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To rank America's Top States for Business in 2022, CNBC scored all 50 states on 88 metrics in 10 broad categories of competitiveness. Each category is weighted based on how frequently
states use them as a selling point in economic development marketing materials. That way, our study ranks the states based on the attributes they use to sell themselves. We developed our
criteria and metrics in consultation with a diverse array of business and policy experts, and the states. Our study is not an opinion survey. We use data from a variety of sources to measure
the states' performance. Under our methodology, states can earn a maximum of 2,500 points. The states with the most are America's Top States for Business. AMERICA'S TOP
STATES FOR BUSINESS 2022 OVERALL RANK STATE WORKFORCE INFRA-STRUCTURE COST OF DOING BUSINESS ECONOMY LIFE, HEALTH & INCLUSION TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION BUSINESS FRIENDLINESS EDUCATION
ACCESS TO CAPITAL COST OF LIVING 1 North Carolina 12 17 26 1 28 5 22 14 2 22 2 Washington 4 29 33 3 6 2 31 17 20 38 3 Virginia 11 9 25 20 13 17 6 2 6 30 4 Colorado 1 16 36 11 12 9 16 11 22
34 5 Texas 2 14 12 8 49 4 34 21 3 14 6 Tennessee 15 8 8 2 42 28 23 11 22 5 7 Nebraska 32 22 16 13 7 24 12 24 32 19 8 Utah 8 32 17 6 29 26 10 41 12 25 9 Minnesota 21 4 41 16 5 6 32 15 13 26
10 Georgia 3 11 38 7 39 12 32 10 13 4 11 Florida 6 13 30 4 39 16 39 19 22 27 12 Iowa 20 37 19 17 10 18 28 24 29 7 13 North Dakota 31 21 21 37 4 35 1 26 34 24 14 Indiana 48 1 2 10 43 23 18 35
13 9 15 Ohio 41 2 4 27 29 11 43 22 3 12 16 Michigan 26 19 9 21 29 15 20 27 11 12 17 Pennsylvania 28 12 22 45 22 7 26 5 9 32 18 Oregon 9 33 34 15 8 13 46 32 26 46 19 Illinois 26 3 31 44 23 8
40 6 8 20 20 Idaho 40 42 15 5 20 34 3 48 34 31 21 Kansas 35 6 6 43 29 38 17 20 19 2 22 South Dakota 43 36 11 12 27 36 8 39 10 29 23 Wisconsin 37 15 13 30 35 19 38 15 32 23 24 Massachusetts
24 31 49 26 13 10 21 1 6 47 25 Missouri 49 10 1 17 46 19 36 27 29 6 26 Kentucky 17 18 6 34 36 22 42 39 38 17 27 Maryland 10 22 44 31 18 14 29 18 13 44 28 Delaware 5 20 37 22 24 32 26 42 13
36 29 California 16 25 48 17 26 1 48 11 1 48 30 Montana 33 45 27 9 24 46 5 33 38 28 31 Vermont 50 22 39 33 1 37 14 8 45 41 32 Wyoming 18 35 23 40 20 40 2 29 45 20 33 Alabama 13 38 24 27 38
21 25 34 34 3 34 Arizona 7 6 35 22 50 29 4 42 41 33 35 New Hampshire 22 47 32 29 15 39 8 6 48 37 36 New York 46 28 42 36 19 2 44 4 5 49 36 South Carolina 29 27 28 13 47 31 23 29 41 18 38
Oklahoma 35 26 2 34 48 30 14 47 22 14 39 Connecticut 14 39 45 47 17 25 11 8 26 43 39 Nevada 29 5 20 25 41 47 7 50 26 35 41 Arkansas 38 30 13 24 37 40 29 37 20 10 42 New Jersey 23 34 43 50 8
27 47 3 13 40 43 Maine 43 49 40 32 2 44 19 23 47 39 44 West Virginia 43 42 10 39 34 49 49 44 38 8 45 Rhode Island 39 44 47 41 16 33 36 29 29 42 46 Hawaii 19 39 50 48 3 40 35 38 49 50 46 New
Mexico 25 39 29 42 44 43 44 45 41 11 48 Louisiana 42 48 5 45 45 45 41 35 37 16 49 Alaska 34 50 46 38 11 50 12 49 49 45 50 Mississippi 47 46 17 49 33 48 50 46 41 1