The Public Policy Institute



Table 8

Major New Corporate Facilities, 1999

Rank

State

Amt.

 

Rank

State

Amt.

1

Michigan

2,174

 

27

Maryland

43

2

California

2,137

 

28

Maine

39

3

Ohio

1,141

 

29

Nevada

36

4

Texas

939

 

30

Colorado

31

5

NEW YORK

934

 

31

New Jersey

30

6

Illinois

872

 

32

Nebraska

27

7

North Carolina

793

 

33

South Dakota

26

8

Minnesota

435

 

34

Washington

24

9

Pennsylvania

386

 

35

North Dakota

19

10

Virginia

357

 

36

New Mexico

18

11

Florida

299

 

37

Kansas

14

12

Kentucky

279

 

38

Connecticut

13

13

South Carolina

253

 

39

Louisiana

8

14

Alabama

218

 

40

Vermont

7

15

Wisconsin

162

 

41

Utah

7

16

Arizona

150

 

42

Idaho

6

17

Indiana

121

 

43

Wyoming

6

18

Arkansas

102

 

44

Oregon

6

19

Iowa

94

 

45

Delaware

4

20

Georgia

93

 

46

Alaska

3

21

Mississippi

90

 

47

New Hampshire

2

22

Missouri

72

 

48

Rhode Island

2

23

Tennessee

59

 

49

Hawaii

2

24

West Virginia

54

 

50

Montana

0

25

Massachusetts

52

 

U.S. total

12,702

26

Oklahoma

51

 

N.Y.S. % of U.S. total

7.4%

Source: Site Selection magazine

New York ranked 6th among the states for major new manufacturing facilities in 1999, with 117.

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