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..

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

2014

State	Rank	Score
South Dakota	50	21.14
Oklahoma	49	26.00
Wyoming	48	29.00
Maine	47	31.33
Kentucky	46	33.33
Tennessee	45	34.89
Mississippi	44	35.11
Nevada	43	36.22
Iowa	42	36.25
Arkansas	40	37.14
Louisiana	40	37.14
Alabama	39	37.33
Nebraska	38	38.00
West Virginia	37	38.29
Hawaii	36	41.25
Missouri	35	42.00
Idaho	34	45.00
North Dakota	33	46.00
Ohio	32	47.11
New Mexico	31	48.57
Michigan	30	49.11
South Carolina	29	49.56
Kansas	28	49.75
Florida	26	51.78
Pennsylvania	26	51.78
Wisconsin	25	53.00
Indiana	24	53.33
Illinois	23	53.78
Alaska	22	55.75
Connecticut	21	56.22
Minnesota	20	56.89
Montana	19	57.33
Rhode Island	18	59.50
New Hampshire	17	59.75
Arizona	16	61.11
Vermont	15	61.75
New Jersey	14	62.89
Delaware	13	63.00
New York	12	68.67
Georgia	11	69.33
Oregon	10	69.56
Texas	9	74.67
Colorado	8	77.11
North Carolina	7	78.25
Virginia	6	82.00
California	5	83.33
Massachusetts	4	84.22
Maryland	3	84.67
Washington	2	85.11
Utah	1	92.89