Patents Issued
Patents issued per million resident
What does this mean?
The number of U.S. Patents issued to individuals or businesses within the state compared to population to allow for comparisons across states.
Why does this matter?
Patents are one indicator of innovation with some economic potential.
North Carolina Ranking
15 / 51
* Source: US Patent and Trademark Office
Region Comparison
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Patents Issued
Patents Issued
State | 2000-01 | 2001-01 | 2002-01 | 2003-01 | 2004-01 | 2005-01 | 2006-01 | 2007-01 | 2008-01 | 2009-01 | 2010-01 | 2011-01 | 2012-01 | 2013-01 | 2014-01 | 2015-01 | 2016-01 | 2017-01 | 2018-01 | 2019-01 | 2020-01 |
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Alabama | 88.70 | 101.20 | 98.40 | 101.90 | 90.90 | 78.60 | 92.70 | 76.60 | 75.00 | 79.20 | 112.40 | 86.70 | 99.20 | 118.40 | 115.00 | 106.90 | 112.80 | 116.60 | 104.30 | 128.00 | 123.30 |
Alaska | 90.80 | 91.50 | 77.80 | 66.30 | 74.30 | 54.00 | 66.60 | 35.30 | 40.70 | 78.70 | 46.20 | 44.30 | 62.90 | 73.20 | 69.20 | 62.30 | 79.50 | 79.60 | 77.40 | 75.00 | 91.60 |
Arizona | 340.30 | 322.70 | 314.80 | 311.10 | 306.10 | 273.70 | 314.00 | 296.10 | 301.30 | 277.30 | 338.50 | 347.30 | 361.50 | 365.80 | 396.70 | 401.20 | 426.70 | 435.60 | 392.50 | 440.90 | 423.10 |
Arkansas | 92.60 | 82.50 | 78.70 | 64.60 | 58.20 | 55.00 | 65.60 | 59.30 | 52.90 | 53.20 | 73.90 | 63.90 | 80.60 | 77.40 | 87.20 | 103.00 | 101.90 | 115.50 | 133.80 | 198.90 | 176.50 |
California | 583.90 | 604.80 | 608.90 | 626.20 | 607.20 | 548.60 | 695.10 | 623.30 | 606.50 | 631.90 | 805.90 | 817.00 | 913.40 | 1,023.10 | 1,132.00 | 1,120.90 | 1,145.20 | 1,173.70 | 1,114.70 | 1,284.70 | 1,282.70 |
Colorado | 479.60 | 476.30 | 474.10 | 508.10 | 500.30 | 425.70 | 497.60 | 412.80 | 382.00 | 395.80 | 482.40 | 468.00 | 528.30 | 602.60 | 664.20 | 636.60 | 621.20 | 626.40 | 572.00 | 657.30 | 644.00 |
Connecticut | 611.40 | 603.30 | 575.60 | 529.20 | 492.50 | 478.20 | 527.90 | 456.70 | 449.90 | 466.30 | 589.80 | 591.00 | 638.90 | 660.50 | 695.80 | 659.60 | 702.00 | 754.30 | 832.80 | 998.60 | 977.80 |
Delaware | 541.70 | 532.90 | 478.80 | 454.80 | 488.70 | 403.50 | 460.90 | 411.80 | 399.40 | 383.50 | 434.60 | 503.50 | 529.80 | 515.10 | 499.40 | 399.10 | 359.00 | 354.90 | 294.70 | 309.20 | 362.80 |
District of Columbia | 113.60 | 127.10 | 113.40 | 88.00 | 140.90 | 104.00 | 120.90 | 123.60 | 122.40 | 104.70 | 143.70 | 164.40 | 232.80 | 216.40 | 257.70 | 246.70 | 250.20 | 304.10 | 323.80 | 444.80 | 475.60 |
Florida | 194.70 | 192.40 | 170.90 | 183.40 | 171.60 | 151.70 | 179.50 | 168.30 | 151.60 | 155.40 | 197.50 | 201.60 | 230.70 | 243.50 | 252.90 | 243.00 | 245.70 | 250.60 | 230.20 | 257.90 | 253.70 |
