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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.
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