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Table 368. -  Federal science and engineering obligations to colleges and universities, by agency and state: Fiscal year 1996\1\ [In thousands]
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                      |            |           |           |           |           |             |Department |   National   |           |
                      |            |Department |Department |Department |Department |Environmental|    of     |  Aeronautics | National  |
 State or other area  |   Total    |    of     |    of     |    of     |    of     | Protection  |Health and |      and     |  Science  |Other\2\
                      |            |Agriculture|  Defense  | Education |  Energy   |   Agency    |   Human   |     Space    |Foundation |
                      |            |           |           |           |           |             | Services  |Administration|           |
______________________|____________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|______________|___________|_________
          1           |     2      |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |      7      |     8     |      9       |    10     |   11
______________________|____________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|______________|___________|_________
   United States .....| 18,397,350 |   863,033 | 2,119,199 |   173,637 | 3,222,520 |     102,440 | 7,311,754 |    1,837,491 | 2,329,520 | 437,756
                      |____________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|______________|___________|_________
Alabama ..............|    237,514 |    25,523 |    18,304 |     3,621 |     4,848 |         592 |   137,543 |       33,052 |    12,630 |   1,401
Alaska ...............|     32,650 |     3,772 |       752 |       433 |        98 |          15 |     2,403 |        9,194 |     6,742 |   9,241
Arizona ..............|    213,828 |     8,824 |    22,040 |     3,600 |     6,686 |       5,146 |    65,455 |       25,291 |    70,822 |   5,964
Arkansas .............|     57,442 |    23,547 |     6,271 |     3,745 |       200 |          75 |    19,624 |          532 |     2,167 |   1,281
California ...........|  4,042,474 |    33,411 |   232,421 |    20,683 | 1,054,028 |      10,262 | 1,007,776 |    1,252,030 |   393,446 |  38,417
                      |            |           |           |           |           |             |           |              |           |
Colorado .............|    352,771 |    12,041 |    18,085 |     5,533 |     8,917 |       2,734 |   130,906 |       21,391 |   120,507 |  32,657
Connecticut ..........|    271,161 |     7,813 |    14,067 |       857 |    10,465 |         157 |   210,166 |        1,654 |    22,027 |   3,955
Delaware .............|     42,632 |     7,888 |     7,395 |     2,572 |     1,768 |       1,434 |     5,851 |        1,424 |    11,106 |   3,194
District of Columbia .|    175,363 |     1,774 |    37,130 |     3,775 |     4,561 |         828 |    82,213 |        7,466 |    11,359 |  26,257
Florida ..............|    317,244 |    22,024 |    39,291 |     5,063 |    14,617 |       2,173 |   131,576 |       22,863 |    64,165 |  15,472
                      |            |           |           |           |           |             |           |              |           |
Georgia ..............|    324,462 |    28,383 |    82,375 |     3,626 |    13,007 |       3,378 |   130,685 |       14,504 |    36,611 |  11,893
Hawaii ...............|     70,073 |    11,643 |     2,894 |       633 |     2,810 |         192 |    17,155 |        7,708 |    17,444 |   9,594
Idaho ................|     18,838 |     7,887 |     1,544 |       672 |     1,298 |         266 |     1,345 |          396 |     3,285 |   2,145
Illinois .............|  1,075,285 |    23,485 |    52,699 |     9,162 |   578,120 |       1,527 |   264,876 |       12,133 |   124,322 |   8,961
Indiana...............|    209,979 |    22,549 |    17,198 |     1,373 |    18,180 |       1,420 |    94,404 |        3,522 |    48,385 |   2,948
                      |            |           |           |           |           |             |           |              |           |
Iowa .................|    195,030 |    26,080 |     5,162 |       896 |    32,346 |       4,205 |    92,384 |        8,091 |    19,540 |   6,326
Kansas ...............|     80,368 |    13,137 |     3,446 |     5,605 |     6,328 |       1,516 |    33,942 |        2,190 |    13,311 |     893
Kentucky .............|     88,395 |    23,299 |     3,506 |     1,408 |     5,488 |         381 |    43,680 |        1,144 |     9,032 |     457
Louisiana ............|    148,158 |    20,089 |    26,667 |     1,325 |    15,231 |       1,260 |    57,870 |        4,890 |    14,366 |   6,460
Maine ................|     17,013 |     7,204 |     1,314 |       236 |       511 |         277 |       872 |          116 |     3,726 |   2,757
                      |            |           |           |           |           |             |           |              |           |
Maryland .............|    938,400 |    15,993 |   375,385 |     3,670 |    15,627 |       4,029 |   362,325 |       84,121 |    52,343 |  24,907
Massachusetts ........|  1,187,272 |    10,309 |   411,724 |     4,496 |    86,732 |       6,347 |   421,414 |       56,712 |   162,272 |  27,266
Michigan .............|    454,959 |    23,757 |    40,888 |     3,477 |    14,446 |       5,207 |   253,966 |       17,111 |    82,381 |  13,726
Minnesota ............|    225,288 |    19,735 |    13,842 |     2,730 |     6,127 |       2,551 |   134,473 |        2,878 |    37,490 |   5,462
Mississippi ..........|     74,365 |    33,220 |     7,060 |     1,545 |     3,671 |         776 |    12,627 |        2,471 |     8,568 |   4,427
                      |            |           |           |           |           |             |           |              |           |
Missouri..............|    293,247 |    26,888 |     9,291 |     3,514 |     5,584 |         392 |   218,661 |        4,638 |    22,500 |   1,779
