Saturday, September 6, 2008

Florida's Ranking in Industrial R&D (Source: SSTI/ FLORIDA SPACErePORT)

From the FLORIDA SPACErePORT:

NSF figures for 2006 indicate that Florida ranked fourth nationwide in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) but was 17th in industrial R&D expenditures ($4.1 billion). Florida's ranking in "R&D Intensity" (ratio of industry-based R&D to GDP) was 36. Leading the nation were California, with $58.4 billion in industrial R&D, followed by Michigan ($16.5 billion), Massachusetts ($15.6 billion), New Jersey ($14.6 billion), and Texas ($13.3 billion).

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