VIRGINIA
Science and Engineering Profile
Virginia Doctoral scientists, 1993 Doctoral engineers, 1993 S&E doctorates awarded, 1993 of which, in engineering in life sciences in social sciences S&E postdoctorates, 1993 in doctorate-granting institutions S&E graduate students, 1993 in doctorate-granting institutions Population, 1994 (000s) Civilian labor force, 1994 (000s) Personal income per capita, 1994 Federal spending Total expenditures 1994 (millions) R&D obligations 1993 (millions) 12,802 2,630 647 26% 21% 15% U.S. 430,332 81,293 25,409 22% 24% 15% Rank 10 11 11 Total R&D performance, 1993 (millions) Industry R&D, 1993 (millions) Academic R&D, 1993 (millions) of which, in life sciences in engineering in environmental sciences Higher education current-fund expenditures, 1993 (millions) Number of SBIR awards, 1990-93 Patents issued to state residents, 1994 Gross state product, 1992 (billions) of which, agriculture manufacturing, mining, construction transportation, communication, utilities wholesale and retail trade finance, insurance, real estate services government Virginia $2,939 $1,087 $403 52% 20% 11% U.S. $161,427 $117,622 $19,489 55% 16% 7% Rank 13 21 15
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34,394
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$3,822 743 858 $153.8 1% 21% 9% 14% 16% 19% 20%
$163,994 13,995 56,039 $5,994.1 2% 23% 9% 16% 18% 20% 12%
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12,281 6,552 3,422 $22,594
438,128 260,341 131,013 $21,809
10 12 12 14
$45,890 $3,403
$1,284,896 $65,394
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Rankings and totals are based on data for the 50 States and D.C.
Federal Obligations for Research and Development in Virginia by Agency and Performer: Fiscal Year 1993
[Thousands of dollars] Federal intramural 1,226,598 1,599 8,488 898,111 9,169 50 31,464 11,003 21,758 243,089 1,867 All FFRDCs 162,068 0 0 128,160 28,250 0 0 5,658 0 0 0 Industrial firms 1,748,093 99 11,542 1,281,230 6,197 63,012 8,313 15,278 34,344 322,872 5,206 Other Universities & colleges nonprofits 201,668 8,625 1,335 29,273 8,305 96,406 2,101 1,088 1,040 22,285 31,210 53,272 958 0 18,834 2,091 8,016 0 0 0 14,319 9,054 State & local State government rank 10,857 68 461 1,443 0 2,797 5 2,111 345 3,627 0 4 36 7 4 18 17 2 4 2 5 11
Total Total, all agencies Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Energy Dept. of Health & Human Services Department of the Interior Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency Nat'l Aeronautics & Space Admin. National Science Foundation 3,402,556 11,349 21,826 2,357,051 54,012 170,281 41,883 35,138 57,487 606,192 47,337
State rank
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8
5
17
12
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Federal R&D obligations are as reported by funding agencies. FFRDC = federally funded research and development center SBIR = small business innovation research na = not applicable Prepared by the National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Studies. Data compiled from numerous sources.