Top 10 Innovative States [SLIDESHOW]

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.