CNBC's annual study once again puts all 50 states to the test, measuring them on more than 60 different metrics in 10 key categories of competitiveness.

America's Top States for Business in 2019

Published Wed, Jul 10 20198:00 AM EDTUpdated Sun, Jun 12 202211:56 AM EDT

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To rank CNBC's 2019 America's Top States for Business, we put all 50 states through a rigorous test and graded them based on more than 60 measures of competitiveness in 10 broad categories. Each category is weighted according to 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. CNBC's criteria was developed with guidance from a diverse array of business and policy experts and official government sources, along with input from the states themselves. And our metrics are based on publicly available data from a variety of sources. As in years past, some states tied in several categories. Learn more about our categories and methodology here.

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State	OVERALL	Workforce	Economy	Infra-structure	Cost of Doing Business	Quality of Life	Education	Technology and Innovation	Business Friendliness	Access to Capital	Cost of Living
1	1	16	13	35	17	1	17	3	15	32
2	4	4	8	19	37	39	10	17	3	12
	3	7	1	17	21	35	21	9	17	6	19
4	18	3	17	18	9	20	21	13	19	25
5	3	5	39	32	5	11	2	35	9	38
6	11	15	5	28	25	23	16	16	10	11
7	13	23	9	39	3	3	7	28	17	31
8	26	9	22	5	15	6	33	10	41	17
9	8	21	35	37	7	17	7	11	11	34
10	17	30	4	8	34	11	13	32	13	15
11	29	17	1	4	44	32	30	4	21	9
12	15	10	12	29	24	39	20	12	4	30
13	32	5	5	17	48	28	23	7	23	6
14	5	18	48	47	10	1	3	14	6	47
15	20	20	24	20	26	5	19	26	25	23
16	34	13	32	10	13	17	26	24	32	13
	17	24	31	21	25	4	9	42	5	47	29
18	42	2	28	12	21	47	37	6	38	20
19	21	32	3	23	35	21	31	8	28	8
20	2	12	13	41	37	47	23	9	18	24
	21	47	8	37	2	21	27	47	2	45	27
22	19	7	22	31	16	36	12	43	23	45
23	38	24	7	8	43	14	22	27	22	4
24	23	24	33	27	31	43	6	22	16	5
	25	8	34	45	40	5	13	29	1	35	37
26	35	27	15	15	12	15	49	24	48	10
	27	29	14	44	42	13	7	4	49	2	48
28	31	39	24	30	32	9	13	29	6	28
29	48	11	11	15	28	45	44	17	27	36
30	12	45	16	34	33	33	11	40	5	22
31	6	35	41	46	27	23	5	31	14	46
32	10	19	33	50	17	30	1	50	1	49
33	37	40	29	11	7	34	39	23	40	33
	34	28	22	30	24	41	29	32	35	26	26
35	15	43	43	43	20	8	18	21	20	43
	36	14	40	39	45	11	4	15	45	12	41
37	35	27	10	22	49	37	34	37	30	6
38	24	24	31	38	30	35	23	33	35	35
39	40	46	2	1	40	31	36	45	29	13
40	50	44	24	36	2	15	27	34	45	40
	41	21	27	24	26	44	45	37	44	35	15
42	39	36	20	3	50	41	44	37	33	3
43	49	40	17	13	46	50	46	15	30	2
44	45	37	47	32	19	19	35	29	42	39
	45	44	33	35	6	39	42	50	48	48	21
46	41	49	42	13	47	37	42	39	33	18
47	27	38	46	48	23	49	41	20	50	44
48	42	50	38	6	42	44	48	47	42	1
49	46	47	49	49	1	26	40	42	44	50
	50	32	48	50	44	28	25	27	40	39	41

