Other National Indices

50-State Competitiveness Dashboard

CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business Index

The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index

The Milken Institute’s State Technology & Science Index

Other National Indices for the Competitiveness Dashboard

In addition to our six indices, which consolidate business cost, economic, and talent data into composite indicators for state comparisons, we have collated historical rankings from leading science, technology, and innovation and business environment indices. This information is meant to be provide helpful complementary information for MATTERS users to cross-reference in navigating our Competitiveness Dashboard. The tables below are updated to reflect the most recent rankings produced by each index.

CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business Index

CNBC scores all 50 states on more than 60 measures of competitiveness, developed with input from an array of business and policy experts, official government sources, the CNBC Global CFO Council, and the states themselves. The study ranks the states based on the criteria they used to sell themselves. Click here for more on America’s Top States for Business.

State	2022	2021	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
AK - Alaska	49	50	47	50	47	45	47	47	44	47	49	50	50
AL - Alabama	33	31	37	41	37	38	41	34	33	38	41	43	39
AR - Arkansas	41	43	42	40	41	41	32	30	24	20	32	32	31
AZ - Arizona	34	30	20	20	26	25	34	13	20	22	24	18	18
CA - California	29	33	32	25	28	32	27	32	47	40	32	32	32
CO - Colorado	4	8	9	5	6	3	4	8	7	8	5	3	3
CT - Connecticut	39	24	35	37	33	43	33	46	45	44	39	35	35
DE - Delaware	28	27	38	38	40	37	38	38	31	43	36	42	42
FL - Florida	11	17	12	10	12	10	16	20	30	29	18	28	28
GA - Georgia	10	6	6	7	2	8	5	1	8	9	4	10	10
HI - Hawaii	46	49	49	47	49	49	50	49	50	49	48	48	49
IA - Iowa	12	20	16	18	15	9	10	12	11	12	9	6	4
ID - Idaho	20	16	18	11	20	15	14	16	10	13	31	26	22
IL - Illinois	19	15	30	28	31	24	19	27	37	26	22	30	25
IN - Indiana	14	19	11	16	14	16	13	19	18	14	15	21	15
KS - Kansas	21	28	19	35	34	28	24	15	14	15	11	11	7
KY - Kentucky	26	41	39	42	35	35	36	39	36	36	35	40	34
LA - Louisiana	48	44	46	44	44	44	46	40	43	42	42	44	44
MA - Massachusetts	24	14	14	8	10	20	20	25	16	28	6	5	8
MD - Maryland	27	12	31	31	25	30	36	35	40	31	29	27	27
ME - Maine	43	48	44	45	46	46	44	45	38	35	40	39	40
MI - Michigan	16	11	24	11	11	7	22	26	29	33	34	41	41
MN - Minnesota	9	7	7	6	3	4	1	6	15	11	7	8	6
MO - Missouri	25	25	23	23	22	31	26	23	26	27	16	17	14
MS - Mississippi	50	45	48	49	48	47	43	36	41	46	47	45	45
MT - Montana	30	34	33	34	30	22	28	33	19	24	38	36	38
NC - North Carolina	1	2	3	9	5	5	9	5	12	4	3	4	9
ND - North Dakota	13	18	17	29	19	12	6	10	3	5	13	12	16
NE - Nebraska	7	13	8	14	13	11	7	4	4	6	10	13	11
NH - New Hampshire	35	37	25	24	18	26	30	30	27	19	17	19	21
NJ - New Jersey	42	26	36	36	32	34	39	43	42	41	30	22	24
NM - New Mexico	46	38	41	43	42	39	24	37	33	36	43	38	43
NV - Nevada	39	40	29	33	39	40	45	29	46	45	45	47	47
NY - New York	36	22	27	27	38	29	35	40	35	34	26	24	36
OH - Ohio	15	10	10	15	16	21	23	18	28	25	23	34	29
OK - Oklahoma	38	32	43	39	43	42	31	28	25	23	28	25	23
OR - Oregon	18	35	22	19	17	17	21	22	17	18	27	23	18
PA - Pennsylvania	17	23	28	22	23	33	40	44	39	30	12	20	33
RI - Rhode Island	45	46	50	45	45	50	48	50	49	50	50	49	48
SC - South Carolina	36	39	34	30	29	27	29	24	23	32	37	31	37
SD - South Dakota	22	29	21	20	24	19	11	11	1	7	13	7	12
TN - Tennessee	6	5	13	13	9	18	17	14	13	16	18	16	20
TX - Texas	5	4	2	1	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2
UT - Utah	8	3	4	3	8	1	3	3	5	2	8	8	5
VA - Virginia	3	1	1	4	7	13	12	8	5	3	1	2	1
VT - Vermont	31	42	40	32	35	36	42	42	32	39	44	37	30
WA - Washington	2	9	5	2	1	6	8	7	21	21	20	15	16
WI - Wisconsin	23	21	15	17	21	23	15	17	22	17	25	29	26
WV - West Virginia	44	47	45	48	50	47	49	48	48	48	46	46	46
WY - Wyoming	32	36	26	26	27	13	18	21	9	10	21	14	13

