Small Business Survival Index for 2011, from Stefan Jovanovich
Here is something interesting. This is the Small Business Survival Index for 2011
Rank State SBSI Scaled #
1 South Dakota 32.29 100%
2 Nevada 38.53 88%
3 Texas 39.08 87%
4 Wyoming 46.05 74%
5 South Carolina 47.05 72%
6 Alabama 48.77 68%
7 Ohio 49.54 67%
8 Florida 50.08 66%
9 Colorado 51.32 63%
10 Virginia 51.70 63%
11 Washington 52.31 62%
12 Mississippi 52.32 62%
13 North Dakota 53.30 60%
14 Utah 53.37 60%
15 Arizona 54.39 58%
16 Georgia 54.64 57%
17 Missouri 55.38 56%
18 Arkansas 56.16 54%
19 Oklahoma 57.08 52%
20 Indiana 57.75 51%
21 Alaska 58.80 49%
22 Kentucky 58.93 49%
23 Kansas 58.98 49%
24 Wisconsin 59.28 48%
25 Tennessee 59.98 47%
26 Louisiana 60.12 47%
27 Idaho 60.45 46%
28 New Mexico 60.58 46%
29 Michigan 61.48 44%
30 Montana 62.19 43%
31 Delaware 62.79 41%
32 West Virgina 63.49 40%
33 New Hampshire 63.57 40%
34 Oregon 65.18 37%
35 Pennsylvania 65.35 37%
36 Nebraska 66.42 34%
37 North Carolina 66.86 34%
38 Maryland 67.10 33%
39 Hawaii 70.89 26%
40 Illinois 72.08 24%
41 Iowa 72.53 23%
42 Massachusetts 73.98 20%
43 Minnesota 75.31 17%
44 Connecticut 75.59 17%
45 Maine 75.88 16%
46 California 76.36 15%
47 Rhode Island 77.25 14%
48 Vermont 78.29 12%
49 New Jersy 82.63 3%
50 New York 82.79 3%
51 Washington D.C. 84.35 0%
Gary Rogan writes:
At first glance the index seems oddly correlated with the party affiliation of the Governor. And the say they are all the same.