STATE	PATENTS PER 100,000 WORKERS
AL	0.2020
AR	0.1900
AZ	0.8486
CA	0.9728
CO	0.7053
CT	1.3808
DE	2.0322
FL	0.4342
GA	0.2187
IA	0.5038
ID	0.4535
IL	0.9276
IN	0.6055
KS	0.4284
KY	0.3532
LA	0.3255
MA	0.8733
MD	0.5960
ME	0.2028
MI	0.8876
MN	0.7459
MO	0.4232
MS	0.1588
MT	0.2394
NC	0.2921
ND	0.3356
NE	0.2462
NH	0.7132
NJ	1.6071
NM	0.4936
NV	0.4492
NY	0.7470
OH	0.7859
OK	0.9081
OR	0.4875
PA	0.8230
RI	0.4962
SC	0.2994
SD	0.2591
TN	0.2759
TX	0.5223
UT	0.7154
VA	0.4560
VT	0.5500
WA	0.5351
WI	0.6392
WV	0.3168
WY	0.4756
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