Top 10 Innovative States [SLIDESHOW]

Jan. 3, 2014

Washington tops the list with 9.5% of its residents holding a science or technical degree.

Bloomberg published an analysis that ranks 50 U.S. states and D.C. based on the following factors:

Number of STEM professionals as a percentage of state population;
Number of science and technology degree holders as a percentage of state population;
Utility (invention) patents as a percentage of the U.S. total;
Government R&D spending as a percentage of the U.S. total;
Gross state product per employed person, and three-year change in productivity; and
Public tech companies as a percentage of all public companies.