America's Top States For Business '09

Transportation - 2009

Access to transportation in all its modes is key to getting your products to market and your people on the move. We measured the vitality of each state’s transportation system by the value of goods shipped by air, land and water. We looked at the availability of air travel in each state, and the quality of the roads.

Here are the ten categories ranked in our study:

- Cost of Doing Business
- Workforce
- Quality of Life
- Economy
- Transportation
- Technology & Innovation
- Education
- Business Friendliness
- Access to Capital
- Cost of Living

Overall	State	Cost of Business	Workforce	Quality of Life	Economy	Transportation	Technology & Innovation	Education	Business Friendliness	Access to Capital	Cost of Living
2	Texas	33	14	32	1	1	3	30	20	4	7
29	Ohio	29	46	36	33	2	10	15	43	14	17
10	Georgia	17	1	42	38	3	17	27	15	15	3
34	Kentucky	8	19	46	44	4	32	35	31	33	9
15	Indiana	13	31	32	46	4	23	21	4	36	13
14	Missouri	4	34	41	25	6	21	21	23	26	5
20	Tennessee	19	4	49	39	6	25	44	10	20	3
9	North Carolina	16	2	31	42	8	13	24	12	36	19
7	Kansas	23	10	28	6	9	27	11	12	24	5
1	Virginia	26	8	18	7	10	12	7	2	18	27
26	Wisconsin	27	44	23	36	11	18	11	30	32	21
6	Minnesota	30	28	13	9	12	9	10	18	19	32
25	Illinois	38	41	25	21	12	4	19	43	13	23
18(tie)	Oregon	20	13	22	39	14	19	37	26	16	38
32	California	49	23	19	12	15	1	31	49	1	49
33	Pennsylvania	41	43	26	37	15	8	6	36	7	27
11	Nebraska	12	24	15	7	17	32	19	6	36	11
28	Florida	43	3	27	43	18	15	40	26	12	40
16(tie)	North Dakota	6	27	14	28	19	47	24	12	11	17
41	Michigan	31	39	40	45	20	7	34	39	10	23
12	South Dakota	2	17	12	29	21	48	27	3	36	7
43	New Mexico	25	33	30	32	21	32	48	45	21	29
36	New York	50	50	16	20	23	2	2	42	3	47
38	Montana	27	40	21	9	24	45	17	41	36	31
18(tie)	Arizona	23	4	35	33	25	20	45	7	22	34
39	Alabama	18	14	47	33	26	30	37	34	31	9
13	Wyoming	14	16	5	2	27	50	16	25	36	25
22	Idaho	11	7	17	30	28	37	47	29	36	13
47	Nevada	36	18	34	49	29	40	49	20	36	36
16(tie)	Washington	32	35	11	18	30	6	18	37	5	34
4	Iowa	1	21	20	4	31	24	14	11	34	15
8	Massachusetts	40	26	6	12	31	5	1	17	2	36
31	Arkansas	3	11	44	19	33	44	32	32	36	1
5	Utah	7	9	7	14	34	26	29	7	23	21
24	New Jersey	44	38	9	21	34	15	3	39	6	45
3	Colorado	22	12	10	5	36	11	33	5	9	32
27	Maryland	42	35	29	14	36	14	13	19	8	45
40	Maine	39	45	8	26	36	41	8	24	29	38
46	West Virginia	10	48	39	11	39	49	35	50	36	15
44	Louisiana	21	35	50	21	40	37	40	32	25	25
37	South Carolina	5	6	48	47	41	29	39	35	36	19
23	Oklahoma	9	29	37	3	42	36	46	16	27	1
45	Mississippi	14	22	43	27	43	43	50	46	36	11
35	Connecticut	47	42	2	30	43	22	9	20	17	43
42	Delaware	37	19	45	41	45	32	21	1	35	29
30	Vermont	35	32	2	17	46	39	4	26	36	43
21	New Hampshire	34	30	1	14	47	31	5	9	30	40
48	Rhode Island	46	25	24	50	48	28	26	47	36	40
49	Hawaii	48	47	4	24	49	42	40	48	28	49
50	Alaska	44	49	38	47	50	46	43	37	36	47

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