Research Expenditures as an Approximate Percentage of Personal Income, 2005

Research expenditures (figure 8) are here equated to personal income by using the $2005 dollar equivalents of the 2001-2003 expenditure means and the 2005 personal income figures (figure 10), expressing the approximating ratio as $'s of state-funded university research per $1000's of personal income. At $.22 / $1000 of personal income, Rhode Island's last place level is only 18.5% of the national average.

Source: See figures 8 and 10.
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