Montana ..............|     38,938 |     8,914 |     4,528 |     2,048 |     1,591 |         508 |     5,165 |        2,202 |    12,888 |   1,094
Nebraska .............|     65,110 |    15,974 |     3,393 |       706 |       897 |          24 |    22,531 |        1,352 |    14,538 |   5,695
Nevada ...............|     27,301 |     3,232 |     1,332 |       198 |     3,908 |       1,004 |     6,497 |          922 |     7,666 |   2,542
New Hampshire ........|     77,345 |     4,104 |     3,375 |       459 |     1,142 |         356 |    39,056 |       12,957 |    12,446 |   3,450
                      |            |           |           |           |           |             |           |              |           |
New Jersey ...........|    285,297 |    11,268 |    25,827 |     1,073 |    75,165 |       4,045 |    95,162 |        8,064 |    54,410 |  10,283
New Mexico ...........|    678,817 |     9,454 |    45,516 |     3,284 |   555,757 |         395 |    24,077 |       23,136 |    14,928 |   2,270
New York .............|  1,463,124 |    26,916 |    62,246 |    10,149 |   378,262 |       3,565 |   720,571 |       23,153 |   220,194 |  18,068
North Carolina .......|    543,479 |    36,996 |    34,707 |     8,340 |    11,556 |       7,231 |   361,143 |        8,146 |    51,803 |  23,557
North Dakota .........|     39,418 |     9,942 |     2,781 |     1,067 |    14,842 |         492 |     3,765 |          944 |     4,497 |   1,088
                      |            |           |           |           |           |             |           |              |           |
Ohio .................|    400,015 |    22,127 |    53,047 |     3,843 |     9,183 |       3,862 |   234,896 |       15,802 |    47,300 |   9,955
Oklahoma .............|     79,505 |    17,842 |     5,395 |     1,667 |     3,087 |       1,168 |    22,899 |        8,351 |    14,543 |   4,553
Oregon ...............|    173,839 |    21,584 |    14,527 |     6,153 |     9,704 |       4,464 |    70,470 |        4,689 |    29,993 |  12,255
Pennsylvania .........|    895,194 |    24,754 |   166,944 |     8,168 |    45,040 |       3,602 |   502,846 |       15,917 |   121,083 |   6,840
Rhode Island .........|     74,012 |     7,379 |    12,190 |         0 |     3,069 |         275 |    24,751 |        2,358 |    16,390 |   7,600
                      |            |           |           |           |           |             |           |              |           |
South Carolina .......|    111,858 |    16,260 |    17,010 |     1,357 |    24,071 |         299 |    34,920 |        2,269 |    11,256 |   4,416
South Dakota .........|     19,334 |     9,910 |       967 |       328 |         0 |           0 |       926 |        1,368 |     5,384 |     451
Tennessee ............|    207,613 |    25,466 |    12,290 |     2,442 |     7,512 |       1,069 |   134,230 |        6,360 |    14,847 |   3,397
Texas ................|    772,016 |    39,769 |    90,591 |     7,835 |    25,241 |       2,779 |   465,015 |       35,699 |    91,032 |  14,055
Utah .................|    136,090 |     7,331 |    25,351 |     2,251 |     7,005 |         509 |    66,192 |        4,630 |    21,557 |   1,264
                      |            |           |           |           |           |             |           |              |           |
Vermont ..............|     44,143 |     9,325 |     1,419 |     1,802 |     1,023 |          74 |    25,809 |          470 |     3,622 |     599
Virginia .............|    328,581 |    20,692 |    23,115 |     4,467 |    88,957 |       1,044 |   116,181 |       20,056 |    40,999 |  13,070
Washington ...........|    393,809 |    21,250 |    36,798 |     3,182 |    22,859 |       2,218 |   228,671 |       10,025 |    55,561 |  13,245
West Virginia.........|     84,002 |     8,139 |     7,823 |       855 |     2,076 |       4,794 |     8,016 |       18,119 |    34,080 |     100
Wisconsin ............|    297,040 |    19,942 |    14,841 |     7,477 |    18,538 |       1,369 |   162,865 |       12,283 |    50,537 |   9,188
Wyoming ..............|     17,259 |     4,188 |     2,435 |       236 |       341 |         154 |       908 |          697 |     7,419 |     881
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   Outlying areas ....|     73,615 |    20,351 |     3,822 |     1,613 |     1,049 |         424 |    24,270 |        3,154 |    18,170 |     762
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American Samoa .......|      1,173 |     1,029 |         0 |        94 |        50 |           0 |         0 |            0 |         0 |       0
Guam .................|      3,696 |     2,289 |       200 |       102 |         0 |         354 |       553 |            0 |       158 |      40
Puerto Rico ..........|     64,010 |    12,351 |     3,622 |     1,417 |       999 |          70 |    23,717 |        3,154 |    17,978 |     702
Trust Territory of    |            |           |           |           |           |             |           |              |           |
   the Pacific .......|      2,731 |     2,731 |         0 |         0 |         0 |           0 |         0 |            0 |         0 |       0
Virgin Islands .......|      2,005 |     1,951 |         0 |         0 |         0 |           0 |         0 |            0 |        34 |      20
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\1\Dollars reflect actual obligations during the fiscal year regardless of when the funds were actually spent by a recipient institution. Data include obligations to federally funded research and development centers administered by colleges and universities.
\2\Includes U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of the Interior, Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Transportation, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Federal Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions, Fiscal Year 1996. (This table was prepared May 1998.)


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