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State	OVERALL	Workforce	Economy	Infra-structure	Cost of Doing Business	Quality of Life	Education	Technology and Innovation	Business Friendliness	Access to Capital	Cost of Living
1	1	16	13	35	17	1	17	3	15	32
2	4	4	8	19	37	39	10	17	3	12
	3	7	1	17	21	35	21	9	17	6	19
4	18	3	17	18	9	20	21	13	19	25
5	3	5	39	32	5	11	2	35	9	38
6	11	15	5	28	25	23	16	16	10	11
7	13	23	9	39	3	3	7	28	17	31
8	26	9	22	5	15	6	33	10	41	17
9	8	21	35	37	7	17	7	11	11	34
10	17	30	4	8	34	11	13	32	13	15
11	29	17	1	4	44	32	30	4	21	9
12	15	10	12	29	24	39	20	12	4	30
13	32	5	5	17	48	28	23	7	23	6
14	5	18	48	47	10	1	3	14	6	47
15	20	20	24	20	26	5	19	26	25	23
16	34	13	32	10	13	17	26	24	32	13
	17	24	31	21	25	4	9	42	5	47	29
18	42	2	28	12	21	47	37	6	38	20
19	21	32	3	23	35	21	31	8	28	8
20	2	12	13	41	37	47	23	9	18	24
	21	47	8	37	2	21	27	47	2	45	27
22	19	7	22	31	16	36	12	43	23	45
23	38	24	7	8	43	14	22	27	22	4
24	23	24	33	27	31	43	6	22	16	5
	25	8	34	45	40	5	13	29	1	35	37
26	35	27	15	15	12	15	49	24	48	10
	27	29	14	44	42	13	7	4	49	2	48
28	31	39	24	30	32	9	13	29	6	28
29	48	11	11	15	28	45	44	17	27	36
30	12	45	16	34	33	33	11	40	5	22
31	6	35	41	46	27	23	5	31	14	46
32	10	19	33	50	17	30	1	50	1	49
33	37	40	29	11	7	34	39	23	40	33
	34	28	22	30	24	41	29	32	35	26	26
35	15	43	43	43	20	8	18	21	20	43
	36	14	40	39	45	11	4	15	45	12	41
37	35	27	10	22	49	37	34	37	30	6
38	24	24	31	38	30	35	23	33	35	35
39	40	46	2	1	40	31	36	45	29	13
40	50	44	24	36	2	15	27	34	45	40
	41	21	27	24	26	44	45	37	44	35	15
42	39	36	20	3	50	41	44	37	33	3
43	49	40	17	13	46	50	46	15	30	2
44	45	37	47	32	19	19	35	29	42	39
	45	44	33	35	6	39	42	50	48	48	21
46	41	49	42	13	47	37	42	39	33	18
47	27	38	46	48	23	49	41	20	50	44
48	42	50	38	6	42	44	48	47	42	1
49	46	47	49	49	1	26	40	42	44	50
	50	32	48	50	44	28	25	27	40	39	41

State	OVERALL	Workforce	Economy	Infra-structure	Cost of Doing Business	Quality of Life	Education	Technology and Innovation	Business Friendliness	Access to Capital	Cost of Living
1	1	16	13	35	17	1	17	3	15	32
2	4	4	8	19	37	39	10	17	3	12
	3	7	1	17	21	35	21	9	17	6	19
4	18	3	17	18	9	20	21	13	19	25
5	3	5	39	32	5	11	2	35	9	38
6	11	15	5	28	25	23	16	16	10	11
7	13	23	9	39	3	3	7	28	17	31
8	26	9	22	5	15	6	33	10	41	17
9	8	21	35	37	7	17	7	11	11	34
10	17	30	4	8	34	11	13	32	13	15
11	29	17	1	4	44	32	30	4	21	9
12	15	10	12	29	24	39	20	12	4	30
13	32	5	5	17	48	28	23	7	23	6
14	5	18	48	47	10	1	3	14	6	47
15	20	20	24	20	26	5	19	26	25	23
16	34	13	32	10	13	17	26	24	32	13
	17	24	31	21	25	4	9	42	5	47	29
18	42	2	28	12	21	47	37	6	38	20
19	21	32	3	23	35	21	31	8	28	8
20	2	12	13	41	37	47	23	9	18	24
	21	47	8	37	2	21	27	47	2	45	27
22	19	7	22	31	16	36	12	43	23	45
23	38	24	7	8	43	14	22	27	22	4
24	23	24	33	27	31	43	6	22	16	5
	25	8	34	45	40	5	13	29	1	35	37
26	35	27	15	15	12	15	49	24	48	10
	27	29	14	44	42	13	7	4	49	2	48
28	31	39	24	30	32	9	13	29	6	28
29	48	11	11	15	28	45	44	17	27	36
30	12	45	16	34	33	33	11	40	5	22
31	6	35	41	46	27	23	5	31	14	46
32	10	19	33	50	17	30	1	50	1	49
33	37	40	29	11	7	34	39	23	40	33
	34	28	22	30	24	41	29	32	35	26	26
35	15	43	43	43	20	8	18	21	20	43
	36	14	40	39	45	11	4	15	45	12	41
37	35	27	10	22	49	37	34	37	30	6
38	24	24	31	38	30	35	23	33	35	35
39	40	46	2	1	40	31	36	45	29	13
40	50	44	24	36	2	15	27	34	45	40
	41	21	27	24	26	44	45	37	44	35	15
42	39	36	20	3	50	41	44	37	33	3
43	49	40	17	13	46	50	46	15	30	2
44	45	37	47	32	19	19	35	29	42	39
	45	44	33	35	6	39	42	50	48	48	21
46	41	49	42	13	47	37	42	39	33	18
47	27	38	46	48	23	49	41	20	50	44
48	42	50	38	6	42	44	48	47	42	1
49	46	47	49	49	1	26	40	42	44	50
	50	32	48	50	44	28	25	27	40	39	41

