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Total R&D Spending As A Percentage
of Gross State Product

Rank	State	Total R&D Spending, 1997	GSP 1997	R&D as % of GSP
1	New Mexico	3,028	46,484	6.5
2	Michigan	2,768	280,178	5
3	Massachusetts	13,991	223,483	5
4	Maryland	11,097	155,008	4.8
5	Idaho	7,395	29,086	4.4
6	Washington	1,270	176,226	4.3
7	California	7,543	1,043,669	4
8	New Jersey	41,670	303,580	4
9	Rhode Island	12,067	29,175	3.6
10	Delaware	1,040	31,198	3.5
22	Virginia	4,136	213,358	1.9
40	North Dakota	116	16,193	0.7
41	Hawaii	275	38,807	0.7
42	Mississippi	370	59,292	0.6
43	Nebraska	275	49,771	0.6
44	Alaska	136	25,512	0.5
45	Kentucky	526	101,445	0.5
46	Wyoming	87	17,770	0.5
47	Maine	149	30,645	0.5
48	Arkansas	272	59,116	0.5
49	Louisiana	554	127,177	0.4

Source: Virginia Business

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