Georgia | 187.30 | 190.90 | 180.30 | 178.00 | 170.10 | 152.10 | 187.70 | 169.00 | 166.80 | 173.20 | 225.90 | 225.00 | 252.50 | 286.80 | 295.70 | 282.20 | 282.20 | 299.10 | 291.30 | 311.30 | 314.20 |
Hawaii | 76.60 | 87.30 | 72.60 | 76.70 | 67.50 | 44.90 | 77.10 | 62.30 | 75.80 | 71.30 | 105.60 | 92.80 | 93.90 | 103.60 | 113.00 | 116.70 | 124.60 | 107.30 | 95.60 | 109.50 | 114.40 |
Idaho | 1,242.10 | 1,315.90 | 1,399.60 | 1,356.90 | 1,309.10 | 1,084.60 | 1,169.10 | 922.20 | 786.70 | 633.70 | 739.70 | 687.40 | 613.40 | 638.30 | 640.20 | 550.10 | 489.30 | 440.80 | 481.10 | 590.30 | 664.00 |
Illinois | 362.10 | 341.60 | 314.10 | 315.70 | 298.20 | 261.50 | 320.50 | 292.30 | 280.80 | 282.50 | 340.60 | 357.00 | 394.20 | 415.40 | 459.80 | 455.80 | 454.90 | 472.90 | 444.40 | 510.50 | 490.60 |
Indiana | 279.20 | 260.00 | 282.80 | 270.50 | 238.20 | 198.50 | 236.70 | 216.50 | 186.00 | 192.90 | 261.50 | 250.60 | 300.20 | 329.80 | 343.40 | 344.60 | 345.70 | 380.50 | 338.10 | 406.50 | 374.40 |
Iowa | 230.80 | 278.00 | 232.10 | 241.70 | 249.20 | 212.20 | 245.40 | 221.40 | 213.50 | 240.70 | 265.20 | 279.10 | 297.10 | 321.90 | 339.80 | 345.20 | 316.00 | 367.40 | 335.20 | 389.90 | 380.00 |
Kansas | 176.00 | 141.40 | 185.40 | 180.30 | 197.50 | 165.70 | 210.30 | 187.90 | 193.40 | 179.70 | 254.70 | 280.50 | 381.10 | 375.90 | 357.00 | 343.90 | 324.40 | 306.40 | 306.90 | 313.50 | 310.60 |
Kentucky | 127.70 | 134.20 | 121.30 | 120.00 | 111.70 | 90.10 | 111.60 | 118.60 | 109.30 | 105.90 | 138.20 | 126.10 | 141.30 | 141.80 | 161.60 | 161.70 | 176.60 | 179.80 | 166.90 | 190.50 | 194.10 |
Louisiana | 129.50 | 125.50 | 107.60 | 96.90 | 85.00 | 65.10 | 84.80 | 67.20 | 72.60 | 70.10 | 78.10 | 80.40 | 96.70 | 94.90 | 104.80 | 95.60 | 110.40 | 109.30 | 105.00 | 109.50 | 110.20 |
Maine | 118.20 | 121.30 | 129.60 | 126.30 | 105.00 | 120.60 | 117.90 | 94.90 | 102.20 | 97.80 | 165.70 | 152.10 | 167.20 | 182.90 | 166.80 | 170.00 | 132.80 | 158.00 | 170.10 | 185.00 | 168.90 |
Maryland | 277.50 | 304.40 | 295.60 | 286.90 | 258.90 | 229.40 | 276.50 | 249.10 | 251.00 | 252.00 | 299.00 | 280.50 | 291.30 | 318.80 | 336.40 | 328.00 | 344.40 | 361.60 | 338.00 | 399.50 | 409.90 |
Massachusetts | 603.50 | 620.90 | 597.90 | 652.50 | 608.80 | 515.50 | 681.40 | 596.30 | 602.30 | 619.60 | 801.00 | 835.50 | 918.20 | 1,007.40 | 1,046.40 | 1,064.20 | 1,087.70 | 1,155.20 | 1,116.40 | 1,309.70 | 1,275.10 |
Michigan | 412.90 | 424.00 | 422.40 | 420.10 | 409.90 | 364.50 | 416.30 | 369.50 | 360.20 | 355.10 | 433.00 | 444.90 | 504.80 | 568.80 | 586.20 | 622.50 | 657.40 | 723.00 | 730.20 | 832.00 | 750.30 |
Minnesota | 606.00 | 587.20 | 593.00 | 645.10 | 588.90 | 504.30 | 632.90 | 560.80 | 546.80 | 562.80 | 754.10 | 790.60 | 795.50 | 884.40 | 932.00 | 884.80 | 845.00 | 880.90 | 804.60 | 874.30 | 836.80 |
