PROTECTING SMALL BUSINESS, PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Small Business Policy Index 2017 Tables and Details

By at 8 February, 2017, 6:00 am

RANKING THE STATES ON POLICY MEASURES AND COSTS IMPACTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH

» State Rankings of Top Personal Income Tax Rates

1t Alaska 0.000
1t Florida 0.000
1t Nevada 0.000
1t New Hampshire 0.000
1t South Dakota 0.000
1t Tennessee 0.000
1t Texas 0.000
1t Washington 0.000
1t Wyoming 0.000
10 North Dakota 2.900
11 Alabama 3.020
12 Pennsylvania 3.070
13 Indiana 3.230
14 Louisiana 3.624
15 Illinois 3.750
16 Michigan 4.250
17 Arizona 4.540
18 Kansas 4.600
19 Colorado 4.630
20 New Mexico 4.900
21 Ohio 4.997
22t Mississippi 5.000
22t Oklahoma 5.000
22t Utah 5.000
25 Massachusetts 5.100
26 Iowa 5.424
27 North Carolina 5.490
28t Maryland 5.750
28t Virginia 5.750
30 Rhode Island 5.990
31t Georgia 6.000
31t Kentucky 6.000
31t Missouri 6.000
34 West Virginia 6.500
35 Delaware 6.600
36 Nebraska 6.840
37t Arkansas 6.900
37t Montana 6.900
39 Connecticut 6.990
40 South Carolina 7.000
41 Idaho 7.400
42 Wisconsin 7.650
43 Hawaii 8.250
44 New York 8.820
45 Vermont 8.950
46 New Jersey 8.970
47 Minnesota 9.850
48 Oregon 9.900
49 Maine 10.150
50 California 13.300

» State Rankings of Top Individual Capital Gains Tax Rates

1t Alaska 0.000
1t Florida 0.000
1t Nevada 0.000
1t New Hampshire 0.000
1t South Dakota 0.000
1t Tennessee 0.000
1t Texas 0.000
1t Washington 0.000
1t Wyoming 0.000
10 North Dakota 1.740
11 New Mexico 2.450
12 Pennsylvania 3.070
13 Indiana 3.230
14 Arizona 3.405
15 Illinois 3.750
16 South Carolina 3.920
17 Alabama 4.000
18 Arkansas 4.140
19 Michigan 4.250
20 Kansas 4.600
21 Colorado 4.630
22 Louisiana 4.800
23 Montana 4.900
24 Ohio 4.997
25t Mississippi 5.000
25t Oklahoma 5.000
25t Utah 5.000
28 Massachusetts 5.100
29 Wisconsin 5.355
30 Vermont 5.370
31 North Carolina 5.490
32t Maryland 5.750
32t Virginia 5.750
34 Rhode Island 5.990
35t Georgia 6.000
35t Kentucky 6.000
35t Missouri 6.000
38 West Virginia 6.500
39 Delaware 6.600
40 Nebraska 6.840
41 Connecticut 6.990
42 Iowa 7.184
43 Hawaii 7.250
44 Idaho 7.400
45 New York 8.820
46 New Jersey 8.970
47 Minnesota 9.850
48 Oregon 9.900
49 Maine 10.150
50 California 13.300

