State Technology and Science Index | Technology Concentration and Dynamism Composite Index

Sub-Indexes

Technology Concentration and Dynamism (TCD)

By measuring high-tech industry growth, we can assess how effective policymakers and other stakeholders have been at transforming assets into prosperity. Our measures of concentration and dynamism include the proportion of establishments, employment, and payrolls in high-tech categories, as well as the employment location quotient, which quantifies each states industry concentration relative to the entire country..

2022

State	Rank	Score
Utah	1	90.50
California	2	90.25
Colorado	3	86.25
Washington	4	83.00
Virginia	5	82.00
Massachusetts	6	81.00
Maryland	7	78.75
Arizona	8	74.25
Texas	9	73.75
Delaware	10	68.75
Georgia	11	68.25
Idaho	12	65.50
New Hampshire	13	62.50
Connecticut	14	61.75
New Jersey	14	61.75
North Carolina	16	60.00
Florida	17	59.25
Nevada	17	59.25
New Mexico	19	58.75
Kansas	20	57.50
New York	21	55.75
Minnesota	22	50.50
Vermont	22	50.50
Alabama	24	49.50
Oregon	25	48.50
Michigan	26	47.00
Alaska	27	44.00
Illinois	28	42.50
Wisconsin	29	40.75
Wyoming	30	39.75
Indiana	31	38.25
South Carolina	32	38.00
Pennsylvania	33	37.50
Hawaii	33	37.50
Tennessee	35	37.25
Missouri	36	37.00
Montana	37	36.50
Nebraska	38	36.25
Ohio	39	34.00
Maine	39	34.00
North Dakota	41	33.25
Kentucky	42	33.00
South Dakota	43	31.50
Rhode Island	44	28.50
Iowa	45	28.25
Oklahoma	45	28.25
Arkansas	45	28.25
West Virginia	48	25.75
Louisiana	49	20.50
Mississippi	50	8.25

2020

State	Rank	Score
Utah	1	92.86
Colorado	2	88.29
California	3	86.00
Massachusetts	4	79.14
Washington	4	79.14
Arizona	6	77.71
Virginia	7	76.57
Texas	8	74.86
Georgia	9	74.57
Maryland	10	69.43
Oregon	11	66.00
North Carolina	12	65.14
New Hampshire	13	64.00
Idaho	14	63.14
Delaware	15	62.57
Florida	16	60.86
New Mexico	16	60.86
New Jersey	18	60.00
Vermont	19	58.29
Connecticut	20	57.71
South Carolina	20	57.71
Minnesota	22	55.43
Michigan	23	54.86
Nevada	24	54.29
Illinois	25	52.00
Kansas	26	50.29
New York	27	49.71
Alabama	28	49.43
Indiana	29	46.57
Pennsylvania	30	45.71
Missouri	31	42.29
Hawaii	32	38.57
Montana	33	37.71
Tennessee	33	37.71
Rhode Island	35	37.14
Wisconsin	35	37.14
Ohio	37	34.86
Iowa	38	30.57
Kentucky	39	30.29
Oklahoma	40	30.00
South Dakota	41	29.14
Arkansas	42	26.86
Maine	43	26.57
West Virginia	44	26.00
Wyoming	45	25.43
Alaska	46	25.14
Louisiana	46	25.14
North Dakota	46	25.14
Nebraska	49	22.00
Mississippi	50	14.29

2018

State	Rank	Score
Utah	1	92.22
California	2	92.00
Massachusetts	3	84.89
Washington	4	82.22
Colorado	5	81.33
Georgia	6	80.67
Virginia	7	73.11
Texas	8	70.44
Arizona	9	69.56
North Carolina	10	68.67
Maryland	11	67.33
Florida	12	66.44
Oregon	13	64.67
New Jersey	14	61.33
Kansas	15	60.89
New York	16	59.11
Idaho	17	58.22
Minnesota	18	57.33
New Hampshire	19	56.67
Michigan	20	56.22
Delaware	21	55.11
Nevada	22	54.89
Vermont	23	54.67
Illinois	24	54.00
Connecticut	25	52.67
Montana	26	52.00
Missouri	27	49.78
Wisconsin	28	48.44
Alabama	29	44.67
Tennessee	29	44.67
Pennsylvania	31	44.22
South Carolina	32	43.56
Ohio	33	42.89
Indiana	34	38.22
New Mexico	35	37.78
Hawaii	36	36.44
Kentucky	37	33.56
Rhode Island	38	32.67
Maine	39	30.00
Louisiana	40	27.11
Iowa	41	25.78
Oklahoma	41	25.78
Nebraska	43	22.89
South Dakota	44	21.78
Alaska	45	20.00
Wyoming	46	17.78
Mississippi	47	17.56
North Dakota	47	17.56
Arkansas	49	14.00
West Virginia	50	9.78

2016

State	Rank	Score
West Virginia	50	22.44
North Dakota	48	28.44
South Dakota	48	28.44
Montana	47	29.11
Arkansas	45	30.22
Oklahoma	45	30.22
Alaska	43	32.44
Maine	43	32.44
Kentucky	42	35.11
Tennessee	41	35.33
Iowa	40	36.00
Idaho	39	36.44
Wisconsin	38	37.11
Louisiana	36	38.67
Nebraska	36	38.67
Alabama	35	39.33
Hawaii	32	40.22
Mississippi	32	40.22
South Carolina	32	40.22
Wyoming	31	41.11
Vermont	30	44.22
Indiana	29	45.33
Nevada	28	48.00
Kansas	27	49.78
Missouri	26	50.67
Ohio	25	51.56
New York	24	53.33
New Mexico	23	53.78
Rhode Island	22	54.00
Arizona	20	57.78
Florida	20	57.78
New Jersey	19	58.22
Illinois	18	59.56
Oregon	17	60.00
Michigan	16	61.33
Minnesota	15	61.56
Pennsylvania	14	62.89
Utah	13	63.56
Delaware	12	64.44
Connecticut	10	66.89
New Hampshire	10	66.89
Georgia	9	67.78
Washington	8	70.00
Virginia	7	70.44
Massachusetts	5	71.33
North Carolina	5	71.33
Texas	4	74.44
Colorado	3	78.67
California	2	79.33
Maryland	1	80.00