Rating The States 1987: New Jobs, New Companies, And The Climate For Growth

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No. New Jobs Growth No. New Business

Rank/State (1986 rank) (in thou.) In Jobs Score Companies Birth Rate

1 2 3 4 5

1. ARIZONA (1) 334.7 32.18% 33.33 1,955 3.80%

2. NEW HAMPSHIRE (4) 107.2 27.82 29.68 496 2.51

3. MARYLAND (6) 314.0 19.08 22.36 2,046 2.93

4. GEORGIA (5) 527.5 24.02 26.49 2,961 3.04

5. VIRGINIA (10) 452.1 21.37 24.27 2,372 2.87

6. FLORIDA (7) 942.4 24.70 27.06 6,668 3.12

7. DELAWARE (8) 50.5 19.82 22.97 238 2.39

8. CALIFORNIA (11) 1,720.7 17.75 21.24 13,091 2.65

9. MASSACHUSETTS (9) 397.4 15.35 19.23 2,393 2.19

10. NEVADA (20) 92.7 24.04 26.51 478 2.69

11. TENNESSEE (16) 306.0 18.44 21.82 1,917 2.68

12. TEXAS (3) 377.7 6.18 11.55 9,905 3.44

13. NORTH CAROLINA (15) 433.8 18.62 21.97 2,136 2.38

14. SOUTH CAROLINA (14) 207.5 18.11 21.54 1,249 2.72

15. UTAH (12) 82.3 14.98 18.92 722 2.54

16. CONNECTICUT (19) 214.6 15.34 19.22 1,285 2.03

17. NEW JERSEY (18) 439.6 14.50 18.52 3,326 2.22

18. VERMONT (21) 39.4 19.59 22.78 200 1.77

19. MICHIGAN (24) 527.5 16.93 20.55 3,038 1.99

20. HAWAII (34) 42.7 10.56 15.22 421 2.14

21. ALABAMA (28) 182.3 14.18 18.25 1,297 2.41

22. COLORADO (13) 100.8 7.79 12.90 1,900 2.86

23. OHIO (29) 508.5 12.84 17.12 3,583 1.99

24. WASHINGTON (27) 242.1 15.84 19.64 1,741 2.01

25. INDIANA (25) 285.6 14.61 18.61 1,818 2.10

26. MAINE (26) 75.5 18.84 22.15 361 1.79

27. RHODE ISLAND (22) 57.7 15.19 19.09 338 1.62

28. NEW YORK (23) 794.9 11.18 15.73 7,039 1.99

29. MINNESOTA (30) 229.0 13.86 17.98 1,548 1.85

30. NEW MEXICO (17) 61.9 13.30 17.51 524 2.22

31. MISSOURI (31) 237.4 12.69 17.00 1,873 1.90

32. PENNSYLVANIA (32) 368.8 8.40 13.41 3,555 1.75

33. OREGON (40) 128.1 13.75 17.89 1,087 1.86

34. KENTUCKY (37) 156.0 13.89 18.01 1,256 2.10

35. WISCONSIN (39) 209.2 11.69 16.16 1,528 1.72

36. ILLINOIS (38) 342.4 7.72 12.84 3,923 1.80

37. ARKANSAS (33) 105.9 14.88 18.83 768 1.86

38. KANSAS (36) 85.4 9.56 14.38 995 1.88

39. ALASKA (2) 12.0 6.19 11.55 250 2.26

40. MISSISSIPPI (41) 80.6 10.49 15.15 697 1.94

41. WEST VIRGINIA (46) 23.0 4.09 9.80 524 2.07

42. IDAHO (42) 27.2 8.95 13.87 324 1.67

43. NEBRASKA (44) 57.9 9.79 14.57 505 1.41

44. LOUISIANA (35) -60.5 -3.91 3.09 1,605 2.19

45. SOUTH DAKOTA (45) 23.0 10.30 15.00 176 1.15

46. IOWA (48) 84.8 8.47 13.47 662 1.14

47. OKLAHOMA (43) -34.7 -3.00 3.86 1,308 1.93

48. MONTANA (47) 7.0 2.66 8.60 284 1.35

