NJ Stats: R&D Expenditures by Academia and Business, by State in FY 2013

Rank State Institution Funds (dollars in thousands) Business and Industry Funds (dollars in thousands) Rank
1 California 1,376,274 523,450 1
2 New York 1,205,218 426,938 2
3 Texas 1,120,452 302,834 3
4 Michigan 760,534 70,508 12
5 Massachusetts 680,209 215,706 5
6 Florida 670,882 99,348 10
7 Illinois 586,730 118,563 8
8 Georgia 524,159 101,045 9
9 North Carolina 504,008 268,965 4
10 Pennsylvania 486,611 153,116 7
11 Indiana 482,703 65,111 15
12 Wisconsin 471,158 35,362 24
13 Maryland 406,152 65,207 14
14 Virginia 397,813 55,335 17
15 Ohio 394,600 167,320 6
16 Arizona 314,738 26,758 29
17 New Jersey 290,906 41,364 20
18 South Carolina 265,523 35,235 25
19 Connecticut 262,777 40,585 22
20 Missouri 257,280 66,438 13
21 Minnesota 254,971 29,939 27
22 Tennessee 228,675 27,660 28
23 Iowa 226,851 32,477 26
24 Alabama 219,561 35,483 23
25 Rhode Island 213,290 7,093 39
26 Washington 206,712 56,812 16
27 Louisiana 196,623 41,133 21
28 Nebraska 187,332 21,875 34
29 Kentucky 172,634 22,724 33
30 Kansas 159,351 42,707 19
31 Utah 145,674 47,060 18
32 Oklahoma 128,356 26,758 30
33 Colorado 117,671 83,355 11
34 Mississippi 95,447 25,702 31
35 Arkansas 82,190 11,712 36
36 New Mexico 81,520 8,983 38
37 Hawaii 73,645 3,863 43
38 Oregon 70,340 25,080 32
39 West Virginia 69,168 5,370 42
40 North Dakota 60,582 10,538 37
41 New Hampshire 56,476 13,668 35
42 Alaska 54,986 6,492 40
43 Montana 51,322 1,224 50
44 Delaware 44,687 6,111 41
45 Nevada 33,589 1,926 48
46 Idaho 29,292 3,774 44
47 Maine 28,921 3,241 45
48 Vermont 24,900 2,349 46
49 South Dakota 24,819 1,448 49
50 Wyoming 1,641 2,332 47


50 State Average is: $295,999,000 from Academia and $69,762,000 from Business

New Jersey is 1.72% lower and 40.7% lower than the averages

Source: National Science Foundation. “Table 65. Higher education R&D expenditures, by state and source of funds: FY 2013 (Dollars in thousands).” July 2014. Accessed July 2015. http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2013/html/HERD2013_DST_65.html