Americas Top States For Business 2010

Transportation - 2010

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

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