Mississippi | 74.10 | 79.20 | 63.00 | 64.10 | 55.00 | 43.70 | 52.30 | 62.80 | 48.20 | 48.70 | 57.90 | 57.70 | 53.90 | 59.50 | 59.20 | 58.20 | 58.90 | 78.60 | 69.70 | 77.20 | 69.10 |
Missouri | 172.80 | 171.20 | 169.70 | 165.50 | 155.70 | 126.40 | 147.70 | 146.20 | 132.70 | 147.10 | 190.10 | 166.90 | 193.30 | 215.30 | 234.20 | 205.90 | 228.00 | 226.30 | 229.50 | 282.90 | 269.40 |
Montana | 159.30 | 178.60 | 166.70 | 135.90 | 140.90 | 126.60 | 142.80 | 135.80 | 117.80 | 92.50 | 119.10 | 114.30 | 132.40 | 125.20 | 135.90 | 162.90 | 168.90 | 173.60 | 162.00 | 209.30 | 166.60 |
Nebraska | 173.90 | 147.10 | 143.50 | 138.00 | 130.90 | 116.40 | 134.80 | 142.40 | 119.10 | 124.70 | 138.30 | 134.20 | 181.30 | 182.80 | 211.20 | 178.10 | 192.00 | 183.10 | 163.10 | 219.90 | 220.40 |
Nevada | 201.10 | 176.80 | 169.30 | 202.30 | 202.90 | 182.10 | 187.10 | 179.90 | 174.90 | 158.70 | 236.40 | 248.40 | 321.40 | 361.20 | 343.70 | 275.10 | 305.50 | 296.10 | 245.80 | 313.20 | 333.00 |
New Hampshire | 547.60 | 533.60 | 517.70 | 570.40 | 527.90 | 414.30 | 502.10 | 470.80 | 399.70 | 462.00 | 609.00 | 609.60 | 597.10 | 674.30 | 713.50 | 690.90 | 758.40 | 834.60 | 736.50 | 835.50 | 807.30 |
New Jersey | 521.20 | 504.10 | 478.90 | 455.70 | 388.20 | 331.50 | 418.70 | 363.20 | 372.70 | 372.20 | 493.80 | 484.50 | 526.40 | 593.50 | 621.20 | 566.60 | 548.10 | 576.70 | 526.60 | 585.20 | 566.00 |
New Mexico | 190.50 | 213.50 | 209.10 | 215.20 | 201.20 | 140.80 | 180.40 | 152.80 | 146.70 | 161.50 | 220.40 | 198.00 | 212.70 | 225.10 | 212.90 | 217.70 | 249.00 | 263.80 | 255.50 | 277.20 | 241.70 |
New York | 369.90 | 376.30 | 369.60 | 360.90 | 345.20 | 277.30 | 335.30 | 314.90 | 307.40 | 317.30 | 417.30 | 402.20 | 437.20 | 477.10 | 497.10 | 477.70 | 504.30 | 534.10 | 500.40 | 556.80 | 545.10 |
North Carolina | 271.70 | 275.90 | 257.00 | 258.10 | 242.60 | 211.20 | 250.30 | 220.10 | 231.70 | 243.20 | 305.20 | 298.60 | 333.50 | 350.50 | 373.00 | 363.70 | 375.30 | 384.50 | 363.90 | 408.20 | 369.50 |
North Dakota | 152.60 | 167.40 | 134.80 | 97.10 | 102.40 | 125.40 | 118.60 | 140.90 | 109.50 | 138.40 | 166.00 | 138.60 | 139.60 | 181.20 | 162.40 | 168.10 | 141.50 | 175.80 | 161.80 | 193.80 | 180.30 |
Ohio | 353.80 | 350.50 | 347.20 | 340.40 | 298.40 | 237.90 | 286.60 | 265.90 | 273.80 | 262.20 | 345.20 | 338.00 | 355.80 | 371.20 | 377.70 | 369.80 | 360.00 | 386.30 | 394.50 | 457.90 | 460.60 |
Oklahoma | 178.30 | 182.60 | 148.50 | 160.60 | 139.00 | 120.90 | 162.50 | 144.70 | 129.20 | 119.70 | 154.80 | 139.60 | 136.40 | 156.70 | 161.90 | 152.70 | 147.10 | 163.20 | 155.70 | 174.70 | 173.10 |
Oregon | 426.30 | 433.70 | 488.40 | 526.30 | 551.10 | 511.70 | 690.80 | 613.00 | 576.60 | 528.80 | 609.80 | 612.20 | 631.30 | 678.40 | 736.10 | 695.80 | 817.20 | 969.10 | 841.90 | 959.70 | 965.00 |
