Chief Executive Magazine Rates the Best and Worst US States for Business

RANK	STATE	LAST YEAR'S RANK	CHANGE
1	Texas	1	0
2	Florida	2	0
3	North Carolina	4	1
4	Tennessee	3	-1
5	Georgia	10	5
6	Indiana	6	0
7	Louisiana	9	2
8	Nevada	8	0
9	Arizona	7	-2
10	South Carolina	5	-5
11	Colorado	16	5
12	Wisconsin	14	2
13	Iowa	19	6
14	Virginia	11	-3
15	Utah	13	-2
16	Oklahoma	20	4
17	Wyoming	18	1
18	Idaho	28	10
19	North Dakota	12	-7
20	Delaware	23	3
21	New Hampshire	24	3
22	Ohio	27	5
23	South Dakota	15	-8
24	Alabama	17	-7
25	Nebraska	21	-4
26	Missouri	22	-4
27	Kansas	26	-1
28	Kentucky	25	-3
29	Montana	31	2
30	Maine	36	6
31	Minnesota	34	3
32	Washington	33	1
33	Arkansas	29	-4
34	Alaska	32	-2
35	Pennsylvania	42	7
36	New Mexico	30	-6
37	Rhode Island	40	3
38	West Virginia	35	-3
39	Mississippi	37	-2
40	Maryland	41	1
41	Vermont	39	-2
42	Oregon	38	-4
43	Michigan	45	2
44	Hawaii	43	-1
45	Connecticut	44	-1
46	Massachusetts	46	0
47	New Jersey	47	0
48	Illinois	48	0
49	New York	49	0
50	California	50	0