PENNSYLVANIA
Science and Engineering Profile
Penn. 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) 20,012 3,886 1,290 29% 19% 16% U.S. 430,332 81,293 25,409 22% 24% 15% Rank 4 6 6 Total R&D performance, 1993 (millions) Industry R&D, 1993 (millions) Academic R&D, 1993 (millions) of which, in life sciences in engineering in math & computer 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 Penn. $8,278 $6,711 $1,019 54% 20% 7% U.S. $161,427 $117,622 $19,489 55% 16% 4% Rank 6 6 6
1,807
34,394
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$9,672 468 2,816 $267.0 1% 24% 9% 15% 19% 21% 10%
$163,994 13,995 56,039 $5,994.1 2% 23% 9% 16% 18% 20% 12%
3 7 7 6
19,873 12,052 5,829 $22,324
438,128 260,341 131,013 $21,809
7 5 6 19
$61,025 $2,567
$1,284,896 $65,394
5 7
Rankings and totals are based on data for the 50 States and D.C.
Federal Obligations for Research and Development in Pennsylvania by Agency and Performer: Fiscal Year 1993
[Thousands of dollars] Federal intramural 353,951 27,871 231 232,616 62,389 1,160 29,234 450 0 0 0 All FFRDCs 21,636 0 200 21,436 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Industrial firms 1,319,823 0 1,766 1,047,572 243,182 3,872 7,239 4,261 226 9,855 1,850 Other Universities & colleges nonprofits 706,699 12,447 227 142,091 24,119 404,298 3,154 2,435 2,584 19,654 95,690 158,950 25 60 39,541 15,584 97,680 0 400 0 502 5,158 State & local State government rank 5,448 38 0 0 0 998 155 3,977 280 0 0 7 8 29 7 5 5 4 10 22 19 4
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 2,566,507 40,381 2,484 1,483,256 345,274 508,008 39,782 11,523 3,090 30,011 102,698
State rank
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12
17
7
3
6
12
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.