2008 Overall Economic Scores Ranking 
2008 Rank |
2008 Score |
State |
1999 Rank |
2002 Rank |
2007 Rank |
Change from |
|
2002* |
2007* |
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| 1 | 97 | Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 81.9 | Washington | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 80 | Maryland | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | 79.3 | Delaware | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 77 | New Jersey | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | -3 |
| 6 | 76.1 | Connecticut | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 75.6 | Virginia | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 75 | California | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | -3 |
| 9 | 74.4 | New York | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | 70.4 | Colorado | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | -1 |
| 11 | 67.7 | Rhode Island | 29 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 4 |
| 12 | 67.7 | Utah | 6 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | 67.7 | New Hampshire | 7 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | 66 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 | 11 | 0 | -3 |
| 15 | 63.8 | Oregon | 15 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | 62.6 | Illinois | 22 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | 62.2 | Michigan | 34 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 2 |
| 18 | 62.1 | Texas | 17 | 10 | 14 | -8 | -4 |
| 19 | 60.5 | Vermont | 18 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 1 |
| 20 | 60 | Arizona | 10 | 15 | 22 | -5 | 2 |
| 21 | 60 | Georgia | 25 | 18 | 18 | -3 | -3 |
| 22 | 59.2 | Pennsylvania | 24 | 21 | 21 | -1 | -1 |
| 23 | 58.3 | Florida | 20 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 0 |
| 24 | 57.4 | North Carolina | 30 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | 56.7 | Nevada | 21 | 31 | 27 | 6 | 2 |
| 26 | 55.6 | Idaho | 23 | 20 | 24 | -6 | -2 |
| 27 | 55.4 | Nebraska | 36 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 1 |
| 28 | 53.9 | Maine | 28 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 | 53.2 | New Mexico | 19 | 25 | 33 | -4 | 4 |
| 30 | 53 | Ohio | 33 | 27 | 29 | -3 | -1 |
| 31 | 52.9 | Kansas | 27 | 30 | 34 | -1 | 3 |
| 32 | 50.8 | Alaska | 13 | 39 | 25 | 7 | -7 |
| 33 | 50.6 | Wisconsin | 32 | 37 | 30 | 4 | -3 |
| 34 | 48.7 | South Carolina | 38 | 35 | 39 | 1 | 5 |
| 35 | 47.5 | Hawaii | 26 | 38 | 41 | 3 | 6 |
| 36 | 47.4 | Indiana | 37 | 32 | 31 | -4 | -5 |
| 37 | 46.9 | Missouri | 35 | 28 | 35 | -9 | -2 |
| 38 | 46.7 | Tennessee | 31 | 34 | 36 | -4 | -2 |
| 39 | 46.5 | North Dakota | 45 | 47 | 37 | 8 | -2 |
| 40 | 46 | Montana | 46 | 41 | 42 | 1 | 2 |
| 41 | 44.7 | Louisiana | 47 | 44 | 44 | 3 | 3 |
| 42 | 44.5 | Iowa | 42 | 40 | 38 | -2 | -4 |
| 43 | 43.2 | Oklahoma | 40 | 33 | 40 | -10 | -3 |
| 44 | 42.9 | South Dakota | 43 | 46 | 48 | 2 | 4 |
| 45 | 41.3 | Kentucky | 39 | 42 | 45 | -3 | 0 |
| 46 | 40.1 | Wyoming | 41 | 43 | 43 | -3 | -3 |
| 47 | 37.4 | Alabama | 44 | 45 | 46 | -2 | -1 |
| 48 | 35.3 | Arkansas | 49 | 49 | 47 | 1 | -1 |
| 49 | 31.9 | West Virginia | 48 | 48 | 50 | -1 | 1 |
| 50 | 29.9 | Mississippi | 50 | 50 | 49 | 0 | -1 |
| Source: The 2008 State New Economy Index, The information Technolog and Innovation Foundation | |||||||
| * Because of differences in methodology and indicators measured, changes in ranks between 1999, 2002, 2007, and 2008 cannot all be attributed to changes in actual economic conditions in the state. | |||||||