Americas Top States For Business 2010

Business Friendliness - 2010

Regulation and litigation are the bane of business. Sure, some of each is inevitable. But we graded the states on the perceived “friendliness” of their legal and regulatory frameworks to business.

Here are the ten categories ranked in our study:

     - Cost of Doing Business
     - Workforce
     - Quality of Life
     - Economy
     - Transportation & Infrastructure

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

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