» State Rankings of Individual Dividends and Interest Tax Rates

1t Alaska 0.000
1t Florida 0.000
1t Nevada 0.000
1t South Dakota 0.000
1t Texas 0.000
1t Washington 0.000
1t Wyoming 0.000
8 North Dakota 2.900
9 Pennsylvania 3.070
10 Indiana 3.230
11 Illinois 3.750
12 Alabama 4.000
13 Michigan 4.250
14 Arizona 4.540
15 Kansas 4.600
16 Colorado 4.630
17 Louisiana 4.800
18 New Mexico 4.900
19 Ohio 4.997
20t Mississippi 5.000
20t New Hampshire 5.000
20t Oklahoma 5.000
20t Tennessee 5.000
20t Utah 5.000
25 Massachusetts 5.100
26 North Carolina 5.490
27t Maryland 5.750
27t Virginia 5.750
29 Rhode Island 5.990
30t Georgia 6.000
30t Kentucky 6.000
30t Missouri 6.000
33 West Virginia 6.500
34 Delaware 6.600
35 Nebraska 6.840
36t Arkansas 6.900
36t Montana 6.900
38 Connecticut 6.990
39 South Carolina 7.000
40 Iowa 7.184
41 Idaho 7.400
42 Wisconsin 7.650
43 Hawaii 8.250
44 New York 8.820
45 Vermont 8.950
46 New Jersey 8.970
47 Minnesota 9.850
48 Oregon 9.900
49 Maine 10.150
50 California 13.300

» State Rankings of Top Corporate Income Tax Rates

1t Nevada 0.000
1t Ohio 0.000
1t South Dakota 0.000
1t Texas 0.000
1t Washington 0.000
1t Wyoming 0.000
7 North Carolina 3.000
8 Alabama 4.225
9 North Dakota 4.310
10 Colorado 4.630
11 Arizona 4.900
12t Mississippi 5.000
12t South Carolina 5.000
12t Utah 5.000
15 Missouri 5.156
16 Louisiana 5.200
17 Florida 5.500
18t Georgia 6.000
18t Kentucky 6.000
18t Michigan 6.000
18t Oklahoma 6.000
18t Virginia 6.000
23 New Mexico 6.200
24 Indiana 6.250
25 Hawaii 6.400
26t Arkansas 6.500
26t Tennessee 6.500
26t West Virginia 6.500
29 Montana 6.750
30t Kansas 7.000
30t Rhode Island 7.000
32 Idaho 7.400
33 Oregon 7.600
34 Illinois 7.750
35 Nebraska 7.810
36 Wisconsin 7.900
37 Massachusetts 8.000
38 New Hampshire 8.200
39 Maryland 8.250
40 New York 8.320
41 Vermont 8.500
42 Delaware 8.700
43 California 8.840
44 Maine 8.930
45t Connecticut 9.000
45t New Jersey 9.000
47 Alaska 9.400
48 Minnesota 9.800
49 Iowa 9.900
50 Pennsylvania 9.990

» State Rankings of Top Corporate Capital Gains Tax Rates

1t Nevada 0.000
1t Ohio 0.000
1t South Dakota 0.000
1t Texas 0.000
1t Washington 0.000
1t Wyoming 0.000
7 North Carolina 3.000
8 Hawaii 4.000
9 Alabama 4.225
10 North Dakota 4.310
11 Alaska 4.500
12 Colorado 4.630
13 Arizona 4.900
14t Mississippi 5.000
14t South Carolina 5.000
14t Utah 5.000
17 Missouri 5.156
18 Louisiana 5.200
19 Florida 5.500
20t Georgia 6.000
20t Kentucky 6.000
20t Michigan 6.000
20t Oklahoma 6.000
20t Virginia 6.000
25 New Mexico 6.200
26 Indiana 6.250
27t Arkansas 6.500
27t Tennessee 6.500
27t West Virginia 6.500
30 Montana 6.750
31t Kansas 7.000
31t Rhode Island 7.000
33 Idaho 7.400
34 Oregon 7.600
35 Illinois 7.750
36 Nebraska 7.810
37 Wisconsin 7.900
38 Massachusetts 8.000
39 New Hampshire 8.200
40 Maryland 8.250
41 New York 8.320
42 Vermont 8.500
43 Delaware 8.700
44 California 8.840
45 Maine 8.930
46t Connecticut 9.000
46t New Jersey 9.000
48 Minnesota 9.800
49 Iowa 9.900
50 Pennsylvania 9.990

