THE WINNERS BY CATEGORY
- Overall: #1 Virginia
- Cost of Doing Business: #1 Iowa
- Workforce: #1 Arizona
- Quality of Life: #1 Hawaii
- Economy: #1 North Dakota
- Infrastructure & Transportation: #1 Texas
- Technology & Innovation: #1 California
- Education: #1 New York
- Business Friendliness: #1 Delaware
- Access to Capital: #1 California
- Cost of Living: #1 Kentucky
STATE BY STATE RANKINGS
- Alabama (#41)
- Alaska (#49)
- Arizona (#24)
- Arkansas (#33)
- California (#32)
- Colorado (#5)
- Connecticut (#39)
- Delaware (#36)
- Florida (#18)
- Georgia (#4)
- Hawaii (#48)
- Idaho (#31)
- Illinois (#22)
- Indiana (#15)
- Iowa (#9)
- Kansas (#11)
- Kentucky (#35)
- Louisiana (#42)
- Maine (#40)
- Maryland (#29)
- Massachusetts (#6)
- Michigan (#34)
- Minnesota (#7)
- Mississippi (#47)
- Missouri (#16)
- Montana (#38)
- Nebraska (#10)
- Nevada (#45)
- New Hampshire (#17)
- New Jersey (#30)
- New Mexico (#43)
- New York (#26)
- North Carolina (#3)
- North Dakota (#13)
- Ohio (#23)
- Oklahoma (#28)
- Oregon (#27)
- Pennsylvania (#12)
- Rhode Island (#50)
- South Carolina (#37)
- South Dakota (#13)
- Tennessee (#18)
- Texas (#2)
- Utah (#8)
- Vermont (#44)
- Virginia (#1)
- Washington (#20)
- West Virginia (#46)
- Wisconsin (#25)
- Wyoming (#21)
CNBC's Top States For Business 2011 Countdown—Colorado Is No. 5
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Tuesday, 28 Jun 2011 | 8:47 AM ET
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By: CNBC.com
The Centennial State slipped to the No. 5 spot in CNBC's 2011 edition of America's Top States for Business, having placed third last year.
Competitors aside, Colorado improved its own overall score by 56 points (1,512) from a year ago, only to finish one point behind the No. 4 state this year.
The Centennial State took its largest forward leap in the Infrastructure & Transportation category.
Yet Colorado fell from its 2010 rankings in six of the 10 categories, including Cost of Doing Business, Quality of Life, Economy, Education, Technology & Innovation, and Business Friendliness.
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By far the largest fall came from the State Economy category, pushing Colorado 18 spots lower on the pecking order.
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