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University research spending per resident: U.S. states ranked (FY2024)

Measure: University research spending per resident ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in University research spending by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: FY2024.

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Data last updated
2026-11-11
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National value: 346 (United States).

Washington: 272Idaho: 108Montana: 374North Dakota: 503Minnesota: 253Michigan: 368Ohio: 311Pennsylvania: 494New York: 481Vermont: 389New Hampshire: 462Maine: 159Arizona: 280California: 365New Mexico: 274Texas: 292Louisiana: 253Mississippi: 227Alabama: 341Florida: 163Georgia: 363South Carolina: 180North Carolina: 421Virginia: 290District of Columbia: 1,473Maryland: 1,051Delaware: 485New Jersey: 190Connecticut: 544Rhode Island: 480Massachusetts: 770Oregon: 274Utah: 401Wyoming: 285Nevada: 108Colorado: 366South Dakota: 154Nebraska: 362Kansas: 407Oklahoma: 194Iowa: 366Missouri: 323Wisconsin: 410Illinois: 301Kentucky: 172Arkansas: 158Tennessee: 292West Virginia: 173Indiana: 332Alaska: 374Hawaii: 282

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 108 to 194 $
  • Group 2: 194 to 290 $
  • Group 3: 290 to 365 $
  • Group 4: 365 to 421 $
  • Highest: 421 to 1,473 $
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

1District of Columbia1,473
2Maryland1,051
3Massachusetts770
4Connecticut544
5North Dakota503
6Pennsylvania494
7Delaware485
8New York481
9Rhode Island480
10New Hampshire462
11North Carolina421
12Wisconsin410
13Kansas407
14Utah401
15Vermont389
16Alaska374
16Montana374
18Michigan368
19Colorado366
19Iowa366
21California365
22Georgia363
23Nebraska362
24Alabama341
25Indiana332
26Missouri323
27Ohio311
28Illinois301
29Tennessee292
29Texas292
31Virginia290
32Wyoming285
33Hawaii282
34Arizona280
35New Mexico274
35Oregon274
37Washington272
38Louisiana253
38Minnesota253
40Mississippi227
41Oklahoma194
42New Jersey190
43South Carolina180
44West Virginia173
45Kentucky172
46Florida163
47Maine159
48Arkansas158
49South Dakota154
50Idaho108
50Nevada108

Source: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NSF), Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2024 (NSF 26-304), Table 25: Higher education R&D expenditures by state, FYs 2010–24
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, annual state population estimates (July 1, 2024). Reference period: FY2024.

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U.S. states ranked by university research spending per resident ($, derived) (FY2024). Data: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NSF), Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2024, Table 25 (nsf26304): Higher education R&D expenditures by state, FYs 2010–24; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-university-research-spending-per-resident/

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