The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index

The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states’ tax systems compare. The Index is designed to show how well states structure their tax systems.

State	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
AK - Alaska	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
AL - Alabama	39	41	40	40	40	38	41	40	40
AR - Arkansas	44	45	44	45	42	42	45	41	41
AZ - Arizona	23	24	23	24	22	21	22	24	22
CA - California	48	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	48
CO - Colorado	20	21	21	19	21	22	21	23	24
CT - Connecticut	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47
DE - Delaware	16	13	13	12	19	19	14	16	17
FL - Florida	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
GA - Georgia	32	31	32	35	33	33	35	32	29
HI - Hawaii	41	38	37	38	27	25	31	30	33
IA - Iowa	38	40	45	44	44	44	44	43	45
ID - Idaho	17	20	20	20	17	18	18	17	16
IL - Illinois	36	36	36	36	31	26	29	38	36
IN - Indiana	9	9	10	10	7	7	9	9	9
KS - Kansas	24	35	35	30	29	30	27	26	26
KY - Kentucky	18	19	19	21	36	36	33	35	30
LA - Louisiana	42	42	41	42	46	46	38	37	35
MA - Massachusetts	34	34	34	27	25	29	26	28	25
MD - Maryland	46	44	42	41	39	39	39	39	39
ME - Maine	33	29	30	28	34	34	37	33	28
MI - Michigan	12	14	14	17	15	14	15	13	11
MN - Minnesota	45	46	46	46	45	45	46	46	46
MO - Missouri	13	12	15	15	16	16	20	18	15
MS - Mississippi	30	32	31	29	32	32	30	29	27
MT - Montana	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
NC - North Carolina	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	34
ND - North Dakota	19	17	17	16	20	20	19	20	20
NE - Nebraska	35	28	27	25	30	31	28	27	38
NH - New Hampshire	6	6	6	7	8	8	7	8	8
NJ - New Jersey	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49
NM - New Mexico	28	23	24	26	26	28	25	25	23
NV - Nevada	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	3	3
NY - New York	49	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	50
OH - Ohio	37	39	38	39	41	41	42	42	42
OK - Oklahoma	26	30	29	31	24	24	24	22	21
OR - Oregon	22	15	8	9	11	11	10	10	10
PA - Pennsylvania	29	27	28	32	28	27	32	31	31
RI - Rhode Island	40	37	39	37	38	40	40	44	43
SC - South Carolina	31	33	33	33	35	35	34	34	32
SD - South Dakota	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
TN - Tennessee	8	18	18	18	13	13	16	14	13
TX - Texas	14	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
UT - Utah	10	8	9	8	9	9	8	7	7
VA - Virginia	25	26	25	23	23	23	23	21	18
VT - Vermont	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	45	44
WA - Washington	15	16	16	14	14	15	13	15	14
WI - Wisconsin	27	25	26	34	37	37	36	36	37
WV - West Virginia	21	22	22	22	18	17	17	19	19
WY - Wyoming	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

