I need data on the number of scientists and engineers in each state of the U.S.

The National Science Foundation has the most comprehensive statistics
available because they directly give money to colleges and
universities. The statistics of each state are listed separately by
state on the link below and directly answer your question for
doctorate degrees & higher. Statistics for undergraduate work (B.S. &
M.S.) is listed on another site by the government called the National
Center for Educational Statistics but is currently down. If you do a
google search (or click the link below) you'll see from the cached
pages, the info is there but cannot be accessed because their
webserver is currently down. Please bookmark the site and return to it
perhaps later this week. On the gmac.com link I provide, you can read,
"8. Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by
institutions of higher education". I hope the doctorate information
found at the National Science Foundation will be enough to suffice
until you are able to get the B.S. & M.S. info.


Additional Links:

Table of Doctorate Degrees Awarded by State:
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf02318/htmstart.htm

National Center for Educational Statistics (DOES NOT WORK RIGHT NOW):
http://nces.ed.gov/

Website explaning what can be found at the NCES (look near bottom of
page):
http://www.gmac.com/research/index.shtml

Website to bookmark to return to later this week for B.S. & M.S. Data:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/digest2001/

Google cache of the report you are looking for specifically (LINKS
WILL NOT WORK):
http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:TNajb3BuToEC:nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/digest2001/+&hl=en&ie=UTF8

Search Strategy:

engineering statistics "+by state":
://www.google.com/search?q=engineering+statistics+%22%2Bby+state%22


Thank you for your question, it was a pleasure to answer it!
skermit-ga

Very thorough.  Appreciate the comprehensiveness!  Exactly what I was looking for.