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Just the Facts - Key Economic and Social Indicators for New York State

STATE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX

Rank
State
Amount
Rank
State
Amount
1 Delaware 7.81 26 New Jersey 5.00
2 Massachusetts 7.00 27 Maine 4.99
3 Wyoming 6.58 28 North Dakota 4.94
4 Utah 6.46 29 Pennsylvania 4.81
5 Washington 6.45 30 Indiana 4.80
6 Vermont 6.26 31 NEW YORK 4.77
7 Minnesota 5.95 32 Texas 4.66
8 New Hampshire 5.87 33 North Carolina 4.65
9 Connecticut 5.85 34 Georgia 4.63
10 South Dakota 5.74 35 Kentucky 4.63
11 Colorado 5.74 36 Florida
4.59
12 Virginia
5.64
 37 New Mexico
4.56
13 Oregon
5.63
 38 Ohio
4.54
14 Idaho
5.45
 39 Tennessee
4.38
15 Nebraska
5.37
 40 Illinois
4.36
16 Iowa
5.37
 41 South Carolina
4.20
17 Kansas
5.36
 42 Oklahoma
4.06
18 Maryland
5.27
 43 Alabama
3.76
19 California
5.27
 44 Arizona
3.70
20 Wisconsin
5.21
 45 Louisiana
3.64
21 Montana
5.21
 46 Nevada
3.60
22 Rhode Island
5.19
 47 Arkansas
3.55
23 Michigan
5.09
 48 Hawaii
3.30
24 Missouri
5.06
 49 West Virginia
3.30
25 Alaska
5.01
 50 Mississippi
2.74
The Beacon Hill Institute's State Competitiveness Index measures nine factors including government fiscal policy, legal/regulatory system, infrastructure, labor force, technology, and finance/prices. Higher score indicates conditions likely to produce higher incomes and better standards of living.
Source: Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University, State Competitiveness Report, www.beaconhill.org