States Ranked By All 43 Factors (15-28)

FACTORS	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Alabama	18	40	25	6	8	29	9	17	7	16	6	24	12	20
Alaska	6	13	50	18	48	50	35	28	18	4	50	1	32	1
Arizona	3	19	37	9	6	24	28	50	3	14	13	6	16	39
Arkansas	15	47	34	5	12	11	14	26	8	41	5	47	4	25
California	36	2	12	NA	7	19	22	30	37	26	40	2	38	28
Colorado	5	17	38	NA	43	45	43	44	28	29	38	32	41	37
Connecticut	44	3	4	40	33	15	32	25	48	9	48	16	50	28
Delaware	41	10	7	20	45	46	34	43	33	22	49	50	46	44
Florida	10	20	9	11	15	44	23	35	9	36	14	8	31	28
Georgia	37	22	20	13	17	23	12	32	25	38	33	21	25	33
Hawaii	28	1	13	27	36	47	4	3	23	12	44	34	39	2
Idaho	8	37	44	7	20	40	40	47	14	45	9	49	10	6
Illinois	46	18	11	35	23	24	18	41	31	11	41	26	44	33
Indiana	28	39	16	NA	38	11	40	33	34	44	20	37	23	16
Iowa	33	48	33	33	32	34	43	22	26	17	22	43	21	48
Kansas	39	41	40	22	23	43	37	23	20	23	23	13	28	43
Kentucky	25	43	23	12	10	8	9	18	15	39	12	42	9	37
Louisiana	23	35	22	NA	2	19	3	12	12	3	17	9	8	12
Maine	19	16	36	NA	34	2	9	13	40	34	7	4	15	20
Maryland	43	9	5	40	36	34	30	20	40	48	35	7	45	14
Massachusetts	48	4	3	44	38	6	40	2	50	12	43	5	48	40
Michigan	42	32	14	29	22	16	16	16	29	24	29	22	35	12
Minnesota	39	21	31	38	40	10	37	49	44	33	39	21	40	46
Mississippi	33	49	32	9	3	18	1	11	1	21	1	45	1	37
Missouri	17	33	27	13	28	21	16	6	22	8	24	17	26	33
Montana	2	38	48	16	16	39	31	37	9	35	3	18	5	8
Nebraska	38	44	42	31	43	31	43	19	24	46	30	46	24	48
Nevada	1	11	43	1	42	48	36	46	2	5	42	27	42	39
New Hampshire	30	8	18	24	50	1	50	14	47	41	32	3	43	10
New Jersey	50	5	1	43	47	27	32	8	43	43	46	29	49	20
New Mexico	4	23	45	4	1	37	6	48	5	5	15	44	3	5
New York	49	7	6	35	10	4	5	1	40	47	45	12	47	33
North Carolina	22	27	17	13	19	27	27	15	20	40	31	32	19	29
North Dakota	14	42	47	33	29	26	48	27	45	1	8	19	13	50
Ohio	45	28	8	29	20	6	18	23	39	48	28	23	30	14
Oklahoma	10	45	35	7	8	32	13	9	16	37	4	16	6	23
Oregon	9	26	39	18	27	38	18	39	26	20	21	40	27	43
Pennsylvania	26	24	10	40	25	5	21	7	32	30	25	28	34	37
Rhode Island	47	6	2	38	34	9	24	4	49	10	19	12	33	8
South Carolina	30	31	21	27	13	22	25	42	4	18	11	25	11	23
South Dakota	33	50	46	31	17	36	46	30	5	28	18	48	14	49
Tennessee	19	36	19	2	14	14	7	33	9	26	26	39	18	4
Texas	30	34	29	NA	5	33	8	39	13	2	34	33	20	25
Utah	13	25	41	20	49	42	46	36	30	50	10	38	7	45
Vermont	19	12	30	26	40	13	14	9	38	14	16	14	22	23
Virginia	23	15	15	24	29	41	28	21	46	31	37	10	37	16
Washington	16	14	26	16	26	30	26	29	35	7	36	32	36	41
West Virginia	12	46	28	23	4	3	2	5	17	32	2	41	2	10
Wisconsin	26	29	24	35	46	17	49	45	35	18	27	36	29	20
Wyoming	6	30	49	2	29	49	39	38	18	25	47	36	17	3

State Rankings for the 43 factors considered

[43 Factors] [Press Release] [1998 Rankings]

[Award Rankings 1991 to 1998]