» Rankings of State and Local Property Taxes

1 Alabama 1.391
2 Oklahoma 1.446
3 Arkansas 1.787
4 Delaware 1.803
5 New Mexico 1.945
6 Kentucky 1.958
7 Louisiana 1.983
8 Tennessee 2.040
9 North Dakota 2.042
10 Hawaii 2.113
11 Missouri 2.307
12 West Virginia 2.324
13 Nevada 2.376
14 North Carolina 2.399
15 Indiana 2.461
16 Idaho 2.472
17 Utah 2.567
18 Arizona 2.601
19 Mississippi 2.669
20 Maryland 2.704
21 Washington 2.751
22 California 2.763
23 Florida 2.779
24 Georgia 2.781
25 Colorado 2.801
26 South Dakota 2.808
27 Ohio 2.827
28 Minnesota 2.896
29 South Carolina 2.922
30 Virginia 2.931
31 Pennsylvania 2.945
32 Kansas 3.150
33 Oregon 3.239
34 Michigan 3.295
35 Iowa 3.384
36 Texas 3.602
37 Montana 3.608
38 Massachusetts 3.690
39 Wisconsin 3.718
40 Nebraska 3.735
41 Wyoming 3.848
42 Illinois 4.171
43 Connecticut 4.438
44 Maine 4.560
45 New York 4.591
46 Rhode Island 4.723
47 Vermont 4.943
48 Alaska 4.992
49 New Hampshire 5.387
50 New Jersey 5.395

» Rankings of State and Local Sales, Gross Receipts and Excise Taxes

1 Oregon 0.824
2 Montana 0.868
3 Delaware 0.889
4 New Hampshire 1.041
5 Alaska 1.364
6 Massachusetts 1.892
7 Virginia 1.924
8 New Jersey 2.440
9 Maryland 2.441
10 Idaho 2.614
11 Wisconsin 2.653
12 South Carolina 2.662
13 Pennsylvania 2.700
14 North Carolina 2.736
15 Iowa 2.757
16 Connecticut 2.795
17 Nebraska 2.804
18 Georgia 2.829
19 Missouri 2.837
20 Rhode Island 2.901
21 Colorado 2.927
22 Michigan 2.963
23 Utah 2.984
24 Illinois 2.994
25 Maine 3.002
26 Kentucky 3.079
27 California 3.104
28 Vermont 3.141
29 Ohio 3.234
30 Wyoming 3.280
31 West Virginia 3.323
32 Oklahoma 3.430
33 Minnesota 3.480
34 Kansas 3.491
35 New York 3.516
36 Alabama 3.526
37 Florida 3.684
38 Indiana 3.758
39 South Dakota 3.910
40 Tennessee 3.935
41 Arizona 3.985
42 Texas 4.183
43 Mississippi 4.275
44 Louisiana 4.506
45 North Dakota 4.534
46 Arkansas 4.570
47 New Mexico 4.600
48 Washington 5.224
49 Nevada 5.594
50 Hawaii 6.275

» State Rankings of Adjusted Unemployment Taxes

1 California 0.785
2 Florida 0.882
3 Virginia 0.971
4 Georgia 1.129
5 Nebraska 1.140
6 Maryland 1.167
7 Louisiana 1.170
8 Alabama 1.286
9 Arizona 1.377
10 Texas 1.444
11 Maine 1.498
12 New York 1.595
13 Indiana 1.688
14 Ohio 1.750
15 Connecticut 1.812
16 Arkansas 1.868
17 South Carolina 1.884
18 Tennessee 1.937
19 Colorado 1.943
20 Michigan 2.002
21t Illinois 2.010
21t Mississippi 2.010
23 New Hampshire 2.156
24 Pennsylvania 2.223
25t Oklahoma 2.302
25t West Virginia 2.302
27 Kansas 2.478
28 Kentucky 2.495
29 Massachusetts 2.829
30 Missouri 2.904
31 North Carolina 2.908
32 Delaware 2.942
33 New Mexico 3.015
34 Vermont 3.064
35 New Jersey 3.441
36 Nevada 3.558
37 South Dakota 3.671
38 Wisconsin 3.824
39 Alaska 3.845
40 Oregon 4.143
41 Rhode Island 4.531
42 Montana 4.595
43 Washington 4.644
44 Wyoming 4.878
45 Idaho 4.922
46 Hawaii 4.950
47 Utah 5.254
48 Iowa 5.411
49 Minnesota 5.790
50 North Dakota 8.734

