Rankings Resources

1 National Science Foundation, data for 2008, and U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

2 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2011 American Community Survey; ranking excludes Washington, DC.

3 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2011 American Community Survey; ranking excludes Washington, DC.

4 TechAmerica Foundation, Cyberstates 2013.

5 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Wages, Annual Averages 2011; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; ranking excludes Washington, DC.

6 National Institutes of Health, data for FY 2011.

7 National Institutes of Health, data for FY 2011.

8 National Science Foundation, data for FY 2011.

9 National Science Foundation, data for FY 2009, and U.S. Bureau of the Census; ranking excludes Washington, DC.

10 National Science Foundation, National Patterns of R&D Resources 2010-2011 update; data for FY 2010.

11 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2007 Survey of Business Owners; ranking excludes Washington, DC.

12 U.S. Small Business Administration, data for FY 2011, and U.S. Census Bureau.

13 Inc. magazine, August 2012 and U.S. Bureau of the Census.

14 Forbes magazine, March 23, 2011.

15 The Milken Institute, State Technology and Science Index: Enduring Lessons for the Intangible Economy, April 2013.

16 Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, The 2012 State New Economy Index.

17 Forbes.com, May 17, 2012.

18 U.S. Green Building Council press release, January 23, 2013.

19 Forbes magazine, March 2, 2010.

20 Maryland State Treasurer's office press release February 26, 2013.

21 Ernst & Young, Total State and Local Business Taxes, State-by-State Estimates for Fiscal Year 2011, prepared in conjunction with the Council on State Taxation.

22 Business Facilities magazine, 2012 Business Facilities Ranking Report, July/August 2012.

23 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the Campaign for Free Enterprise, Enterprising States 2013.

24 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2010; ranking excludes Washington, DC.

25  KPMG 2012 Competitive Alternatives.

26 fDI Magazine, American Cities of the Future 2011/12.

27 Education Week, January 10, 2013.

28 National Security Agency, Central Security Service.

29 The College Board, 9th Annual AP Report to the Nation, February 2013.

30 U.S. News and World Report, America’s Best Colleges 2013 and Best Graduate Schools 2014 editions.

31 U.S. News and World Report, America’s Best Colleges 2013 and Best Graduate Schools 2014 editions.

32 U.S. News and World Report, America's Best Colleges 2013 edition.

33 Kiplinger's Best Values in Public Colleges, January 2013.

34 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2011 American Community Survey.

35 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2011 American Community Survey.

36 Washington Post, September 19, 2012, using Census American Community Survey data for 2011.

37 2009 Survey of Buying Power, Nielsen Claritas.

38 U.S. News and World Report, June and July 2012.

39 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Censusw, data for 2012; ranking excludes Washington, DC.

40 HealthGrades Top Cities for Hospital Care 2012.

41 CNN / Money magazine, 2012.