Data Sources

Gross domestic product
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. The original source of gross domestic product data for Puerto Rico is the Puerto Rico Planning Board, Program of Economic and Social Planning, Subprogram of Economic Analysis. For all other gross domestic product data, see https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-state.

Total R&D performance
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation. National Patterns of R&D Resources.

Business R&D performance
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation. Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey.

Higher education R&D performance
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation. Higher Education Research and Development Survey.

Academic research space
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation. Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities.

Federal R&D obligations
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation. Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development.

State government R&D expenditures
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation. Survey of State Government Research and Development.

SBIR awards
Small Business Administration, Office of Technology, Small Business Innovation Research Program. See https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/award/all.

Utility patents issued to state residents
Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office. Patent by country, state, and year: utility patents. See https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/reports.htm.

Population
Department of Commerce, Census Bureau. Population changes at the state level can be found in the following dataset, Annual estimates of the civilian population by single year of age and sex for the United States and states: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022 (https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-state-detail.html). Population changes for Puerto Rico can be found in the following table, Annual estimates of the resident population by single year of age and sex for Puerto Rico Commonwealth: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022 (https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-detail-puerto-rico.html).

Civilian labor force
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age and over by region, division, and state, annual averages. See http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/srgune.toc.htm.

Personal income per capita
Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts. Data for state per capita personal income. The original source of personal income per capita data for Puerto Rico is the Puerto Rico Planning Board, Program of Economic and Social Planning, Subprogram of Economic Analysis. See https://www.bea.gov/data/income-saving/personal-income-by-state.

S&E graduate students in institutions granting research-based graduate degrees
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation. Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering.

S&E doctorate recipients
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation. Survey of Earned Doctorates.

S&E postdoctoral appointees in institutions granting research-based graduate degrees
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation. Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering.

Employed S&E doctorate holders
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation. Survey of Doctorate Recipients.