Top 10 Most Friendly Livable Cheap States USA United States America
Top 10 September 16, 2017, by admin
Top 10 Most Friendly Livable Cheap States US United States America
Top 10 Most Friendly Livable Cheap States in US 2017
States receive points based on their rankings in each metric. We separate those metrics into 10 broad categories. We then assign a point weighting to each category based on how frequently it is used as a selling point in state economic development marketing materials. For example, if more states tout their low business costs, the "Cost of Doing Business" category carries greater weight. That way, our study ranks the states based on the criteria they use to sell themselves.
Top 10 Most Friendly Livable Cheap States Methodology
Many states point with great pride to the quality and availability of their workers, as well as government-sponsored programs to train them. We rate states based on the education level of their workforce, the numbers of available employees, and the states' demonstrated abilities to retain college-educated workers. We measure workforce productivity based on each state's economic output per job. We look at the relative success of each state's worker training programs in placing their participants in jobs. We also consider union membership and the states' right-to-work laws. While organized labor contends that a union workforce is a quality workforce, that argument, more often than not, does not resonate with business.
State information
Overall |
State |
Workforce |
Cost of Doing Business |
Infra-structure |
Business Friendliness |
Cost of Living |
Access to Capital |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Utah |
12 |
19 |
13 |
10 |
22 |
24 |
2 |
Texas |
8 |
23 |
2 |
18 |
21 |
7 |
3 |
Colorado |
1 |
37 |
29 |
9 |
32 |
8 |
4 |
Minnesota |
15 |
35 |
5 |
27 |
27 |
21 |
5 |
North Carolina |
9 |
18 |
30 |
15 |
18 |
2 |
6 |
Washington |
11 |
30 |
39 |
30 |
37 |
10 |
7 |
Michigan |
29 |
12 |
27 |
30 |
10 |
4 |
8 |
Georgia |
7 |
31 |
4 |
14 |
17 |
6 |
9 |
Iowa |
37 |
2 |
16 |
15 |
12 |
40 |
10 |
Florida |
14 |
32 |
10 |
22 |
28 |
14 |
11 |
Nebraska |
19 |
15 |
20 |
7 |
15 |
31 |
12 |
North Dakota |
4 |
29 |
6 |
4 |
26 |
33 |
13 |
Virginia |
3 |
36 |
32 |
3 |
30 |
15 |
13 |
Wyoming |
6 |
21 |
12 |
21 |
29 |
50 |
15 |
Idaho |
28 |
6 |
25 |
5 |
7 |
22 |
16 |
Indiana |
36 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
8 |
18 |
17 |
Oregon |
31 |
27 |
37 |
38 |
36 |
22 |
18 |
Tennessee |
22 |
10 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
17 |
19 |
South Dakota |
32 |
4 |
28 |
2 |
20 |
32 |
20 |
Massachusetts |
2 |
46 |
42 |
20 |
44 |
19 |
21 |
Ohio |
43 |
15 |
7 |
37 |
9 |
9 |
22 |
Montana |
45 |
8 |
24 |
23 |
24 |
40 |
23 |
Wisconsin |
26 |
28 |
19 |
36 |
23 |
13 |
24 |
Illinois |
16 |
24 |
16 |
48 |
34 |
1 |
25 |
Arizona |
5 |
40 |
16 |
8 |
31 |
28 |
26 |
New Hampshire |
26 |
39 |
49 |
1 |
42 |
43 |
27 |
South Carolina |
20 |
19 |
21 |
27 |
19 |
29 |
28 |
Kansas |
30 |
26 |
8 |
19 |
16 |
42 |
29 |
New York |
35 |
44 |
43 |
45 |
49 |
11 |
30 |
Maryland |
10 |
48 |
44 |
26 |
38 |
26 |
31 |
Missouri |
49 |
14 |
9 |
15 |
11 |
20 |
32 |
California |
21 |
49 |
33 |
50 |
47 |
2 |
33 |
Pennsylvania |
33 |
34 |
35 |
35 |
35 |
12 |
34 |
New Jersey |
16 |
42 |
44 |
44 |
41 |
5 |
35 |
Kentucky |
46 |
5 |
14 |
41 |
2 |
38 |
36 |
Vermont |
47 |
43 |
41 |
30 |
40 |
49 |
37 |
Delaware |
13 |
38 |
36 |
11 |
48 |
46 |
38 |
Alabama |
38 |
17 |
21 |
30 |
4 |
16 |
39 |
New Mexico |
42 |
24 |
14 |
43 |
25 |
46 |
40 |
Nevada |
23 |
22 |
11 |
23 |
33 |
44 |
41 |
Arkansas |
34 |
9 |
21 |
42 |
3 |
39 |
42 |
Oklahoma |
41 |
13 |
26 |
12 |
6 |
35 |
43 |
Connecticut |
18 |
47 |
47 |
29 |
46 |
25 |
44 |
Louisiana |
25 |
7 |
34 |
40 |
14 |
30 |
45 |
Alaska |
38 |
41 |
37 |
25 |
45 |
36 |
46 |
Maine |
50 |
33 |
48 |
34 |
39 |
27 |
47 |
Mississippi |
44 |
3 |
31 |
47 |
1 |
34 |
47 |
West Virginia |
40 |
11 |
39 |
49 |
13 |
48 |
49 |
Hawaii |
48 |
50 |
46 |
46 |
50 |
37 |
50 |
Rhode Island |
23 |
45 |
50 |
39 |
43 |
45 |
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