美国高科技最差的１０个州 (America's 10 Worst States for High-Tech)

1: North Dakota

Business establishments in high-tech industries: 5.19 percent (50th)

Total business establishments in high-tech industries: 1,117 (50th)

Workers in science or engineering occupations: 3.11 percent (33rd)

Workers employed by high-tech businesses: 10.85 percent (22nd)

R&D spending as a percentage of state GDP: 1.61 (30th)

Photo: An oil rig in North Dakota

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2: South Dakota

Business establishments in high-tech industries: 5.45 percent (49th)

Total business establishments in high-tech industries: 1,397 49th)

Workers in science or engineering occupations: 2.64 percent (40th)

Workers employed by high-tech businesses: 6.68 percent (47th)

R&D spending as a percentage of state GDP: 0.66 percent (47th)

Photo: A cowboy herds buffalo in South Dakota

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3: Iowa

Business establishments in high-tech industries: 5.67 percent (48th)

Total business establishments in high-tech industries: 4,659 (34th)

Workers in science or engineering occupations: 2.82 percent (37th)

Workers employed by high-tech businesses: 7.98 percent (43rd)

R&D spending as a percentage of state GDP: 1.58 percent (31st)

Photo: Raw corn

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4: Mississippi

Business establishments in high-tech industries: 5.71 percent (47th)

Total business establishments in high-tech industries: 3,469 (37th)

Workers in science or engineering occupations: 2.02 percent (47th)

Workers employed by high-tech businesses: 6.82 percent (46th)

R&D spending as a percentage of state GDP: 0.84 percent (43rd)

Photo: A shack in Mississippi

5: West Virginia

Business establishments in high-tech industries: 5.92 percent (46th)

Total business establishments in high-tech industries: 2,343 (43rd)

Workers in science or engineering occupations: 2.40 percent (43rd)

Workers employed by high-tech businesses: 7.64 percent (45th)

R&D spending as a percentage of state GDP: 1.32 percent (34th)

Photo: A young girl shows her support for the lost coal miners in Montcoal, West Virginia on April 9, 2010, following a deadly mine explosion

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6: Nebraska

Business establishments in high-tech industries: 6.28 percent (45th)

Total business establishments in high-tech industries: 3,269 (39th)

Workers in science or engineering occupations: 3.32 percent (29th)

Workers employed by high-tech businesses: 8.21 percent (42nd)

R&D spending as a percentage of state GDP: 1.16 percent (37th)

Photo: A University of Nebraska Cornhuskers fan

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7: Maine

Business establishments in high-tech industries: 6.34 percent (44th)

Total business establishments in high-tech industries: 2,642 (41st)

Workers in science or engineering occupations: 2.72 percent (38th)

Workers employed by high-tech businesses: 7.87 percent (44th)

R&D spending as a percentage of state GDP: 1.03 percent (39th)

Photo: A delicious lobster.

 

8: Kentucky

Business establishments in high-tech industries: 6.37 percent (43rd)

Total business establishments in high-tech industries: 5,893 (32nd)

Workers in science or engineering occupations: 2.61 percent (41st)

Workers employed by high-tech businesses: 8.22 (41st)

R&D spending as a percentage of state GDP: 0.94 percent (41st)

Photo: A worker rolls a Jim Beam bourbon barrel

9: Alabama

Business establishments in high-tech industries: 6.51 percent (42nd)

Total business establishments in high-tech industries: 6,754 (29th)

Workers in science or engineering occupations: 3.56 percent (23rd)

Workers employed by high-tech businesses: 9.05 (34th)

R&D spending as a percentage of state GDP: 2.87 percent (10th)

Photo: University of Alabama football head coach Nick Saban

10: Tennessee

Business establishments in high-tech industries: 6.52 (41st)

Total business establishments in high-tech industries: 8,882 (22nd)

Workers in science or engineering occupations: 2.60 percent (42nd)

Workers employed by high-tech businesses: 9.05 percent (36th)

R&D spending as a percentage of state GDP: 1.49 percent (32nd)

Photo: A cow, in repose, in Tennessee.