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Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences aren't as popular as as many other business types in the United States. Still, across the entire nation, there are more than 10,000 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences. Given the current population of the United States, each one of those Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences serves about 30,000 citizens on average.

Our analysis suggests that Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. As such, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences play an important role in the national economy.

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States with Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
District of Columbia
139
24.52
2.
Massachusetts
776
12.22
3.
Maryland
589
11.12
4.
176
9.71
5.
Colorado
417
9.70
6.
Alaska
58
9.28
7.
Virginia
600
8.48
8.
California
2,852
8.42
9.
Utah
185
8.29
10.
Hawaii
90
7.43
11.
Washington
389
6.64
12.
80
6.47
13.
New Jersey
544
6.47
14.
Delaware
50
6.38
15.
Montana
55
6.11
16.
Rhode Island
62
5.91
17.
Connecticut
195
5.82
18.
Oregon
188
5.51
19.
Nevada
107
5.37
20.
425
5.28
21.
Vermont
31
5.09
22.
Wyoming
23
4.68
23.
Minnesota
225
4.58
24.
Alabama
190
4.28
25.
Idaho
54
4.18
26.
Pennsylvania
511
4.16
27.
New York
765
4.03
28.
636
3.98
29.
Arizona
199
3.88
30.
Ohio
437
3.86
31.
North Dakota
24
3.75
32.
South Dakota
28
3.73
33.
Maine
46
3.62
34.
Texas
730
3.50
35.
Georgia
263
3.26
36.
83
3.09
37.
Illinois
383
3.08
38.
Wisconsin
164
3.06
39.
Missouri
170
3.04
40.
Michigan
302
3.04
41.
Nebraska
50
2.92
42.
Indiana
166
2.73
43.
Iowa
77
2.63
44.
99
2.47
45.
Oklahoma
82
2.38
46.
Louisiana
105
2.35
47.
West Virginia
42
2.34
48.
Tennessee
125
2.20
49.
Arkansas
55
2.06
50.
Kentucky
83
2.06
51.
Mississippi
52
1.83

Number of Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
6930
5 to 9
2133
10 to 19
1676
20 to 49
1623
50 to 99
867
100 to 249
582
250 to 499
248
500 to 999
106
1000 or more
79

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