Personal finance website WalletHub recently released a report on this year’s most and least innovative states, comparing all 50 states and the District of Columbia across 24 metrics pertaining to things science-, research- and development-related. With the U.S. poised to spend some $581 billion on R&D in 2019, here’s a look at the Top 5 states— and, conversely, the Bottom 5 — for innovation nationwide. (Data sets range from share of STEM [science, technology, engineering and math] professionals to R&D spending per capita.)
