States Ranked By All 43 Factors (1-14)

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

State Rankings for the 43 factors considered

[43 Factors] [Press Release] [1999 Rankings]

[Award Rankings 1991 to 1999]