State Rankings for the 43 factors considered

[43 Factors] [Press Release] [2000 Rankings]

[Award Rankings 1991 to 2000]

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

Factors 29-43

[Factors 1-14] [Factors 15-28]

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FACTORS

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

Alabama

12

3

9

21

14

12

31

14

28

46

38

44

25

45

30

Alaska

50

15

49

2

32

32

21

11

26

1

1

13

18

40

48

Arizona

14

14

17

31

20

9

24

8

46

49

50

12

48

30

5

Arkansas

2

24

2

34

1

16

10

6

26

42

38

11

30

48

22

California

34

22

12

5

35

6

38

28

41

41

47

2

2

2

15

Colorado

45

27

47

36

50

20

5

30

32

17

45

18

45

28

41

Connecticut

47

49

22

8

48

44

39

47

13

16

14

20

11

4

27

Delaware

38

19

30

28

33

12

44

48

26

29

22

34

32

14

9

Florida

11

4

17

7

26

2

46

9

48

48

43

17

50

35

12

Georgia

25

5

11

33

15

6

16

19

49

41

34

32

49

25

8

Hawaii

37

13

28

1

31

28

50

17

15

50

48

3

7

49

43

Idaho

20

37

19

47

11

30

19

18

35

21

30

25

35

46

35

Illinois

40

39

25

15

34

35

38

36

11

16

16

15

3

15

25

Indiana

32

25

21

50

4

40

10

44

29

26

10

39

24

2

18

Iowa

19

46

40

37

11

38

13

33

45

16

22

41

19

31

36

Kansas

22

34

44

43

43

45

12

29

33

35

40

16

21

28

23

Kentucky

15

21

5

33

9

12

29

39

31

33

16

41

36

44

24

Louisiana

9

2

8

9

7

17

33

46

20

47

38

14

8

40

7

Maine

17

43

38

12

5

50

16

25

43

8

22

50

31

32

37

Maryland

48

28

29

26

49

28

41

34

40

32

30

21

17

18

28

Massachusetts

39

36

33

3

47

48

49

41

5

22

22

4

13

8

33

Michigan

35

30

31

46

22

23

45

50

5

4

5

48

9

12

34

Minnesota

46

48

46

15

47

25

48

37

35

3

14

47

40

14

50

Mississippi

3

1

4

19

7

6

23

3

9

44

34

45

29

20

3

Missouri

28

29

20

35

24

39

42

27

3

30

26

39

33

30

26

Montana

5

42

43

44

30

29

1

24

38

6

10

26

27

17

49

Nebraska

21

44

40

48

16

33

26

16

1

19

34

30

16

19

38

Nevada

33

8

43

6

14

16

18

21

48

20

46

7

44

50

11

New Hampshire

42

16

23

17

36

44

6

22

50

7

22

24

37

6

17

New Jersey

49

50

36

18

44

36

43

43

17

27

23

9

6

3

6

New Mexico

4

9

10

15

27

28

40

5

22

35

49

37

10

24

29

New York

26

10

15

4

37

44

47

32

38

16

14

1

1

8

19

North Carolina

24

12

14

25

29

9

22

12

20

37

34

35

47

33

17

North Dakota

8

45

26

39

26

35

16

7

8

2

22

23

14

10

41

Ohio

27

23

34

31

18

37

35

49

12

23

6

28

5

22

31

Oklahoma

7

20

28

42

12

16

34

20

39

38

42

33

26

24

14

Oregon

30

18

32

22

40

18

4

38

8

28

2

8

38

28

42

Pennsylvania

29

34

24

25

22

16

27

40

8

26

8

46

4

6

10

Rhode Island

31

11

13

10

41

41

28

4

31

18

30

5

23

22

32

South Carolina

16

6

8

23

17

6

31

2

22

43

38

49

43

43

20

South Dakota

6

42

35

16

19

46

17

1

20

9

26

28

22

34

46

Tennessee

10

17

3

11

3

1

10

10

14

39

30

36

41

47

1

Texas

18

7

6

41

29

9

2

13

45

45

45

6

46

37

4

Utah

41

47

45

49

39

22

36

15

36

24

40

42

12

42

13

Vermont

23

42

38

46

38

49

25

23

43

5

4

20

28

41

45

Virginia

43

31

18

39

45

20

12

26

17

36

26

31

42

36

21

Washington

44

26

50

21

42

25

3

45

26

12

3

10

39

17

39

West Virginia

1

32

1

29

2

22

33

31

2

31

7

44

15

9

2

Wisconsin

36

38

41

40

23

32

7

42

11

11

14

30

34

12

44

Wyoming

13

35

48

28

8

48

20

35

28

10

42

22

20

40

47

Source: Morgan Quitno Press