» Rankings of State Gas Taxes

1 Alaska 0.123
2 South Carolina 0.168
3 Oklahoma 0.170
4 Missouri 0.173
5 Mississippi 0.188
6 New Mexico 0.189
7 Arizona 0.190
8t Texas 0.200
8t Louisiana 0.200
10 Alabama 0.209
11 Tennessee 0.214
12 Arkansas 0.218
13 Colorado 0.220
14 Virginia 0.224
15t Delaware 0.230
15t North Dakota 0.230
17 New Hampshire 0.238
18t Wyoming 0.240
18t Kansas 0.240
20 Kentucky 0.260
21 Massachusetts 0.265
22 Nebraska 0.267
23 Montana 0.278
24 Ohio 0.280
25 Minnesota 0.286
26 Utah 0.294
27t South Dakota 0.300
27t Maine 0.300
29 Vermont 0.305
30 Oregon 0.311
31t Georgia 0.312
31t Indiana 0.312
33 Michigan 0.316
34 Iowa 0.317
35 Illinois 0.320
36 Wisconsin 0.329
37 Idaho 0.330
38 West Virginia 0.332
39t Maryland 0.335
39t Nevada 0.335
41 Rhode Island 0.340
42 North Carolina 0.343
43 Florida 0.366
44 California 0.382
45 Connecticut 0.383
46 New Jersey 0.411
47 New York 0.434
48 Hawaii 0.440
49 Washington 0.494
50 Pennsylvania 0.514

» Rankings of State Diesel Taxes

1 Alaska 0.128
2 Oklahoma 0.140
3 South Carolina 0.168
4 Missouri 0.173
5 New Jersey 0.175
6t Mississippi 0.184
6t Tennessee 0.184
8t Texas 0.200
8t Louisiana 0.200
10 Colorado 0.205
11 Alabama 0.219
12 Delaware 0.220
13 Arkansas 0.228
14 New Mexico 0.229
15t Kentucky 0.230
15t North Dakota 0.230
17 New Hampshire 0.238
18 Wyoming 0.240
19 Kansas 0.260
20t Virginia 0.261
20t Nebraska 0.261
22 Massachusetts 0.265
23 Arizona 0.270
24 Ohio 0.280
25 Montana 0.285
26t Nevada 0.286
26t Minnesota 0.286
28t Michigan 0.294
28t Utah 0.294
30 South Dakota 0.300
31 Oregon 0.304
32 Maine 0.312
33 Vermont 0.320
34 Wisconsin 0.329
35 Idaho 0.330
36 West Virginia 0.332
37 Iowa 0.335
38 Florida 0.338
39 Rhode Island 0.340
40t Maryland 0.343
40t North Carolina 0.343
42 Georgia 0.348
43 Illinois 0.350
44 California 0.387
45 Indiana 0.409
46 Hawaii 0.416
47 Connecticut 0.417
48 New York 0.422
49 Washington 0.494
50 Pennsylvania 0.651

