CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Best and Worst States for Business
Chief Executive
State Ranks
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State
2010 Rank
2009 Rank
2008 Rank
2007 Rank
2006 Rank
2005 Rank
5 Year Change
Texas
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
North Carolina
2
2
3
4
3
5
3
Tennessee
3
5
6
7
11
7
4
Virginia
4
7
4
9
7
9
5
Nevada
5
6
2
2
2
2
-3
Florida
6
3
10
3
4
3
-3
Georgia
7
4
7
6
5
6
-1
Colorado
8
10
13
11
10
10
2
Utah
9
15
15
12
20
13
4
South Carolina
10
9
9
8
12
8
-2
Arizona
11
8
5
5
6
4
-7
Delaware
12
12
11
10
13
11
-1
Idaho
13
16
16
14
18
33
20
South Dakota
14
13
18
20
23
28
14
Wyoming
15
20
25
29
30
35
20
Indiana
16
11
8
13
9
14
-2
Iowa
17
19
17
18
17
22
5
New Hampshire
18
18
14
15
15
15
-3
Oklahoma
19
22
21
26
31
18
-1
Alabama
20
14
12
23
25
24
4
Alaska
21
25
31
31
32
46
25
Nebraska
22
28
28
22
19
27
5
Kentucky
23
23
26
19
33
19
-4
North Dakota
24
17
19
21
28
41
17
Kansas
25
21
24
24
14
16
-9
Missouri
26
26
20
25
41
21
-5
Arkansas
27
35
37
30
26
32
5
Montana
28
27
23
27
37
44
16
New Mexico
29
34
29
16
24
23
-6
Washington
30
40
30
28
16
31
1
Minnesota
31
32
22
17
38
12
-19
Pennsylvania
32
29
39
37
27
43
11
Maryland
33
31
32
36
21
25
-8
West Virginia
34
37
41
35
44
30
-4
Mississippi
35
30
45
43
40
42
7
Vermont
36
36
36
44
43
36
0
Maine
37
33
35
38
36
34
-3
Oregon
38
24
27
41
42
39
1
Rhode Island
39
39
33
34
34
29
-10
District of Columbia
40
42
40
45
45
48
8
Louisiana
41
44
46
48
47
38
-3
Wisconsin
42
43
44
33
29
26
-16
Hawaii
43
41
38
39
39
47
4
Ohio
44
45
34
42
22
20
-24
Connecticut
45
38
42
32
35
40
-5
Illinois
46
46
43
40
8
17
-29
Massachusetts
47
47
48
49
49
49
2
New Jersey
48
48
47
46
46
37
-11
Michigan
49
49
49
47
48
45
-4
New York
50
50
50
50
50
50
0
California
51
51
51
51
51
51
0