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Northeast-Midwest Weekly Update -- 28 April 1997
- Subject: Northeast-Midwest Weekly Update -- 28 April 1997
- From: gstarnes@nemw.org
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 16:39:35 GMT
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Northeast-Midwest Institute
WEEKLY UPDATE
28 April 1997
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TOP OF THE NEWS
NEW ENGLAND LEADS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SPENDING
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Northeastern states spent more on research and development as a
percent of gross state product than any other region in fiscal 1993,
according to the most recent data released by the National Science
Foundation. As outlined in the table below, Massachusetts, Maryland,
Delaware, and New Jersey led the region, with R&D spending levels
over 4 percent of their gross state products.
R&D spending includes expenditures by the federal government,
industry, universities and colleges, federally-funded R&D centers,
and non-profit organizations. A concentration of federal research
facilities (i.e., National Institute of Health and Goddard Space
Flight Center) help account for Maryland's high 6.2 percent rate,
while the presence of large research universities (i.e., Harvard and
M.I.T.) raised Massachusetts's rate to 5.7 percent.
Midwestern states tended to devote less of their resources than
the Northeast to R&D, yet the region's average, 2.7 percent, exceeded
the national average of 2.6 percent. Spending levels ranged from a
high of 5.1 percent of gross state product in Michigan to 1.5 percent
in Iowa.
CONTACT: Alyssa Farber at the Northeast-Midwest Institute (544-
5200).
NORTHEAST'S POVERTY POPULATION GROWS
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All states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region gained in
their share of the 5-to-17 year old poverty population in the years
after the 1990 census, according to recently-released data from the
Census Bureau. In the Midwest, all states, with the exception of
Michigan, lost in their share of this population.
When Congress last reauthorized the Chapter I program of
compensatory education for disadvantaged children, lawmakers also
directed the Census Bureau to develop biennial estimates of poverty
populations. The just-released poverty estimates for 1993 will be
used in the next round of Chapter I (and other) funding allocations
to the states.
New York recorded the largest gain in share of the youth poverty
population, which rose from 7.03 percent to 7.96 percent.
Massachusetts's share rose from 1.49 percent to 1.76 percent. The
largest decrease was posted by Illinois, which went from 4.35 percent
to 4.07 percent, followed by Ohio, which fell from 4.26 percent to
4.05 percent.
The Northeast-Midwest Institute prepared for its subscribers a
short report and state-by-state table on these new poverty numbers.
CONTACT: Paula Duggan at the Northeast-Midwest Institute (544-
5200).
HOUSE MEMBERS SUPPORT ENERGY EFFICIENCY
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Twenty-three members of the Northeast-Midwest Congressional
Coalition recently requested appropriations for key federal energy
efficiency programs. The lawmakers, led by Reps. Bob Franks (R-NJ)
and Marty Meehan (D-MA), paid special attention to the Office of
Industrial Technologies, State Energy Conservation Program, and
Energy Information Administration.
The Office of Industrial Technologies within the U.S. Department
of Energy extends objective technical support to manufacturers and
helps research and develop the energy efficient technologies needed
to sustain the competitiveness of energy-intensive industries.
CONTACT: David Richardson and Diane DeVaul at the Northeast-
Midwest Institute (544-5200).
R&D SPENDING AND GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT BY STATE: 1993 1/
(in millions of dollars)
R&D as a
Gross State Percent
State/Region Total R&D Product of GSP
New England
Connecticut 2,809 100,316 2.80
Maine 114 24,710 0.50
Massachusetts 9,486 167,140 5.70
New Hampshire 438 26,312 1.70
Rhode Island 484 22,116 2.20
Vermont 343 12,210 2.80
Total 13,674 352,804 3.88
Mid-Atlantic
Delaware 1,247 25,555 4.90
Maryland 7,423 120,020 6.20
New Jersey 9,181 229,104 4.00
New York 10,974 504,037 2.20
Pennsylvania 8,278 273,046 3.00
Total 37,103 1,151,762 3.22
Midwest
Illinois 6,778 303,341 2.20
Indiana 2,560 126,443 2.00
Iowa 902 58,702 1.50
Michigan 10,778 213,354 5.10
Minnesota 2,922 111,951 2.60
Ohio 6,398 249,133 2.60
Wisconsin 1,851 113,142 1.60
Total 32,189 1,176,066 2.74
South
Alabama 1,967 80,775 2.40
Arkansas 301 44,726 0.70
Florida 3,526 282,481 1.20
Georgia 1,577 162,110 1.00
Kentucky 429 78,044 0.50
Louisiana 470 95,219 0.50
Mississippi 325 46,171 0.70
North Carolina 2,745 169,153 1.60
Oklahoma 533 61,482 0.90
South Carolina 713 72,771 1.00
Tennessee 1,214 114,257 1.10
Texas 6,966 430,973 1.60
Virginia 2,941 160,411 1.80
West Virginia 280 31,550 0.90
Total 23,987 1,830,123 1.31
West
Alaska 130 25,716 0.50
Arizona 1,608 78,153 2.10
California 33,721 786,408 4.30
Colorado 2,864 88,632 3.20
Hawaii 380 34,078 1.10
Idaho 477 22,916 2.10
Kansas 463 56,832 0.80
Missouri 1,789 114,458 1.60
Montana 85 16,756 0.50
Nebraska 295 38,226 0.80
Nevada 218 39,683 0.50
New Mexico 2,752 33,791 8.10
North Dakota 91 12,478 0.70
Oregon 774 66,354 1.20
South Dakota 58 15,981 0.40
Utah 753 37,607 2.00
Washington 5,422 129,569 4.20
Wyoming 63 13,569 0.50
Total 51,943 1,611,207 3.22
Northeast 50,777 1,504,566 3.37
Midwest 32,189 1,176,066 2.74
Northeast and Midwest 82,966 2,680,632 3.10
South 23,987 1,830,123 1.31
West 51,943 1,611,207 3.22
South and West 75,930 3,441,330 2.21
U.S. Total 158,896 6,121,962 2.60
1/ The Bureau of Economic Analysis has prepared gross state product data
through 1992. Gross state product data for 1993 were estimated here based
on measures of annual, state-wide, rates of change in employee compensation
and proprietors' income.
SOURCE: Northeast-Midwest Institute staff calculations from National Science
Foundation, National Patterns of R&D Resources: 1996, NSF 96-333,
(Arlington, VA, 1996), Table C-17.
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