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2020 State Technology and Science Index
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2020
State Rank Average
Score
Massachusetts 1 86.57
Colorado 2 82.27
California 3 80.12
Maryland 4 77.93
Washington 5 74.73
Utah 6 74.20
New Hampshire 7 67.27
Virginia 8 67.20
Delaware 9 66.01
Oregon 10 64.23
Minnesota 11 64.13
Connecticut 12 64.11
Pennsylvania 13 61.74
New Jersey 14 61.50
North Carolina 15 60.42
Texas 16 59.71
Arizona 17 57.79
New Mexico 18 57.78
Michigan 19 57.69
Illinois 20 56.36
New York 21 56.15
Georgia 22 54.45
Rhode Island 23 51.86
Ohio 24 51.50
Wisconsin 25 51.45
Idaho 26 48.84
Indiana 27 47.79
Vermont 28 47.38
Montana 29 46.22
Kansas 30 46.08
Missouri 31 45.17
Alabama 32 45.08
Florida 33 41.62
Iowa 34 41.62
South Carolina 35 41.29
Alaska 36 40.62
Hawaii 37 40.17
Nebraska 38 39.45
Wyoming 39 38.53
Tennessee 40 38.32
North Dakota 41 36.57
South Dakota 42 33.99
Maine 43 33.15
Kentucky 44 31.29
Oklahoma 45 28.75
Nevada 46 28.64
Louisiana 47 25.50
Arkansas 48 25.09
West Virginia 49 22.00
Mississippi 50 20.91
2018
State Rank Average
Score
Massachusetts 1 86.25
Colorado 2 80.08
Maryland 3 79.24
California 4 78.08
Utah 5 75.27
Washington 6 74.60
Delaware 7 66.13
Minnesota 8 63.11
New Hampshire 9 62.34
Oregon 10 61.76
North Carolina 11 61.24
Virginia 12 60.28
Pennsylvania 13 59.58
Connecticut 14 59.50
Illinois 15 58.35
New York 16 57.52
Arizona 17 56.73
Michigan 18 56.37
Rhode Island 19 56.34
Texas 20 55.60
New Jersey 21 55.12
Georgia 22 53.25
Vermont 23 53.24
New Mexico 24 52.06
Wisconsin 25 51.96
Idaho 26 50.99
Ohio 27 50.88
Montana 28 49.22
Indiana 29 46.10
Missouri 30 46.03
Kansas 31 45.29
Alabama 32 43.40
Florida 33 42.39
Nebraska 34 40.84
Hawaii 35 39.21
Iowa 36 38.82
South Carolina 37 38.00
North Dakota 38 36.37
Tennessee 39 36.23
Maine 40 35.77
Alaska 41 35.70
Wyoming 42 35.13
South Dakota 43 31.86
Nevada 44 30.45
Louisiana 45 25.53
Kentucky 46 25.48
Oklahoma 47 25.01
Arkansas 48 23.32
West Virginia 49 19.96
Mississippi 50 19.78
2016
State Rank Average
Score
Massachusetts 1 83.67
Colorado 2 80.40
Maryland 3 80.31
California 4 75.94
Washington 5 71.84
Connecticut 6 71.05
Minnesota 7 69.58
Utah 8 69.14
Virginia 9 65.88
Delaware 10 65.38
New Hampshire 11 65.32
North Carolina 12 62.64
Oregon 13 62.33
Pennsylvania 14 61.54
Rhode Island 15 59.84
Illinois 16 59.51
New Jersey 17 59.40
Michigan 18 58.75
Texas 19 58.66
New York 20 57.55
New Mexico 21 55.19
Wisconsin 22 55.06
Arizona 23 54.88
Georgia 24 53.53
Nebraska 25 53.53
Vermont 26 52.58
Ohio 27 52.32
Missouri 28 50.60
North Dakota 29 49.73
Indiana 30 49.23
Kansas 31 48.44
Idaho 32 46.30
Alaska 33 44.86
Montana 34 43.73
Iowa 35 43.52
Wyoming 36 43.02
Alabama 37 42.67
South Dakota 38 41.55
Hawaii 39 40.35
Tennessee 40 40.22
Florida 41 38.82
Maine 42 38.39
South Carolina 43 35.84
Oklahoma 44 34.62
Nevada 45 32.76
Louisiana 46 31.40
Kentucky 47 30.53
Mississippi 48 29.84
Arkansas 49 27.95
West Virginia 50 25.84
2014
State Rank Average
Score
Massachusetts 1 86.59
Maryland 2 81.48
California 3 76.64
Colorado 4 74.60
Utah 5 74.01
Washington 6 72.71
Virginia 7 71.58
New Hampshire 8 66.88
Connecticut 9 65.51
Delaware 10 65.34
New York 11 64.99
Minnesota 12 64.35
Rhode Island 13 64.20
Pennsylvania 14 63.06
North Carolina 15 62.04
New Jersey 16 61.32
Oregon 17 59.55
Vermont 18 58.99
Arizona 19 58.96
Texas 20 58.56
Illinois 21 58.27
Michigan 22 57.10
Georgia 23 55.03
New Mexico 24 54.91
Wisconsin 25 53.90
Ohio 26 51.72
Indiana 27 50.40
Kansas 28 49.47
North Dakota 29 48.72
Nebraska 30 48.15
Iowa 31 48.01
Alabama 32 46.11
Idaho 33 45.44
Missouri 34 44.62
Hawaii 35 44.37
Tennessee 36 43.74
Florida 37 43.46
Alaska 38 43.22
Montana 39 42.95
South Carolina 40 39.99
Maine 41 36.65
South Dakota 42 35.06
Oklahoma 43 34.86
Kentucky 44 32.65
Arkansas 45 32.45
Wyoming 46 32.13
West Virginia 47 32.11
Louisiana 48 31.34
Mississippi 49 30.86
Nevada 50 30.77

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