Americas Top States For Business 2010

Cost of Living - 2010

The cost of living helps drive the cost of doing business. From housing to food and energy, wages go further when the cost of living is low.

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

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