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Source : National Science Foundation TABLE 31

Overall R & D Spending ( 2020 )

Rank	Millions of Dollars	Dollars Per Capita	Rank
1 California	$ 217,976	$ 5,518	3
2 Washington	$ 46,392	$ 6,006	2
3 Massachusetts	$ 44,907	$ 6,419	1
4 New York	$ 36,559	$ 1,818	13
5 Texas	$ 34,589	$ 1,183	30
6 Maryland	$ 27,853	$ 4,512	4
7 Michigan	$ 24,898	$ 2,473	10
8 New Jersey	$ 24,121	$ 2,602	9
9 Pennsylvania	$ 21,687	$ 1,669	17
10 Illinois	$ 19,203	$ 1,502	21
11 North Carolina	$ 18,064	$ 1,729	16
12 Ohio	$ 16,647	$ 1,411	24
13 Virginia	$ 13,317	$ 1,542	19
14 Florida	$ 11,888	$ 551	39
15 Oregon	$ 11,537	$ 2,718	7
16 Indiana	$ 10,303	$ 1,518	20
17 Minnesota	$ 10,301	$ 1,804	14
18 Colorado	$ 10,297	$ 1,780	15
19 Connecticut	$ 9,486	$ 2,637	8
20 Arizona	$ 9,056	$ 1,261	28
21 Georgia	$ 8,455	$ 788	35
22 New Mexico	$ 8,438	$ 3,983	5
23 Wisconsin	$ 8,346	$ 1,415	23
24 Missouri	$ 8,229	$ 1,337	27
25 Tennessee	$ 6,187	$ 893	32
26 Alabama	$ 5,701	$ 1,133	31
27 Iowa	$ 4,480	$ 1,404	25
28 Utah	$ 4,452	$ 1,356	26
29 Kansas	$ 3,616	$ 1,231	29
30 New Hampshire	$ 3,332	$ 2,417	11
31 Idaho	$ 2,929	$ 1,584	18
32 Delaware	$ 2,749	$ 2,771	6
33 South Carolina	$ 2,628	$ 512	41
34 Kentucky	$ 1,911	$ 424	44
35 Oklahoma	$ 1,892	$ 477	42
36 Rhode Island	$ 1,638	$ 1,494	22
37 Nebraska	$ 1,492	$ 760	36
38 Louisiana	$ 1,453	$ 312	48
39 Nevada	$ 1,252	$ 402	45
40 Wyoming	$ 1,169	$ 2,024	12
41 Mississippi	$ 1,098	$ 371	47
42 Arkansas	$ 892	$ 296	50
43 Hawaii	$ 794	$ 547	40
44 Maine	$ 769	$ 564	37
45 North Dakota	$ 679	$ 871	34
46 Montana	$ 608	$ 559	38
47 Vermont	$ 574	$ 893	33
48 West Virginia	$ 556	$ 310	49
49 South Dakota	$ 344	$ 387	46
50 Alaska	$ 339	$ 463	43
Dist . of Columbia	$ 7,440	$ 11,090
United States	$ 716,955	$ 2,163

Washington ranked 2nd both in total R & D spending and in R & D spending per capita .