America's Worst States For Business-You guessed it and Malloy nailed it again!

We score all 50 states on 56 measures of competitiveness, developed using input from business groups, economic development experts, companies and the states themselves. States receive points based on their rankings in each metric. We then separate those metrics into 10 broad categories, weighting the categories based on how frequently they are cited in state economic development marketing materials. That way, our study ranks the states based on the criteria they use to sell themselves.

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

America's Top States For Business