State	OVERALL	Workforce	Economy	Infra-structure	Cost of Doing Business	Quality of Life	Education	Technology and Innovation	Business Friendliness	Access to Capital	Cost of Living
1	1	16	13	35	17	1	17	3	15	32
2	4	4	8	19	37	39	10	17	3	12
	3	7	1	17	21	35	21	9	17	6	19
4	18	3	17	18	9	20	21	13	19	25
5	3	5	39	32	5	11	2	35	9	38
6	11	15	5	28	25	23	16	16	10	11
7	13	23	9	39	3	3	7	28	17	31
8	26	9	22	5	15	6	33	10	41	17
9	8	21	35	37	7	17	7	11	11	34
10	17	30	4	8	34	11	13	32	13	15
11	29	17	1	4	44	32	30	4	21	9
12	15	10	12	29	24	39	20	12	4	30
13	32	5	5	17	48	28	23	7	23	6
14	5	18	48	47	10	1	3	14	6	47
15	20	20	24	20	26	5	19	26	25	23
16	34	13	32	10	13	17	26	24	32	13
	17	24	31	21	25	4	9	42	5	47	29
18	42	2	28	12	21	47	37	6	38	20
19	21	32	3	23	35	21	31	8	28	8
20	2	12	13	41	37	47	23	9	18	24
	21	47	8	37	2	21	27	47	2	45	27
22	19	7	22	31	16	36	12	43	23	45
23	38	24	7	8	43	14	22	27	22	4
24	23	24	33	27	31	43	6	22	16	5
	25	8	34	45	40	5	13	29	1	35	37
26	35	27	15	15	12	15	49	24	48	10
	27	29	14	44	42	13	7	4	49	2	48
28	31	39	24	30	32	9	13	29	6	28
29	48	11	11	15	28	45	44	17	27	36
30	12	45	16	34	33	33	11	40	5	22
31	6	35	41	46	27	23	5	31	14	46
32	10	19	33	50	17	30	1	50	1	49
33	37	40	29	11	7	34	39	23	40	33
	34	28	22	30	24	41	29	32	35	26	26
35	15	43	43	43	20	8	18	21	20	43
	36	14	40	39	45	11	4	15	45	12	41
37	35	27	10	22	49	37	34	37	30	6
38	24	24	31	38	30	35	23	33	35	35
39	40	46	2	1	40	31	36	45	29	13
40	50	44	24	36	2	15	27	34	45	40
	41	21	27	24	26	44	45	37	44	35	15
42	39	36	20	3	50	41	44	37	33	3
43	49	40	17	13	46	50	46	15	30	2
44	45	37	47	32	19	19	35	29	42	39
	45	44	33	35	6	39	42	50	48	48	21
46	41	49	42	13	47	37	42	39	33	18
47	27	38	46	48	23	49	41	20	50	44
48	42	50	38	6	42	44	48	47	42	1
49	46	47	49	49	1	26	40	42	44	50
	50	32	48	50	44	28	25	27	40	39	41