We scored all 50 states—the usage of publicly to be had knowledge—on 40 other measures of competitiveness. States gained issues in keeping with their ratings in every metric. Then, we separated the ones metrics into the 10 large classes, with enter from industry teams together with the National Association of Manufacturers. We weighted the types in keeping with how regularly every is cited in state financial construction advertising fabrics.
America’s Top States for Business 2007
OVERALL | State | Cost of Doing Business | Workforce | Economy | Education | Quality of Life | Technology & Innovation | Infra-structure | Cost of Living | Business Friendliness | Access to Capital |
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1 | Virginia | 12 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 35 | 4 | 12 |
2 | Texas | 27 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 3 |
3 | Utah | 8 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 14 |
4 | Georgia | 21 | 2 | 17 | 28 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 11 |
5 | North Carolina | 22 | 1 | 22 | 30 | 28 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
6 | Idaho | 1 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 35 | 37 |
7 | Colorado | 26 | 17 | 11 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 7 |
8 | Minnesota | 31 | 22 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 13 |
8 | Florida | 43 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 15 |
10 | Arizona | 23 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 37 | 20 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 20 |
11 | Iowa | 5 | 15 | 35 | 14 | 22 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 41 |
12 | Massachusetts | 40 | 26 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 43 | 13 | 2 |
13 | North Dakota | 1 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 48 |
14 | Wyoming | 11 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 49 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 44 |
15 | New Jersey | 45 | 40 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 48 | 27 | 5 |
16 | Kansas | 24 | 14 | 28 | 13 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
17 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 45 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
18 | South Dakota | 3 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 50 | 47 | 1 | 6 | 48 |
19 | Pennsylvania | 42 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 30 | 10 |
20 | Nebraska | 25 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 35 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 40 |
21 | New York | 50 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 39 | 4 |
22 | Washington | 36 | 37 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 35 | 6 |
23 | Oregon | 18 | 19 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 43 | 38 | 31 | 19 |
24 | New Hampshire | 35 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 40 | 41 | 3 | 24 |
25 | Missouri | 6 | 30 | 36 | 18 | 40 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 24 | 21 |
26 | Indiana | 12 | 31 | 48 | 23 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 26 |
27 | Maryland | 29 | 33 | 15 | 26 | 37 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 20 | 8 |
28 | California | 48 | 33 | 6 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 49 | 48 | 1 |
29 | South Carolina | 10 | 3 | 38 | 35 | 50 | 31 | 17 | 19 | 27 | 33 |
30 | Ohio | 33 | 48 | 37 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 33 | 18 |
31 | Connecticut | 47 | 44 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 45 | 43 | 16 | 17 |
32 | Oklahoma | 8 | 9 | 26 | 47 | 42 | 35 | 35 | 3 | 42 | 28 |
33 | Wisconsin | 30 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 27 |
34 | Kentucky | 7 | 25 | 39 | 36 | 41 | 37 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 29 |
34 | Montana | 19 | 45 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 45 | 33 | 25 | 44 | 47 |
36 | Arkansas | 4 | 4 | 41 | 40 | 49 | 43 | 44 | 2 | 40 | 34 |
37 | Alabama | 16 | 31 | 13 | 48 | 43 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 36 |
38 | Vermont | 38 | 29 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 46 | 41 | 35 | 46 |
39 | Illinois | 44 | 47 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 38 | 16 |
40 | Delaware | 31 | 20 | 14 | 28 | 43 | 28 | 39 | 30 | 1 | 39 |
41 | Michigan | 38 | 36 | 46 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 24 | 22 |
42 | Maine | 34 | 37 | 40 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 35 | 38 | 27 | 32 |
43 | Nevada | 41 | 21 | 18 | 49 | 30 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 38 |
44 | West Virginia | 15 | 42 | 44 | 33 | 33 | 48 | 41 | 21 | 50 | 35 |
45 | New Mexico | 20 | 41 | 21 | 43 | 48 | 40 | 27 | 27 | 44 | 31 |
46 | Mississippi | 17 | 16 | 49 | 50 | 47 | 45 | 32 | 6 | 43 | 43 |
47 | Louisiana | 27 | 27 | 45 | 42 | 46 | 38 | 35 | 18 | 41 | 45 |
48 | Rhode Island | 46 | 28 | 43 | 22 | 31 | 30 | 48 | 45 | 46 | 25 |
49 | Hawaii | 49 | 49 | 8 | 38 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 50 | 46 | 42 |
50 | Alaska | 37 | 43 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 42 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 48 |