States Ranked By All 43 Factors (15-28)

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

State Rankings for the 43 factors considered

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

[Award Rankings 1991 to 1999]