Maryland, Virginia rank high on list of tech-rich states - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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’s State Technology and Science Index, which ranks states baserd on their technology andscience interests’ contributions to economic placed Maryland at No. 2 and Virginia at No. 6 on the D.C. was not included on the list of Maryland moved up from fourth placsein 2004, the last time Milken conductex the study. The state ranked first in the natiobnin Milken’s “human capital investment” index, or a measurew for having a high concentration of talent in the science and tech industries.
Maryland’sw life sciences and communication technology sectors were notedc as some of its biggesf strengths in theMilkej report. Virginia fell one spot from fiftuh place in the 2004Milken study. The state received plaudits for its numerous high-tech government contractors, and for a strong number of high-techj “births,” or formation of new companies in the science and technology fields. Milken uses 77 individualp indicators when compilingthe index.
They’rre all measured separately againsteach state’s population and its grossw state product, in order to measur e the tech and science contributions to their respective state’s Massachusetts ranked first among the 50 states in the report.