Top Patent States (Per Capita)

Below the US states (and DC) are ranked by the per capita patent agents and attorneys in each. The numbers include patent attorneys/agents that are affiliated with large law firms, corporations or small law firms. The numbers also include agents/attorneys that are unaffiliated.

Click on a state name to see which cities within that state have the most agents/attorneys. You can then click on city names to see which firms have the most agents/attorneys in each city.

See also:

• TAPRE Course Patent Bar Review
• Latest from Top IP Blogs
• Vault Occupation Survey: Patent Lawyer
• Working at the US Patent Office

Rank	State	Agents/Attorneys	Agents/Attorneys (per 158,000 people)1
1	District of Columbia	1879	518.97
2	Delaware	278	56.05
3	Virginia	1726	38.53
4	Massachusetts	1432	35.64
5	Connecticut	665	30.85
6	Minnesota	953	30.61
7	California	5711	26.64
8	Illinois	2084	26.51
9	New Jersey	1354	25.42
10	New York	2953	24.59
11	Utah	324	22.92
12	Maryland	739	22.05
13	Colorado	549	20.17
14	Washington	730	19.57
15	Pennsylvania	1357	17.46
16	Oregon	369	17.04
17	Texas	2215	16.78
18	New Hampshire	127	16.24
19	Ohio	1130	15.73
20	Michigan	915	14.55
21	Missouri	465	13.13
22	Wisconsin	444	13.08
23	Arizona	411	12.66
24	North Carolina	610	11.97
25	Georgia	618	11.93
26	Vermont	44	11.42
27	Indiana	405	10.52
28	New Mexico	92	7.99
29	Idaho	65	7.94
30	Florida	752	7.43
31	Nevada	90	7.12
32	South Carolina	180	7.09
33	Oklahoma	147	6.73
34	Rhode Island	40	6.03
35	Maine	45	5.58
36	Tennessee	197	5.47
37	Iowa	96	5.18
38	Montana	25	4.38
39	Kentucky	106	4.14
40	Louisiana	114	4.03
41	Kansas	68	4.00
42	Nebraska	43	3.97
43	Hawaii	30	3.91
44	Alabama	97	3.45
45	West Virginia	36	3.15
46	North Dakota	11	2.71
47	South Dakota	10	2.09
48	Arkansas	35	2.07
49	Wyoming	6	1.92
50	Alaska	7	1.76
51	Mississippi	18	1.00

¹ Based on the population from the 2000 US Census.