Alabama8662.521774671$9.259.3Alaska1826.2Arizona1198.812525545.8235.6Arkansas17017293802.5411.1California15739.47522211314.66100.6Colorado3395.6296351121.5350.9Connecticut2349.337310838.0977.8Delaware168.619.927.6Florida286647944973.3419.5Georgia1284.7208550453.5225.2Hawaii275.41392760116.657.6Idaho674.56285061.3445.3Illinois2542.5188448544.5537.8Indiana689.829729652.8530.5Iowa52050283942.831.3Kansas211.616197102.0626.4Kentucky289.530092654.3914.9Louisiana332.468182551.549.2Maine1586463562.7215.5Maryland15416.850139511921.9530.8Massachusetts5238.42070868746.13104.4Michigan1491.453772156.0464.6Minnesota985.8115020056.5272.1Mississippi449.556179840.845.4Missouri1603.8162423383.5220.7Montana1511171856610.1813.6Nebraska210.62.7914.5Nevada338.40.8721.3New Hampshire351.1123847928.3965.6New Jersey1962.6128985774.2345.7New Mexico3365.6249537617.4723.1New York4889479843285.8643.4North Carolina2005.4905535728.2133.4North Dakota74.80.1215.4Ohio2549.8391873588.9933.3Oklahoma367.61.814.1Oregon572.5251263610.2766.1Pennsylvania3744.1309243179.0730.8Rhode Island61564546910.1931.7South Carolina504.744262031.5820South Dakota77.24.4415.2Tennessee2475.6314589292.4315.8Texas5197.6225816013.4836.5Utah1057.51664806210.5348.3Vermont80.711260711.9857Virginia6310.98620852518.9627.8Washington2621.7354450837.1892Washington D.C.4867.4338037313.1226.1West Virginia141.42.417.9Wisconsin729.550501443.6237.8Wyoming45.86.2318.9SourceNational Science FoundationNational Institutes of HealthU.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Census BureauU.S. Patent and Trademark Office and U.S. Census BureauDate of DataDate of Data: FY 2017Date of Data: FY 2018Date of Data: 2018Date of Data: 2018NoteDollars in millions.Small Business Innovation Research Program awards.Utility patents (patents for invention).Quote"Maryland ranks second in the nation in federal obligations for research and development.""Maryland ranks first in the nation in NIH R&D contract awards.""Maryland ranks third nationally in SBIR award value per capita.""Maryland is an international leader in the field of gene mapping."