaware's case, the presence of Dupont and other R&D-intensive chemical and pharmaceutical firms led to its No. 3 showing. The other leading states (such as California, Massachusetts, or Washington) all tend to have strong high-tech sectors that perform significant amounts of R&D. In general, states score well that have significant corporate R&D laboratory facilities (like Connecticut, Michigan, and New Jersey), or significant federal laboratory facilities (as in Idaho and New Mexico), which may further stimulate corporate R&D.

STATES BY RANK Rank State Score 1 Rhode Island 4.29% 2 Idaho 3.68% 3 Delaware 3.63% 4 New Jersey 3.21% 5 New Mexico 3.15% 6 Arizona 3.00% 7 Pennsylvania 2.76% 8 California 2.56% 9 Massachusetts 2.45% 10 Michigan 2.33% 11 Washington 2.25% 12 Colorado 2.18% 13 Connecticut 2.16% 14 Minnesota 2.10% 15 New York 1.87% 16 Illinois 1.83% 17 Vermont 1.73% 18 New Hampshire 1.70% 19 North Carolina 1.69% 20 Utah 1.54% 21 Texas 1.51% 22 Ohio 1.44% 23 Oregon 1.33% 24 Kansas 1.31% 25 Wisconsin 1.24% 26 Maryland 1.18% 27 Virginia 1.15% 28 Tennessee 1.01% 29 Missouri 0.81% 30 Florida 0.80% 31 Georgia 0.80% 32 Iowa 0.71% 33 Nevada 0.70% 34 Indiana 0.66% 35 West Virginia 0.61% 36 South Carolina 0.57% 37 North Dakota 0.55% 38 Alabama 0.54% 39 Kentucky 0.53% 40 Maine 0.48% 41 Oklahoma 0.46% 42 Nebraska 0.42% 43 Arkansas 0.40% 44 Montana 0.24% 45 Mississippi 0.20% 46 Alaska 0.18% 46 Wyoming 0.18% 48 Louisiana 0.17% 49 Hawaii 0.11% 50 South Dakota 0.06% U.S. Average 1.91%

ALPHABETICALLY Rank State Score 38 Alabama 0.54% 46 Alaska 0.18% 6 Arizona 3.00% 43 Arkansas 0.40% 8 California 2.56% 12 Colorado 2.18% 13 Connecticut 2.16% 3 Delaware 3.63% 30 Florida 0.80% 31 Georgia 0.80% 49 Hawaii 0.11% 2 Idaho 3.68% 16 Illinois 1.83% 34 Indiana 0.66% 32 Iowa 0.71% 24 Kansas 1.31% 39 Kentucky 0.53% 48 Louisiana 0.17% 40 Maine 0.48% 26 Maryland 1.18% 9 Massachusetts 2.45% 10 Michigan 2.33% 14 Minnesota 2.10% 45 Mississippi 0.20% 29 Missouri 0.81% 44 Montana 0.24% 42 Nebraska 0.42% 33 Nevada 0.70% 18 New Hampshire 1.70% 4 New Jersey 3.21% 5 New Mexico 3.15% 15 New York 1.87% 19 North Carolina 1.69% 37 North Dakota 0.55% 22 Ohio 1.44% 41 Oklahoma 0.46% 23 Oregon 1.33% 7 Pennsylvania 2.76% 1 Rhode Island 4.29% 36 South Carolina 0.57% 50 South Dakota 0.06% 28 Tennessee 1.01% 21 Texas 1.51% 20 Utah 1.54% 17 Vermont 1.73% 27 Virginia 1.15% 11 Washington 2.25% 35 West Virginia 0.61% 25 Wisconsin 1.24% 46 Wyoming 0.18%

Source: National Science Foundation, 1999 data.
 

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