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