The Milken Institute’s State Technology & Science Index 2020

The State Technology and Science Index (STSI) provides a benchmark for evaluating the knowledge economies of all 50 US states. The Index, published bi-annually, compares each state’s capacity for attaining prosperity through science discovery and technological innovation. This is achieved through analysis of their rankings on key indicators, using the latest available data from US federal government and private sector sources.

State	2020	2018	2016	2014	2012	2010	2008	2004	2002
AK - Alaska	36	41	33	38	41	37	44	40	39
AL - Alabama	32	32	37	32	30	31	29	36	33
AR - Arkansas	48	48	49	45	49	50	48	49	50
AZ - Arizona	17	17	23	19	16	15	17	17	18
CA - California	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	3
CO - Colorado	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2
CT - Connecticut	12	14	6	9	9	9	7	10	8
DE - Delaware	9	7	10	10	8	10	14	13	11
FL - Florida	33	33	41	37	38	40	37	32	29
GA - Georgia	22	22	24	23	26	25	25	18	15
HI - Hawaii	37	35	39	35	36	36	28	39	43
IA - Iowa	34	36	35	31	31	32	35	37	35
ID - Idaho	26	26	32	33	34	27	27	30	26
IL - Illinois	20	15	16	21	18	20	21	21	19
IN - Indiana	27	29	30	27	27	28	33	29	30
KS - Kansas	30	31	31	28	24	23	24	26	22
KY - Kentucky	44	46	47	44	45	47	47	48	46
LA - Louisiana	47	45	46	48	44	45	46	42	44
MA - Massachusetts	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
MD - Maryland	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4
ME - Maine	43	40	42	41	39	42	39	33	36
MI - Michigan	19	18	18	22	23	26	26	25	24
MN - Minnesota	11	8	7	12	12	12	11	8	10
MO - Missouri	31	30	28	34	29	30	30	31	28
MS - Mississippi	50	50	48	49	50	48	50	50	49
MT - Montana	29	28	34	39	37	35	32	38	34
NC - North Carolina	15	11	12	15	21	13	18	20	17
ND - North Dakota	41	38	29	29	32	33	31	45	45
NE - Nebraska	38	34	25	30	33	34	34	28	32
NH - New Hampshire	7	9	11	8	10	7	9	12	13
NJ - New Jersey	14	21	17	16	15	11	12	7	7
NM - New Mexico	18	24	21	24	22	18	16	14	20
NV - Nevada	46	44	45	50	47	46	45	43	42
NY - New York	21	16	20	11	13	16	15	15	12
OH - Ohio	24	27	27	26	28	29	36	24	27
OK - Oklahoma	45	47	44	43	40	39	38	35	37
OR - Oregon	10	10	13	17	20	21	23	19	23
PA - Pennsylvania	13	13	14	14	11	14	13	16	16
RI - Rhode Island	23	19	15	13	17	22	10	11	21
SC - South Carolina	35	37	43	40	43	43	42	44	41
SD - South Dakota	42	43	38	42	42	38	41	47	47
TN - Tennessee	40	39	40	36	35	41	40	34	40
TX - Texas	16	20	19	20	19	19	20	23	14
UT - Utah	6	5	8	5	7	5	8	9	9
VA - Virginia	8	12	9	7	6	8	6	5	5
VT - Vermont	28	23	26	18	14	17	19	22	31
WA - Washington	5	6	5	6	5	6	5	6	6
WI - Wisconsin	25	25	22	25	25	24	22	27	25
WV - West Virginia	49	49	50	47	48	49	49	46	48
WY - Wyoming	39	42	36	46	46	44	43	41	38

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