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Data cited at: CNBC Around 50 states have been assigned score on more than 60 measures of competitiveness which are  developed with input from a broad and diverse array of business and policy experts, official government sources, the CNBC Global CFO Council and the states themselves. States receive points based on their rankings in each metric. Then we separate those metrics into 10 broad categories, weighted based on how frequently each is used as a selling point in state economic development marketing materials. That way, our study ranks the states based on the criteria they use to sell themselves. This year some states were tied http://www.cnbc.com/top-states-past-year-rankings/  

Between 1980 and 2023, 59 Severe Storm, 12 Winter Storm, 4 Flooding, 9 Drought, 4 Tropical Cyclone, and 2 Freeze billion-dollar disaster events affected Ohio (CPI-adjusted). Note: All Events data has been aggregated.

These annual statistics provide information on the amount and characteristics of new investments in the United States by foreign investors, including information on the acquisition and establishment of U.S. business enterprises by foreign investors and on the expansion of existing U.S. affiliates of foreign companies to establish new production facilities. 

The activities of multinational enterprises statistics available here provide a picture of the overall activities of US affiliates of foreign parents and contain a wide variety of indicators of their financial structure and operations. These statistics cover items that are needed in analyzing the characteristics, performance, and economic impact of MNEs, and are obtained from mandatory surveys of US affiliates of foreign parents conducted by BEA.

The Access Ranking indicates how much access to mental health care exists within a state. The access measures include access to insurance, access to treatment, quality and cost of insurance, access to special education, and workforce availability. A high Access Ranking indicates that a state provides relatively more access to insurance and mental health treatment.

This is part of a supporting dataset for Lester R. Brown, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012).

Data cited at: Gallup and Sharecare The Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index, which includes more than 2.5 million surveys, captures how people feel about and experience their daily lives. As part of the GallupSharecare State of American Well-Being series, this report examines well-being across the nation, including how well-being varies by state and which states lead and lag across the five elements of well-being. The five elements are: • Purpose: liking what you do each day and being motivated to achieve your goals • Social: having supportive relationships and love in your life • Financial: managing your economic life to reduce stress and increase security • Community: liking where you live, feeling safe, and having pride in your community • Physical: having good health and enough energy to get things done daily Overall, 2017 was a challenging year for Americans’ well-being. The national Well-Being Index score for the U.S. in 2017 was 61.5 – a decline from 62.1 in 2016. This overall drop was characterized by declines in 21 states, easily the largest year-over-year decline in the 10-year history of the Well-Being Index. Not a single state showed statistically significant improvement compared to the previous year, which is also unprecedented in Well-Being Index measurement. In the state rankings, South Dakota and Vermont, followed by Hawaii, were the highest well-being states in 2017. South Dakota has ranked among the highest six states every year since 2013 and Vermont, which had the sixth highest well-being in 2016, shares the highest well-being score (64.1) in 2017. Neither state had scored at the top of the well-being state rankings before. Hawaii, which along with Colorado holds the distinction of ranking in the top 10 highest well-being states each year since 2008, ranked just below South Dakota and Vermont in 2017 with a score of 63.4. In 2016, Hawaii was ranked in first place with a 65.2 well-being score. Residents of West Virginia reported the lowest levels of well-being in 2017 for the ninth consecutive year with a well-being score of 58.8. Louisiana fell to its lowest rank ever, recording a score of 58.9, just above West Virginia.

The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index is designed to show how well states structure their tax systems and provides a road map for improvement. A rank of 1 is best, 50 is worst. The latest values shows the tax systems as of July 1, 2021 (the beginning of Fiscal Year 2022) Note-District of Columbia (DC)’s score and rank do not affect other states

Rail Intermodal Keeps America Moving Containers accounted for 44 percent of intermodal volume in 1990, 69 percent in 2000, and a record 91 percent in 2016. Unlike trailers, containers can be “double stacked,” sharply increasing productivity and helping to ensure that there is sufficient traffic density to keep rail intermodal cost competitive with all truck movements. Containers can also be easily transferred to and from ships and trucks, further enhancing productivity. Source: AAR analysis of 2018 STB Waybill Sample

The US Presidential election takes place every 4 years and Congressional election happens every 2 years. National elections generally fall into two categories: elections where congressional seats are the highest offices decided and years where voters decide on the office of the President and congressional seats.To avoid confusion with presidential elections, the source refers to non-presidential year elections as “congressional elections" and the data is published at 4 years interval Reference link: https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2015/demo/p20-577.html

The 2020 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report presents data on health care spending, utilization, and average prices from 2016 through 2020 for individuals under the age of 65 who receive health insurance coverage through an employer. The report relies on de-identified commercial health insurance claims contributed by CVS Health/Aetna, Humana, and Blue Health Intelligence during this period.

U.S. Non-Employer Statistics (NES)

Note: A rank of 1 is best, 50 is worst. Rankings do not average to the total. States without a tax rank equally as 1. DC's score and rank do not affect other states. The report shows tax systems as of July 1, 2023 (the beginning of Fiscal Year 2024).

Comprehensive panel of annual state-level income inequality measures constructed from individual tax filing data available from the Internal Revenue Service.

Hospitals across the country show a lot of variation when it comes to patient safety. Here, states are ranked based on the number of “A” hospitals they have compared to the total number of graded hospitals on the Fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. State rankings from Fall 2019 are also displayed.

Methodology to calculate attainment has been explained in Frank (2009) "Frank, Mark. W. 2009 "Inequality and Growth in the United States: Evidence from a New State-Level Panel of Income Inequality Measure" Economic Inquiry, Volume 47, Issue 1, Pages 55-68.

Data cited at: The Water Footprint Network https://waterfootprint.org/en/ Topic: Product water footprint statistics Publication: https://waterfootprint.org/en/resources/waterstat/product-water-footprint-statistics/ Reference: Mekonnen, M.M. & Hoekstra, A.Y. (2011) The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15(5): 1577-1600. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/    

Data cited at: The Water Footprint Network https://waterfootprint.org/en/ Topic: Product water footprint statistics Publication: https://waterfootprint.org/en/resources/waterstat/product-water-footprint-statistics/ Reference: Mekonnen, M.M. & Hoekstra, A.Y. (2011) The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15(5): 1577-1600. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/  

  For the following indicators, Knoema modified the original reported values by multiplying by 100 to display in percent value in accordance with the WID unit labels: Capital share of national incomeIncome reduction as a result of income taxLabor share of national incomeNet Corporate Wealth to Net National Income RatioNet national wealth to Net National Income RatioNet Non-Profit Wealth to Net National Income RatioNet Personal Wealth to Net National Income RatioNet Private Wealth to Net National Income RatioNet Public Wealth to Net National Income Ratio