49. NORTH DAKOTA (49) 3.4 1.41 7.55 192 1.33

50. WYOMING (50) -12.7 -6.41 1.00 157 1.30

No. Fast- % Fast-

Growth Growth Total

Rank/State (1986 rank) Score Companies Companies Score Score

6 7 8 9 10

1. ARIZONA (1) 33.33 418 3.57% 31.10 97.77

2. NEW HAMPSHIRE (4) 17.65 115 3.56 30.99 78.32

3. MARYLAND (6) 22.76 496 3.66 32.16 77.27

4. GEORGIA (5) 24.09 601 3.02 24.66 75.25

5. VIRGINIA (10) 22.03 514 3.24 27.24 73.54

6. FLORIDA (7) 25.07 1,459 2.73 21.26 73.39

7. DELAWARE (8) 16.19 59 3.54 30.75 69.92

8. CALIFORNIA (11) 19.35 3,309 3.14 26.07 66.66

9. MASSACHUSETTS (9) 13.76 601 3.76 33.33 66.32

10. NEVADA (20) 19.84 97 2.32 16.46 62.81

11. TENNESSEE (16) 19.72 375 2.68 20.68 62.22

12. TEXAS (3) 28.95 1,798 2.75 21.50 62.00

13. NORTH CAROLINA (15) 16.07 438 2.88 23.02 61.06

14. SOUTH CAROLINA (14) 20.20 202 2.41 17.52 59.26

15. UTAH (12) 18.02 162 2.68 20.68 57.61

16. CONNECTICUT (19) 11.82 338 3.18 26.54 57.57

17. NEW JERSEY (18) 14.13 731 3.01 24.54 57.19

18. VERMONT (21) 8.66 46 2.68 20.68 52.12

19. MICHIGAN (24) 11.33 672 2.60 19.74 51.63

20. HAWAII (34) 13.15 114 2.88 23.02 51.39

21. ALABAMA (28) 16.44 219 2.31 16.35 51.03

22. COLORADO (13) 21.91 366 2.27 15.88 50.68

23. OHIO (29) 11.33 817 2.68 20.68 49.13

24. WASHINGTON (27) 11.57 437 2.44 17.87 49.08

25. INDIANA (25) 12.67 326 2.42 17.63 48.91

26. MAINE (26) 8.90 75 2.43 17.75 48.80

27. RHODE ISLAND (22) 6.83 87 2.84 22.55 48.48

28. NEW YORK (23) 11.33 1,674 2.72 21.15 48.21

29. MINNESOTA (30) 9.63 379 2.56 19.27 46.88

30. NEW MEXICO (17) 14.13 107 2.14 14.35 45.99

31. MISSOURI (31) 10.24 380 2.28 15.99 43.23

32. PENNSYLVANIA (32) 8.41 785 2.74 21.38 43.21

33. OREGON (40) 9.75 267 2.14 14.35 41.99

34. KENTUCKY (37) 12.67 197 1.86 11.07 41.75

35. WISCONSIN (39) 8.05 329 2.22 15.29 39.50

36. ILLINOIS (38) 9.02 912 2.42 17.63 39.50

37. ARKANSAS (33) 9.75 144 1.82 10.61 39.19

38. KANSAS (36) 9.99 188 2.08 13.65 38.02

39. ALASKA (2) 14.61 44 1.92 11.78 37.94

40. MISSISSIPPI (41) 10.72 100 1.56 7.56 33.44

41. WEST VIRGINIA (46) 12.30 66 1.72 9.43 31.54

42. IDAHO (42) 7.44 59 1.56 7.56 28.87

43. NEBRASKA (44) 4.28 110 1.73 9.55 28.41

44. LOUISIANA (35) 13.76 290 1.86 11.07 27.93

45. SOUTH DAKOTA (45) 1.12 34 1.26 4.05 20.16

46. IOWA (48) 1.00 129 1.38 5.45 19.92

47. OKLAHOMA (43) 10.60 203 1.31 4.63 19.09

48. MONTANA (47) 3.55 54 1.16 2.87 15.02

49. NORTH DAKOTA (49) 3.31 27 1.08 1.94 12.80

50. WYOMING (50) 2.94 29 1.00 1.00 4.94