North Carolina Tops CNBC’S List Of Best States For Business
CNBC just released their 2022 List of The Best States For Business and North Carolina came in at number one! Over the years we have been a staple in the…
CNBC just released their 2022 List of The Best States For Business and North Carolina came in at number one! Over the years we have been a staple in the top 10 and even finished 2nd last year. This year however North Carolina was able to take the business crown. It's a bright spot in what has been a challenging year for many people with rising inflation. How did CNBC determine this list?
According to the list:
To rank America’s Top States for Business in 2022, CNBC scored all 50 states on 88 metrics in 10 broad categories of competitiveness. Each category is weighted based on 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. We developed our criteria and metrics in consultation with a diverse array of business and policy experts, and the states. Our study is not an opinion survey. We use data from a variety of sources to measure the states’ performance. Under our methodology, states can earn a maximum of 2,500 points. The states with the most are America’s Top States for Business.
See the breakdown of North Carolina and read the full 2022 Best States For Business list below:
1. North Carolina
Workforce: 12
Infrastructure: 17
Cost of Doing Business: 26
Economy: 1
Life, Health & Inclusion: 28
Technology & Innovation: 5
rarrarorro/Getty Images Plus2. Washington
Workforce: 4
Infrastructure: 29
Cost of Doing Business: 33
Economy: 3
Life, Health & Inclusion: 6
Technology & Innovation: 2
Panoramic view of Seattle cityscape and Space Needle at sunset, Washington, USA
3. Virginia
Workforce: 11
Infrastructure: 9
Cost of Doing Business: 25
Economy: 20
Life, Health & Inclusion: 13
Technology & Innovation: 17
SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images Creative4. Colorado
Workforce: 1
Infrastructure: 16
Cost of Doing Business: 36
Economy: 11
Life, Health & Inclusion: 12
Technology & Innovation: 9
Kruck20/Getty Images Creative5. Texas
Workforce: 2
Infrastructure: 14
Cost of Doing Business: 12
Economy: 8
Life, Health & Inclusion: 49
Technology & Innovation: 4
Photo by Loren Elliott/Getty Images6. Tennessee
Workforce: 15
Infrastructure: 8
Cost of Doing Business: 8
Economy: 2
Life, Health & Inclusion: 42
Technology & Innovation: 28
Nashvile TN skyline with red sunset and birds
7. Nebraska
Workforce: 32
Infrastructure: 22
Cost of Doing Business: 16
Economy: 13
Life, Health & Inclusion: 7
Technology & Innovation: 24
wellesenterprises/Getty Images Plus8. Utah
Workforce: 8
Infrastructure: 32
Cost of Doing Business: 17
Economy: 6
Life, Health & Inclusion: 29
Technology & Innovation: 26
Sean Pavone/Getty Images Plus9. Minnesota
Workforce: 21
Infrastructure: 4
Cost of Doing Business: 41
Economy: 16
Life, Health & Inclusion: 5
Technology & Innovation: 6
Susan Rydberg/Getty Images Creative10. Georgia
Workforce: 3
Infrastructure: 11
Cost of Doing Business: 38
Economy: 7
Life, Health & Inclusion: 39
Technology & Innovation: 12
Sean Pavone/Getty Images Creative11. Florida
Workforce: 6
Infrastructure: 13
Cost of Doing Business: 30
Economy: 4
Life, Health & Inclusion: 39
Technology & Innovation: 16
Getty Images/SeanPavonePhoto12. Iowa
Workforce: 20
Infrastructure: 37
Cost of Doing Business: 19
Economy: 17
Life, Health & Inclusion: 10
Technology & Innovation: 18
(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)13. North Dakota
Workforce: 31
Infrastructure: 21
Cost of Doing Business: 21
Economy: 37
Life, Health & Inclusion: 4
Technology & Innovation: 35
Jacob Boomsma/Getty Images plus14. Indiana
Workforce: 48
Infrastructure: 1
Cost of Doing Business: 2
Economy: 10
Life, Health & Inclusion: 43
Technology & Innovation: 23
Aerial view over the downtown city skyline of Fort Wayne Indiana USA
15. Ohio
Workforce: 41
Infrastructure: 2
Cost of Doing Business: 4
Economy: 27
Life, Health & Inclusion: 29
Technology & Innovation: 11
aceshot/Getty Images Plus16. Michigan
Workforce: 26
Infrastructure: 19
Cost of Doing Business: 9
Economy: 21
Life, Health & Inclusion: 29
Technology & Innovation: 15
Gary Ennis/Getty Images Plus17. Pennsylvania
Workforce: 28
Infrastructure: 12
Cost of Doing Business: 22
Economy: 45
Life, Health & Inclusion: 22
Technology & Innovation: 7
Spring in Pittsburgh city, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh skyline with cherry blossoms.
