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TABLE 33 Source : National Science Foundation
Science , Engineering and Health Doctorates ( 2019 , 2020 )
Doctorates Awarded
( 2020 )
Doctorates Employed
( 2019 )
% of Workforce with Doctorates
( 2019 ) Rank
Rank
1 California
3,841
140,650
0.76
6
2 Texas
2,610
52,650
0.39
35
3 New York
2,285
59,150
0.62
11
4 Massachusetts
1,822
52,350
1.41
1
5 Pennsylvania
1,618
34,600
0.55
14
6 Florida
1,445
23,000
0.23
49
7 Illinois
1,437
28,900
0.46
21
8 Michigan
1,243
21,450
0.45
23
9 North Carolina
1,211
26,100
0.54
15
10 Ohio
1,202
24,950
0.44
24
11 Indiana
1,013
13,450
0.41
28
12 Georgia
983
20,050
0.40
29
13 Maryland
903
36,150
1.13
2
14 Virginia
871
26,800
0.62
12
15 Colorado
710
19,050
0.63
10
16 Washington
706
24,200
0.64
9
17 Minnesota
619
16,100
0.53
16
18 Tennessee
604
11,500
0.36
39
19 Arizona
603
13,100
0.40
33
20 Wisconsin
595
12,150
0.40
31
21 Missouri
584
12,650
0.42
27
22 New Jersey
567
23,700
0.52
17
23 Iowa
489
6,850
0.40
32
24 Connecticut
450
12,900
0.69
7
25 Alabama
428
8,250
0.38
38
26 South Carolina
380
7,350
0.33
43
27 Oregon
373
16,600
0.82
5
28 Louisiana
368
6,300
0.31
47
29 Utah
358
7,850
0.50
18
30 Kansas
322
5,500
0.38
36
31 Oklahoma
280
5,650
0.32
46
32 Kentucky
273
6,700
0.34
41
33 Mississippi
215
4,100
0.34
40
34 Nebraska
210
4,500
0.44
25
35 Rhode Island
191
3,400
0.62
13
36 Arkansas
168
4,200
0.32
45
37 New Hampshire
140
3,450
0.46
22
38 Delaware
137
4,050
0.87
4
39 New Mexico
131
8,200
0.90
3
40 North Dakota
121
1,350
0.33
42
41 Nevada
118
3,200
0.22
50
42 South Dakota
87
1,700
0.38
37
43 West Virginia
86
2,450
0.32
44
44 Hawaii
75
3,100
0.46
20
44 Idaho
75
3,450
0.40
34
46 Montana
68
2,600
0.50
19
47 Wyoming
65
800
0.28
48
48 Alaska
34
1,450
0.43
26
49 Maine
22
2,750
0.40
30
50 Vermont
19
2,300
0.66
8
Dist . of Columbia
229
17,600
4.64
United States
33,672
854,800
0.54
Washington ranked 16th in science , engineering and health doctorates awarded in 2020 and ranked ninth in the percentage of workforce with such doctorates in 2019 .