Tracking U.S. Trends

This year, for the first time, Technology Counts assigns letter grades to the states on leadership in three core areas of technology policy and practice: access, use, and capacity.

On average, state performance in technology is, well, relatively average. The typical state receives a C-plus, and a majority of the states fall somewhere between a C-plus and a C-minus.

But some states stand out. Two received high marks for their technology leadership: West Virginia earned an A, and Virginia received an A-minus. A handful of states, meanwhile, lagged behind most of the pack. Minnesota, Oregon, and Rhode Island each received an overall grade of D. Nevada ranked last in the...