18. Oregon
Workforce: 9
Infrastructure: 33
Cost of Doing Business: 34
Economy: 15
Life, Health & Inclusion: 8
Technology & Innovation: 13
Marshall Pittman/Getty Images19. Illinois
Workforce: 9
Infrastructure: 33
Cost of Doing Business: 34
Economy: 15
Life, Health & Inclusion: 8
Technology & Innovation: 13
wellesenterprises/Getty Images Plus20. Idaho
Workforce: 40
Infrastructure: 42
Cost of Doing Business: 15
Economy: 5
Life, Health & Inclusion: 20
Technology & Innovation: 34
knowlesgallery/Getty Images Plus21. Kansas
Workforce: 35
Infrastructure: 6
Cost of Doing Business: 6
Economy: 43
Life, Health & Inclusion: 29
Technology & Innovation: 38
Getty Images/Samantha Ward22. South Dakota
Workforce: 43
Infrastructure: 36
Cost of Doing Business: 11
Economy: 12
Life, Health & Inclusion: 27
Technology & Innovation: 36
keeweeboy/Getty Images Plus23. Wisconsin
Workforce: 37
Infrastructure: 15
Cost of Doing Business: 13
Economy: 30
Life, Health & Inclusion: 35
Technology & Innovation: 19
Vinay Pathak/Getty Images24. Massachusetts
Workforce: 24
Infrastructure: 31
Cost of Doing Business: 49
Economy: 26
Life, Health & Inclusion: 13
Technology & Innovation: 10
Fabiano Lacerda Dossanto/Getty Images Plus25. Missouri
Workforce: 49
Infrastructure: 10
Cost of Doing Business: 1
Economy: 17
Life, Health & Inclusion: 46
Technology & Innovation: 19
St. Louis downtown city skyline at twilight.
26. Kentucky
Workforce: 17
Infrastructure: 18
Cost of Doing Business: 6
Economy: 34
Life, Health & Inclusion: 36
Technology & Innovation: 22
Sean Pavone/Getty Images Plus27. Maryland
Workforce: 10
Infrastructure: 22
Cost of Doing Business: 44
Economy: 31
Life, Health & Inclusion: 18
Technology & Innovation: 14
ChrisBoswell/Getty Images Plus28. Delaware
Workforce: 5
Infrastructure: 20
Cost of Doing Business: 37
Economy: 22
Life, Health & Inclusion: 24
Technology & Innovation: 32
AndreyKrav/Getty Images Plus29. California
Workforce: 16
Infrastructure: 25
Cost of Doing Business: 48
Economy: 17
Life, Health & Inclusion: 26
Technology & Innovation: 1
Spring morning light hits the tree filled hillside in front of the Los Angeles skyline in Southern California
30. Montana
Workforce: 33
Infrastructure: 45
Cost of Doing Business: 27
Economy: 9
Life, Health & Inclusion: 24
Technology & Innovation: 46
SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images Creative31. Vermont
Workforce: 50
Infrastructure: 22
Cost of Doing Business: 39
Economy: 33
Life, Health & Inclusion: 1
Technology & Innovation: 37
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)32. Wyoming
Workforce: 18
Infrastructure: 35
Cost of Doing Business: 23
Economy: 40
Life, Health & Inclusion: 20
Technology & Innovation: 40
George Frey/Getty Images33. Alabama
Workforce: 13
Infrastructure: 38
Cost of Doing Business: 24
Economy: 27
Life, Health & Inclusion: 38
Technology & Innovation: 21
Allard1/Getty Images Plus34. Arizona
Workforce: 7
Infrastructure: 6
Cost of Doing Business: 35
Economy: 22
Life, Health & Inclusion: 50
Technology & Innovation: 29
pmphoto/Getty Images Plus35. New Hampshire
