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[mrchris386]

The Best States For Business
09.15.06, 6:00 PM ET


------------------------------------------- Ranks -------------------------------------------
Rank Name Business Costs Labor Regulatory Environment Economic Climate Growth Prospects Quality Of Life
1 Virginia 10 4 1 8 10 5
2 Texas 22 25 6 7 2 23
3 North Carolina 4 26 3 30 4 26
4 Utah 19 9 18 17 11 17
5 Colorado 31 2 8 35 1 19
6 Idaho 13 16 34 2 22 20
7 Nebraska 9 29 14 27 30 9
8 Delaware 6 6 27 37 25 25
9 Florida 35 13 16 4 3 42
10 Georgia 18 18 4 38 19 29
11 Maryland 42 3 15 9 17 31
12 Washington 37 5 5 26 5 41
13 North Dakota 3 41 17 19 34 13
14 Minnesota 30 14 20 25 31 3
15 Arizona 24 7 36 1 13 43
16 New Jersey 46 15 23 18 6 11
17 South Dakota 2 32 35 11 39 18
18 New Hampshire 44 1 44 16 18 2
19 Oklahoma 16 40 13 13 26 32
20 Tennessee 15 37 12 20 24 34
21 Kansas 28 21 10 48 20 15
22 Missouri 21 22 9 47 35 16
23 Wyoming 1 39 45 3 29 27
24 Arkansas 11 44 25 13 12 40
25 Iowa 8 47 30 31 41 1

[dgreco]

what puts them behind virginia?  Having 56 Fortune 500's definately has to help though.