California Accounted for a Quarter of U.S. Value-Added Production by R & D-Intensive Industries in 2020

California led the United States in 2020 value-added production from research and development ( R&D ) -intensive industries, which include such industries as information technology services, software, pharmaceuticals, and air and spacecraft. California and the four states with the next-largest shares ( Texas, Washington, New York, and Massachusetts ) amounted to nearly half of U.S. value-added production from R&D-intensive industries in 2020.
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - Category: Statistics Source Type: news