America's Top States for Business 2011 - Infrastructure & Transportation Rankings

Infrastructure & Transportation - 2011

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

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