» State Rankings of Wireless Taxes

1 Oregon 0.018
2 Nevada 0.021
3 Idaho 0.023
4 Montana 0.062
5 Delaware 0.063
6t Virginia 0.067
6t West Virginia 0.067
8 Connecticut 0.075
9 Hawaii 0.077
10 Michigan 0.080
11 Wyoming 0.082
12 Ohio 0.084
13t Massachusetts 0.085
13t Vermont 0.085
15t North Carolina 0.086
15t Wisconsin 0.086
17t New Hampshire 0.087
17t Maine 0.087
19t Louisiana 0.088
19t Iowa 0.088
21 New Jersey 0.090
22 Mississippi 0.092
23 Georgia 0.096
24 Alabama 0.099
25 Minnesota 0.100
26 South Carolina 0.106
27t Kentucky 0.108
27t Colorado 0.108
29 Oklahoma 0.109
30 Indiana 0.112
31 New Mexico 0.113
32 Texas 0.116
33 Tennessee 0.121
34 Arizona 0.123
35 North Dakota 0.124
36 Utah 0.127
37 Maryland 0.128
38 Alaska 0.135
39 California 0.136
40 South Dakota 0.137
41 Kansas 0.138
42t Arkansas 0.147
42t Florida 0.147
44t Missouri 0.148
44t Rhode Island 0.148
46 Pennsylvania 0.157
47 Illinois 0.178
48 New York 0.180
49 Nebraska 0.187
50 Washington 0.188

» State Rankings of Energy Regulatory Index

1t Alabama 4.29
1t Alaska 4.29
1t South Dakota 4.29
1t Texas 4.29
5 Delaware 4.48
6 North Dakota 4.57
7t Georgia 4.86
7t Kansas 4.86
7t Missouri 4.86
10t Oklahoma 5.00
10t Wyoming 5.00
12t Colorado 5.14
12t Mississippi 5.14
14 Ohio 5.24
15t Florida 5.29
15t Nebraska 5.29
17t Louisiana 5.43
17t Tennessee 5.43
17t Utah 5.43
20t Arizona 5.57
20t Iowa 5.57
20t South Carolina 5.57
23t Arkansas 5.71
23t Hawaii 5.71
23t Idaho 5.71
26 West Virginia 5.86
27 Rhode Island 6.00
28 Montana 6.05
29t Indiana 6.14
29t New Mexico 6.14
31 Illinois 6.19
32t Kentucky 6.29
32t Virginia 6.29
34t Minnesota 6.43
34t Vermont 6.43
36t Maine 6.48
36t New Hampshire 6.48
38 Massachusetts 6.52
39t Nevada 6.57
39t Pennsylvania 6.57
41 Oregon 6.62
42 North Carolina 6.71
43 New Jersey 6.81
44t Maryland 6.86
44t Michigan 6.86
44t Washington 6.86
47 Connecticut 7.14
48 Wisconsin 7.29
49 California 7.71
50 New York 7.86

» State Rankings of Workers’ Compensation Premium Costs

1 North Dakota 0.89
2 Indiana 1.05
3 Arkansas 1.06
4 West Virginia 1.22
5 Virginia 1.24
6 Utah 1.27
7 Oregon 1.28
8 Massachusetts 1.29
9 Nevada 1.31
10 Kansas 1.41
11t Ohio 1.45
11t Texas 1.45
13t Arizona 1.50
13t Maryland 1.50
15 Kentucky 1.52
16 Colorado 1.56
17 Michigan 1.57
18 Florida 1.66
19t Nebraska 1.67
19t South Dakota 1.67
21 Tennessee 1.68
22 Mississippi 1.70
23 Idaho 1.79
24 Georgia 1.80
25 Pennsylvania 1.84
26 Alabama 1.85
27 Iowa 1.86
28 Wyoming 1.87
29t Minnesota 1.91
29t North Carolina 1.91
31t Missouri 1.92
31t New Mexico 1.92
33 South Carolina 1.94
34t Hawaii 1.96
34t New Hampshire 1.96
36 Washington 1.97
37t Maine 2.02
37t Vermont 2.02
39 Wisconsin 2.06
40 Montana 2.10
41 Louisiana 2.11
42 Rhode Island 2.20
43t Illinois 2.23
43t Oklahoma 2.23
45 Delaware 2.32
46t Alaska 2.74
46t Connecticut 2.74
48 New York 2.83
49 New Jersey 2.92
50 California 3.24