Workforce: 22
Infrastructure: 47
Cost of Doing Business: 32
Economy: 29
Life, Health & Inclusion: 15
Technology & Innovation: 39
Sean Pavone/Getty Images Plus36. New York
Workforce: 46
Infrastructure: 28
Cost of Doing Business: 42
Economy: 36
Life, Health & Inclusion: 19
Technology & Innovation: 2
Larry Gibson/Getty Images Plus36. South Carolina
Workforce: 29
Infrastructure: 27
Cost of Doing Business: 28
Economy: 13
Life, Health & Inclusion: 47
Technology & Innovation: 31
Larry Gibson/Getty Images Plus38. Oklahoma
Workforce: 35
Infrastructure: 26
Cost of Doing Business: 2
Economy: 34
Life, Health & Inclusion: 48
Technology & Innovation: 30
Cavan Images/Getty Images Plus39. Connecticut
Workforce: 14
Infrastructure: 39
Cost of Doing Business: 45
Economy: 47
Life, Health & Inclusion: 17
Technology & Innovation: 25
Sean Pavone/Getty Images Plus49. Nevada
Workforce: 29
Infrastructure: 5
Cost of Doing Business: 20
Economy: 25
Life, Health & Inclusion: 41
Technology & Innovation: 47
Aerial view of Las Vegas strip in Nevada as seen at night USA
41. Arkansas
Workforce: 38
Infrastructure: 30
Cost of Doing Business: 13
Economy: 24
Life, Health & Inclusion: 37
Technology & Innovation: 40
Sean Pavone/Getty Images Creative42. New Jersey
Workforce: 23
Infrastructure: 34
Cost of Doing Business: 43
Economy: 50
Life, Health & Inclusion: 8
Technology & Innovation: 27
Newark, New Jersey, USA skyline on the Passaic River.
43. Maine
Workforce: 43
Infrastructure: 49
Cost of Doing Business: 40
Economy: 32
Life, Health & Inclusion: 2
Technology & Innovation: 44
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)44. West Virginia
Workforce: 43
Infrastructure: 42
Cost of Doing Business: 10
Economy: 39
Life, Health & Inclusion: 34
Technology & Innovation: 49
krblokhin/Getty Images Plus45. Rhode Island
Workforce: 39
Infrastructure: 44
Cost of Doing Business: 47
Economy: 41
Life, Health & Inclusion: 16
Technology & Innovation: 33
fotoguy22/ Getty Images Creative46. New Mexico
Workforce: 25
Infrastructure: 39
Cost of Doing Business: 29
Economy: 42
Life, Health & Inclusion: 44
Technology & Innovation: 43
Hot air balloons drifting over the Rio Grande river in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
46. Hawaii
Workforce: 19
Infrastructure: 39
Cost of Doing Business: 50
Economy: 48
Life, Health & Inclusion: 3
Technology & Innovation: 40
(Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)48. Louisiana
Workforce: 42
Infrastructure: 48
Cost of Doing Business: 5
Economy: 45
Life, Health & Inclusion: 45
Technology & Innovation: 45
Bourbon St, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA cityscape of bars and retaurants at twilight.
49. Alaska
Workforce: 34
Infrastructure: 50
Cost of Doing Business: 46
Economy: 38
Life, Health & Inclusion: 11
Technology & Innovation: 50
John Pennell/Getty Image Creative50. Mississippi
Workforce: 47
Infrastructure: 46
Cost of Doing Business: 17
Economy: 49
Life, Health & Inclusion: 33
Technology & Innovation: 48
SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images Plus
