States Ranked By All 43 Factors (15-28)

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

State Rankings for the 43 factors considered

[43 Factors] [Press Release] [2001 Rankings]

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