Pennsylvania | 325.50 | 312.10 | 295.30 | 287.30 | 259.70 | 204.50 | 254.70 | 237.70 | 226.00 | 241.90 | 305.80 | 286.50 | 305.00 | 341.00 | 350.50 | 330.30 | 337.70 | 373.90 | 347.90 | 370.10 | 370.60 |
Rhode Island | 369.40 | 315.90 | 291.70 | 303.40 | 342.50 | 292.20 | 333.00 | 359.40 | 287.20 | 289.50 | 335.90 | 333.10 | 393.40 | 388.40 | 423.10 | 371.80 | 391.40 | 411.70 | 391.80 | 441.30 | 475.80 |
South Carolina | 156.30 | 157.90 | 172.60 | 156.40 | 138.00 | 126.20 | 158.60 | 122.00 | 115.70 | 126.10 | 140.40 | 169.70 | 207.20 | 203.70 | 207.00 | 216.10 | 231.90 | 238.70 | 224.30 | 263.50 | 264.90 |
South Dakota | 129.70 | 112.10 | 118.40 | 116.50 | 114.20 | 87.70 | 100.90 | 83.40 | 75.10 | 69.40 | 100.50 | 128.70 | 154.70 | 161.40 | 150.60 | 149.80 | 180.60 | 172.80 | 178.50 | 193.90 | 184.80 |
Tennessee | 165.20 | 166.60 | 173.10 | 166.40 | 147.90 | 118.80 | 134.20 | 128.40 | 127.70 | 124.50 | 163.20 | 168.70 | 165.00 | 170.80 | 180.50 | 170.90 | 183.70 | 195.20 | 190.20 | 197.60 | 216.90 |
Texas | 324.00 | 317.10 | 292.30 | 289.40 | 278.60 | 242.50 | 287.50 | 261.30 | 254.40 | 259.50 | 318.00 | 313.70 | 342.30 | 370.90 | 396.50 | 384.50 | 386.70 | 405.40 | 396.80 | 463.20 | 449.30 |
Utah | 352.40 | 351.60 | 321.30 | 306.80 | 326.50 | 262.00 | 316.80 | 294.90 | 273.00 | 313.90 | 412.60 | 431.60 | 464.90 | 487.80 | 519.30 | 534.60 | 509.50 | 592.90 | 568.90 | 654.30 | 626.50 |
Vermont | 682.40 | 828.10 | 827.00 | 752.60 | 690.40 | 661.60 | 780.20 | 875.70 | 823.50 | 800.20 | 1,067.30 | 854.60 | 807.80 | 879.30 | 974.90 | 751.00 | 752.80 | 737.40 | 621.00 | 596.10 | 575.90 |
Virginia | 180.30 | 177.10 | 178.30 | 169.50 | 158.00 | 135.50 | 160.40 | 149.90 | 150.60 | 152.40 | 214.90 | 214.40 | 221.40 | 245.40 | 262.60 | 265.60 | 264.80 | 281.40 | 298.70 | 342.50 | 349.50 |
Washington | 346.30 | 377.10 | 380.00 | 412.20 | 395.20 | 396.70 | 568.20 | 602.60 | 633.60 | 728.30 | 861.50 | 771.30 | 867.60 | 943.00 | 1,012.80 | 982.00 | 1,033.00 | 1,069.30 | 989.10 | 1,194.80 | 1,184.40 |
West Virginia | 87.40 | 89.40 | 91.90 | 77.80 | 61.10 | 53.80 | 60.70 | 63.20 | 49.40 | 55.20 | 72.30 | 58.70 | 76.40 | 82.50 | 74.00 | 73.80 | 56.20 | 67.10 | 84.20 | 91.40 | 75.10 |
Wisconsin | 386.50 | 416.00 | 389.20 | 380.00 | 358.20 | 316.60 | 385.50 | 343.40 | 340.50 | 332.80 | 392.20 | 377.50 | 400.10 | 436.00 | 460.80 | 446.10 | 462.30 | 470.90 | 465.10 | 517.60 | 503.90 |
Wyoming | 135.50 | 119.30 | 122.00 | 166.80 | 108.00 | 107.00 | 107.10 | 115.90 | 75.10 | 114.30 | 157.70 | 130.40 | 216.80 | 230.00 | 224.60 | 194.40 | 196.50 | 210.30 | 203.80 | 218.90 | 273.00 |
U.S. Average | 301.97 | 305.85 | 298.87 | 297.58 | 284.09 | 246.14 | 295.04 | 270.25 | 256.88 | 259.77 | 327.31 | 320.63 | 349.03 | 375.66 | 394.71 | 376.45 | 383.86 | 404.44 | 383.67 | 439.69 | 433.77 |