» State Rankings of the Number of State & Local Government Employees, 2015

1 Nevada 3.749
2 Arizona 4.188
3 Florida 4.329
4 Michigan 4.403
5 Pennsylvania 4.438
6t California 4.552
6t Rhode Island 4.552
8 Utah 4.764
9 Oregon 4.776
10 Washington 4.793
11 Indiana 4.856
12 Idaho 4.859
13 Illinois 4.891
14 Tennessee 4.918
15t Georgia 4.964
15t Wisconsin 4.964
17 Massachusetts 4.979
18 Ohio 5.033
19 Maryland 5.061
20 Colorado 5.188
21 Minnesota 5.198
22 Missouri 5.214
23 Delaware 5.236
24 Hawaii 5.269
25 Maine 5.291
26 Texas 5.316
27 Virginia 5.332
28 New Jersey 5.346
29 South Carolina 5.351
30t New Hampshire 5.354
30t Connecticut 5.354
32 North Carolina 5.388
33 South Dakota 5.436
34 Kentucky 5.497
35 Louisiana 5.553
36t Oklahoma 5.570
36t West Virginia 5.570
38 Montana 5.632
39 Arkansas 5.711
40 Alabama 5.815
41 Iowa 5.840
42 New York 5.943
43 New Mexico 6.019
44 Nebraska 6.252
45 North Dakota 6.267
46 Mississippi 6.385
47 Vermont 6.469
48 Kansas 6.709
49 Alaska 7.306
50 Wyoming 8.642

» Rankings of State and Local Government Five-Year Spending Trends, 2008-09 to 2013-14

1 Arizona -1.476
2 Florida -1.336
3 Nevada -1.262
4 Louisiana -1.011
5 Idaho -0.831
6 Utah -0.601
7 Georgia -0.279
8 South Carolina -0.200
9 New Mexico 0.056
10 Wyoming 0.175
11 Washington 0.248
12 Indiana 0.400
13 Alabama 0.467
14 Tennessee 0.510
15 Missouri 0.529
16 Michigan 0.651
17 Kansas 0.663
18 North Carolina 0.677
19 Texas 0.922
20 Mississippi 1.003
21 California 1.096
22 Oklahoma 1.164
23 South Dakota 1.205
24 Hawaii 1.256
25 Maine 1.391
26 Minnesota 1.397
27 Nebraska 1.417
28 New Jersey 1.422
29 Wisconsin 1.447
30 New Hampshire 1.522
31 Rhode Island 1.539
32 Kentucky 1.575
33 Ohio 1.605
34 Massachusetts 1.667
35 Pennsylvania 1.682
36 New York 1.683
37 Colorado 1.780
38 Alaska 1.914
39 Illinois 1.996
40 Montana 1.998
41 Oregon 1.999
42 Virginia 2.123
43 Delaware 2.261
44 Maryland 2.364
45 Connecticut 2.546
46 Iowa 2.614
47 West Virginia 3.053
48 Vermont 3.333
49 Arkansas 3.809
50 North Dakota 7.090

» Rankings of Per Capita State and Local Government Expenditures, 2013-14

1 Idaho 0.700
2 Georgia 0.763
3 Nevada 0.767
4 Arizona 0.770
5 Florida 0.785
6 Indiana 0.794
7 Missouri 0.815
8 North Carolina 0.820
9 Arkansas 0.828
10 South Dakota 0.832
11t Oklahoma 0.837
11t Utah 0.837
13 Tennessee 0.838
14 Texas 0.840
15 New Hampshire 0.843
16 Alabama 0.865
17 Kentucky 0.877
18 Michigan 0.879
19 West Virginia 0.885
20t South Carolina 0.888
20t Virginia 0.888
22 Mississippi 0.909
23 Kansas 0.920
24 Montana 0.925
25 Maine 0.937
26 Wisconsin 0.974
27 Colorado 0.976
28 Ohio 0.987
29 Louisiana 0.992
30 Pennsylvania 1.007
31 New Mexico 1.018
32 Iowa 1.029
33 Maryland 1.041
34 Illinois 1.043
35 Oregon 1.058
36 Rhode Island 1.072
37t Minnesota 1.075
37t Washington 1.075
39 Nebraska 1.085
40 Hawaii 1.099
41 Delaware 1.139
42 New Jersey 1.154
43 Vermont 1.159
44 Connecticut 1.160
45 Massachusetts 1.189
46 California 1.196
47 North Dakota 1.202
48 Wyoming 1.472
49 New York 1.530
50 Alaska 2.224

