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Hawaii Among Least Innovative States
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The Most (and Least) Innovative States

We found the states that keep innovating and the states that are stagnating.

From Business.org  August, 2019 

Hybrid cars. Cancer medications. Smart televisions. Minimalist running shoes.

In a race to create the best, smartest, and most unique products, companies invest billions of dollars into research and development (R&D) each year, and these are just a few of the resulting products—products that many of us use and enjoy every day.

Recent articles from FastCompany and Forbes outline the undeniable fact that innovation is largely influenced by company culture—, but could geographic location also have something to do with it? Is there a reason why certain areas of the nation earn flashy titles like “Silicon Slopes” or “Silicon Valley,” while others seem to trail behind?

To find out, we looked at how much companies in each state spent on research and development (R&D) and then adjusted per 100,000 people to find the most innovative states. Here’s our final report on which states are innovating—and which states are not.

Unsurprisingly, California, with its tech companies and startups galore, tops our list of the most innovative states. More surprising? Just how much California spends: over $1.1 million per 100,000 people, and 31% of the national spend overall.

For context, our next-highest spender is Massachusetts, which spends just $215,600 per 100,000 people. That means California spends five times more per 100,000 people on R&D than any other state.

And while several other states you’d expect appear on our list of big R&D spenders—including tech-heavy states like Washington, home of Microsoft, or Texas, home to Dell—you might be surprised to see that Illinois, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina round out our top 10. Their largest industries are insurance, telecommunications, and chemical manufacturing, respectively.2

On the other end of the innovation spectrum, Alaska spends just $340 per capita (only 0.0003% of California’s spending), making it the least innovative state.

That might have something to do with its largest industry: oil.3 Several of the other states on our bottom 10 also have some form of fossil fuel extraction as their largest industry. These days, more R&D goes to fossil fuel alternatives than fossil fuels themselves….

But aside from industry, you’ll notice that most of our least innovative states tend to have fewer metro areas than our most innovative states: Alaska, Montana, and South Dakota have well-deserved reputations as rural states, while California, Massachusetts, and Washington have several bustling metropolises each. It seems R&D dollars tend to come from more urban states….

10 least innovative states:

Hawaii 47th -- Amount of R&D per 100,000 people -- $1,640

read … Full Report

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PBN: Study: Hawaii is one of the least innovative states in the country

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