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Overall R & D Spending( 2022)

Rank	Millions of Dollars	Dollars Per Capita	Rank
1 California	$ 260,179	$ 6,647	3
2 Massachusetts	$ 63,050	$ 8,978	1
3 Washington	$ 62,521	$ 8,022	2
4 New York	$ 44,935	$ 2,281	13
5 Texas	$ 40,726	$ 1,352	30
6 Michigan	$ 29,475	$ 2,933	10
7 Maryland	$ 29,224	$ 4,719	6
8 New Jersey	$ 29,167	$ 3,138	9
9 Pennsylvania	$ 27,402	$ 2,110	14
10 Ohio	$ 24,229	$ 2,057	15
11 Illinois	$ 23,332	$ 1,849	20
12 North Carolina	$ 22,014	$ 2,055	16
13 Florida	$ 15,926	$ 712	40
14 Virginia	$ 15,565	$ 1,792	21
15 Colorado	$ 14,062	$ 2,403	12
16 Oregon	$ 13,869	$ 3,265	8
17 Indiana	$ 13,712	$ 2,003	17
18 Connecticut	$ 13,232	$ 3,657	7
19 Arizona	$ 12,357	$ 1,675	23
20 Georgia	$ 12,254	$ 1,121	33
21 Minnesota	$ 11,295	$ 1,974	18
22 New Mexico	$ 10,812	$ 5,115	4
23 Wisconsin	$ 9,991	$ 1,692	22
24 Alabama	$ 8,415	$ 1,658	24
25 Tennessee	$ 7,951	$ 1,126	32
26 Missouri	$ 7,453	$ 1,206	31
27 Utah	$ 5,442	$ 1,605	25
28 Iowa	$ 5,103	$ 1,593	26
29 Delaware	$ 4,971	$ 4,871	5
30 Kansas	$ 4,039	$ 1,375	29
31 New Hampshire	$ 3,902	$ 2,794	11
32 Idaho	$ 3,837	$ 1,973	19
33 South Carolina	$ 3,832	$ 725	39
34 Oklahoma	$ 2,776	$ 689	42
35 Nebraska	$ 2,206	$ 1,119	34
36 Nevada	$ 2,201	$ 693	41
37 Kentucky	$ 1,844	$ 408	47
38 Mississippi	$ 1,690	$ 574	44
39 Louisiana	$ 1,687	$ 367	49
40 Rhode Island	$ 1,556	$ 1,415	27
41 Maine	$ 1,182	$ 850	36
42 Arkansas	$ 1,117	$ 367	50
43 Vermont	$ 910	$ 1,404	28
44 Hawaii	$ 881	$ 612	43
45 Montana	$ 851	$ 758	37
46 North Dakota	$ 844	$ 1,081	35
47 West Virginia	$ 817	$ 461	45
48 Alaska	$ 541	$ 737	38
49 South Dakota	$ 367	$ 403	48
50 Wyoming	$ 252	$ 433	46
Dist. of Columbia	$ 8,787	$ 12,985
United States	$ 891,834	$ 2,670

TABLE 31 Source: National Science Foundation

Washington ranked 3rd in total R & D spending and 2nd in R & D spending per capita.