America's Top States for Business 2011 - Quality of Life Rankings

Quality of Life - 2011

The best places to do business are also the best places to live. We scored the states on several factors, including local attractions, the crime rate, health care, as well as air and water quality.

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

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