State Technology and Science Index | State Rankings

State Technology and Science Index | State Rankings

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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