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computer training. In 2006, Washington surpassed California in employment for software publishers, while New York led in photonics manufacturing employment and Texas led in computer training.

• Virginia’s computer systems design and related services sector was the second largest nationwide, with 119,100 workers in 2006.

• Illinois ranked in the top five nationally in four of the nine manufacturing sectors, led by electronic components with 12,500 workers in 2006.

• Minnesota’s electromedical equipment manufacturing industry ranked second in the nation with 12,600 employees, behind California with 13,100 in 2006. Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Puerto Rico rounded out the top five in this sector.

• California, Texas, Oregon and Arizona led the nation in semiconductor manufacturing employment in 2006.

• Florida, not traditionally thought of as a high-tech state, ranked in the top five in eight of the 16 industry segments.

• Michigan ranked second in R&D and testing labs with 44,300 workers in 2006, followed closely by Massachusetts with 44,100 workers.

CYBERSTATES VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

• California was the clear leader in total venture capital investments in 2007 with $13.8 billion, or 47 percent of

all U.S. venture capital investments nationwide.

• California was followed by Massachusetts, Texas, Washington and New York.

• Thirty-five cyberstates saw their venture capital investments increase in 2007; 16 saw their venture capital investments drop; and Alaska was unchanged.

CYBERSTATES R&D EXPENDITURES

• California was the leading state in total R&D expenditures with $60.5 billion in 2004, the most recent year that data are available.

• Michigan, Massachusetts, Maryland and Texas rounded out the top five cyberstates by total R&D expenditures in 2004.

• On a per capita basis, the District of Columbia had the highest concentration of R&D expenditures with $4,629 per person in 2004.

• New Mexico ranked second in per capita R&D expenditures at $2,688, followed by Maryland, Massachusetts and Connecticut. ■

The AeA is a nationwide trade association representing all segments of the technology industry. To learn more about the Cyberstates report, visit www.aeanet.org/cyberstates.