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, 2010 American Community Survey; ranking excludes Washington, DC.
3 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2010 American Community Survey; ranking excludes Washington, DC.
4 TechAmerica, Cyberstates 2011.
5 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Wages, Annual Averages 2009; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; ranking excludes Washington, DC.
6 USAspending.gov, data for FY 2010.
7 National Institutes of Health, data for FY 2009, and US. Bureau of the Census.
8 National Science Foundation, data for FY 2009.
9 National Science Foundation, data for FY 2008, and U.S. Bureau of the Census.
10 National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators 2012, using data for 2008.
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 2010, and U.S. Census Bureau.
13 Inc. magazine, September 2011.
14 CNNMoney.com, Best Places to Launch 2009.
15 The Milken Institute, State Technology and Science Index 2010: Enduring Lessons for the Intangible Economy, January 2011.
16 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 2008 State New Economy Index.
17 Ernst & Young, Beyond Borders, Global Biotechnology Report 2006.
18 Business Facilities magazine, 2011 Business Facilities Ranking Report, July/August 2011.
19 Forbes magazine, March 2, 2010.
20 Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor’s.
21 Ernst & Young, Total State and Local Business Taxes, State-by-State Estimates for Fiscal Year 2010, prepared in conjunction with the Council on State Taxation.
22 Good Jobs First, Show Us the Stimulus: An Evaluation of State Government Recovery Act Websites, July 2009.
23 U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Chamber Foundation, Enterprising States 2011.
24 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2010; ranking excludes Washington, DC.
25 KPMG 2010 Competitive Alternatives: Focus on Tax.
26 fDI Magazine, American Cities of the Future 2011/12.
27 Education Week, January 12, 2012.
28 National Security Agency, Central Security Service.
29 The College Board, 6th Annual AP Report to the Nation, February 2011.
30 Newsweek, June 2009.
31 U.S. News and World Report, America’s Best Colleges 2012 and Best Graduate Schools 2012 Editions.
32 U.S. News and World Report, America’s Best Colleges 2012 and Best Graduate Schools 2012 Editions.
33 U.S. News and World Report, America's Best Colleges 2012 and Best Graduate Schools 2012 Editions.
34 Kiplinger's Best Values in Public Colleges, January 2012.
35 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2010 American Community Survey.
36 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2010 American Community Survey.
37 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2005-2009 American Community Survey.
38 2009 Survey of Buying Power, Nielsen Claritas.
39 U.S. News and World Report, July 2011.
40 American Medical Association and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, data for 2009; ranking excludes Washington, D.C.
41 Institute for Women's Policy Research, the Best and Worst State Economies for Women, December 2006.
42 Forbes.com. April 1, 2009.
43 Money magazine, 2010.