Chapter 8: State Indicators

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Quartiles | Findings | Description

Federal R&D obligations per civilian worker: 2000

Quartiles

Quartile groups for federal R&D obligations per civilian worker: 2000*

1st Quartile	2nd Quartile	3rd Quartile	4th Quartile
($8,113 - $471)	($469 - $295)	($289 - $175)	($173 - $96)

Alabama	Connecticut	Delaware	Arkansas
Alaska	Florida	Illinois	Indiana
Arizona	Hawaii	Michigan	Iowa
California	Idaho	Minnesota	Kansas
Colorado	Maine	Montana	Kentucky
District of Columbia	Mississippi	Nevada	Louisiana
Georgia	Missouri	North Carolina	Nebraska
Maryland	New Jersey	North Dakota	Oklahoma
Massachusetts	New York	Oregon	South Carolina
New Hampshire	Ohio	Tennessee	South Dakota
New Mexico	Pennsylvania	Texas	Wisconsin
Rhode Island	Washington	Utah	Wyoming
Virginia	West Virginia	Vermont

States in alphabetical order, not data order. SOURCES: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Federal Funds for Research and Development;* and U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics. See table 8-13.

Findings

Federal Government obligations to the states totaled $63.8 billion in 1992, $66.1 billion in 1996, and $71.0 billion in 2000 for R&D.
Per civilian worker, this yielded a declining average over the period—$538 at the beginning of the period to $519 in 2000—because the workforce grew faster than Federal R&D funding.
The state-by-state picture is marked by many sharp increases and decreases over the decade, reflecting both changes in jobs and changes in the level of Federal R&D funds.
A high score is evident for states in the national capital area. Overall, the distribution of funds is highly skewed, with only 11 states above the state average.

Description

This indicator shows how Federal research and development funding is disbursed geographically relative to the size of states' civilian workforces. Federal R&D funding is largely for development, but it may provide direct and indirect benefits to a state's economy and may stimulate the conduct of basic research. A high value for this indicator may indicate the existence of major federally funded R&D facilities or the presence of large defense contractors in the state.

Federal R&D dollars are counted where they are obligated; they may be expended in many locations. Civilian workforce data are Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates based on the Current Population Survey, with location based on residence. Because of these differences and the sample-based nature of the population data, estimates for sparsely populated states and the District of Columbia may be imprecise.