State Rankings for the 43 factors considered

[43 Factors] [Press Release] [2001 Rankings]

[Award Rankings 1991 to 2001] [Methodology]

A ranking of "1" is worst, "50" is best.

Factors 1-14

[Factors 15-28] [Factors 29-43]

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FACTORS

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Alabama

6

21

5

39

30

11

13

38

29

48

42

24

4

7

Alaska

30

22

27

6

11

1

1

8

48

1

1

8

47

32

Arizona

32

3

9

17

4

23

29

14

44

33

19

4

34

4

Arkansas

13

28

16

47

21

13

27

26

34

35

48

21

9

3

California

46

30

11

14

2

6

30

10

20

25

17

6

43

17

Colorado

27

27

25

15

10

45

32

30

36

44

15

14

12

22

Connecticut

44

36

21

5

43

48

40

6

5

8

4

45

26

41

Delaware

35

14

10

13

25

22

44

17

3

18

6

36

9

16

Florida

36

1

14

32

7

31

43

15

10

43

18

7

13

15

Georgia

7

8

7

45

23

29

34

21

32

38

37

17

8

8

Hawaii

42

13

35

1

9

15

5

1

22

4

7

38

28

27

Idaho

49

42

23

29

13

6

8

50

41

16

50

8

39

28

Illinois

19

19

28

18

18

13

42

13

15

33

23

26

17

19

Indiana

38

31

33

24

12

38

44

40

12

21

44

41

19

18

Iowa

28

41

40

34

34

46

28

31

31

21

49

48

39

42

Kansas

31

20

34

35

36

29

15

22

37

21

38

30

32

26

Kentucky

24

44

22

45

18

18

20

49

23

18

12

23

13

14

Louisiana

14

4

1

38

32

3

10

29

28

28

30

3

2

8

Maine

11

45

49

9

49

34

24

11

25

3

28

31

45

47

Maryland

28

12

17

23

14

23

14

18

9

35

21

32

6

30

Massachusetts

9

40

39

2

47

46

48

7

4

25

3

43

32

45

Michigan

25

23

13

30

6

31

35

16

17

21

36

37

15

31

Minnesota

43

32

50

30

21

37

37

35

30

5

14

49

43

46

Mississippi

5

24

4

50

17

2

7

32

45

28

47

15

1

1

Missouri

9

18

12

37

38

34

33

28

25

41

45

47

23

20

Montana

17

26

32

26

26

6

6

43

43

13

31

10

35

38

Nebraska

19

25

43

33

41

40

18

41

39

12

29

41

37

39

Nevada

36

17

8

16

5

18

50

34

48

40

8

5

26

6

New Hampshire

8

50

47

8

26

44

46

2

7

49

9

44

39

49

New Jersey

19

35

24

3

48

28

35

5

1

25

13

28

15

44

New Mexico

46

2

38

22

15

6

3

19

41

5

34

1

23

5

New York

34

39

20

4

41

11

21

3

8

2

2

16

20

36

North Carolina

4

7

30

43

23

31

31

20

21

38

39

20

7

12

North Dakota

48

49

48

36

38

40

4

33

50

8

40

32

39

47

Ohio

26

29

18

21

18

18

41

23

14

28

46

39

23

23

Oklahoma

16

16

3

42

28

40

8

37

35

31

41

12

29

11

Oregon

45

10

37

20

7

6

24

46

40

35

27

22

50

25

Pennsylvania

12

43

36

10

16

16

48

12

6

31

16

46

20

40

Rhode Island

1

33

46

7

43

18

47

4

2

11

5

50

30

34

South Carolina

19

5

6

41

35

23

23

36

12

41

31

11

3

13

South Dakota

2

48

31

43

38

48

12

24

46

47

35

32

46

36

Tennessee

15

15

19

39

32

23

37

39

27

49

43

35

5

10

Texas

3

9

2

48

30

16

21

24

38

44

26

2

30

2

Utah

33

11

42

18

1

38

19

44

33

18

11

25

35

35

Vermont

41

46

44

12

50

43

24

9

11

8

20

29

49

50

Virginia

23

37

15

26

43

50

16

27

16

44

25

26

20

29

Washington

39

6

41

11

3

5

17

48

18

13

10

19

47

33

West Virginia

N/A

47

45

49

37

3

11

45

23

13

33

13

17

21

Wisconsin

18

38

26

28

28

34

39

42

19

7

24

39

37

43

Wyoming

40

34

29

25

43

23

2

47

47

16

22

17

11

24

Source: Morgan Quitno Press