10 States provide 60 percent of state R&D funding

According to 2007 data from the National Science Foundation, the states in order of funding are:

1. New York
2. Ohio
3. Pennsylvania
4. Florida
5. California
6. New Jersey
7. Illinois
8. Indiana
9. Maryland
10. North Carolina

Note how California, a huge state with several centers of research and development and a once very strong system of higher education is now only 5th. This must be a result of public demands, expressed at the ballot box, for a less assertive government. Lets hope the people understood the long term impact of their frugality on the future of the state.