America's Top States for Business 2011 - Access to Capital Rankings

Access to Capital - 2011

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

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