America's Top States for Business 2011 - Technology & Innovation Rankings

Technology & Innovation - 2011

Succeeding in the new economy—or any economy—takes innovation. The top states for business prize innovation, nurture new ideas, and have the infrastructure to support them. We evaluated the states on their support for innovation, the number of patents issued to their residents, and the deployment of broadband services. We also considered federal health and science research grants to the states.

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

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