The Milken Institute's latest State Science and Technology Index is out, and Georgia ranks right in the middle of all states at #25.  The AJC ran a modified AP article that devoted considerable ink to the state of California, which dropped from its longtime #2 ranking (behind Massachusetts) to #4.  Curiously, they did not mention Georgia's steady slip from as high as 15th place 6 years ago to 18th four years ago and 25th now. 

The category most responsible for Georgia's slip in the rankings, Technology and Science Workforce Composite Index measures the number of people working in various fields per 100,000 residents.  In growing fields like biomedical engineering, Massachusetts has more than 15 times the number of per capita workers that Georgia does.