» Rankings of Per Capita State and Local Government Debt, 2013-14

1 Wyoming 0.363
2 Idaho 0.408
3 Mississippi 0.510
4 Oklahoma 0.515
5 North Carolina 0.540
6 Montana 0.560
7 Tennessee 0.569
8 Arkansas 0.577
9 Georgia 0.604
10 Iowa 0.649
11 West Virginia 0.666
12 Maine 0.680
13 Alabama 0.687
14 South Dakota 0.715
15 Utah 0.738
16 North Dakota 0.766
17 Arizona 0.777
18 Vermont 0.779
19 Ohio 0.793
20 Indiana 0.797
21 Wisconsin 0.802
22 New Mexico 0.808
23 Missouri 0.821
24 Michigan 0.828
25 Florida 0.835
26 Virginia 0.843
27 Nebraska 0.861
28 New Hampshire 0.865
29 Maryland 0.897
30 Delaware 0.902
31 Louisiana 0.920
32 South Carolina 0.952
33 Kansas 0.959
34 Minnesota 0.962
35 Oregon 0.965
36 Kentucky 0.976
37 Nevada 0.991
38 Texas 1.068
39 Pennsylvania 1.071
40 Hawaii 1.081
41 Colorado 1.083
42 California 1.179
43 New Jersey 1.192
44 Washington 1.217
45 Rhode Island 1.225
46 Illinois 1.242
47 Alaska 1.316
48 Connecticut 1.331
49 Massachusetts 1.450
50 New York 1.873

» State Rankings of State and Local Revenue from the Federal Government as Share of Total State and Local Revenue, 2013-14

1 Nevada 0.740
2 California 0.782
3 Virginia 0.835
4 North Dakota 0.843
5 Nebraska 0.853
6 Kansas 0.858
7t Minnesota 0.867
7t Illinois 0.867
9 New Hampshire 0.872
10 Colorado 0.878
11 Wisconsin 0.888
12 Washington 0.900
13 New York 0.904
14 Connecticut 0.916
15 South Carolina 0.963
16 New Jersey 0.974
17 Florida 0.998
18 Texas 0.999
19 Hawaii 1.012
20 Utah 1.014
21 Massachusetts 1.031
22 Maryland 1.066
23 Georgia 1.070
24 Ohio 1.073
25 Pennsylvania 1.076
26 Alaska 1.089
27 Delaware 1.110
28 Iowa 1.114
29 North Carolina 1.130
30 Missouri 1.133
31 Oregon 1.149
32 Idaho 1.150
33 South Dakota 1.164
34t Michigan 1.170
34t Arizona 1.170
36 Indiana 1.181
37 Tennessee 1.189
38 Oklahoma 1.216
39 Alabama 1.253
40 Rhode Island 1.270
41 Wyoming 1.278
42 Arkansas 1.341
43 Maine 1.346
44 Montana 1.357
45 Louisiana 1.371
46 New Mexico 1.382
47 West Virginia 1.412
48 Mississippi 1.473
49 Kentucky 1.493
50 Vermont 1.573

» State Rankings of Crime Rate

1 Vermont 1.525
2 New Jersey 1.882
3 New Hampshire 1.945
4 Idaho 1.959
5 Maine 1.960
6 New York 1.984
7 Connecticut 2.031
8 Virginia 2.062
9 Massachusetts 2.082
10 Wyoming 2.125
11 Pennsylvania 2.128
12 Rhode Island 2.140
13 Wisconsin 2.280
14 Michigan 2.301
15 South Dakota 2.326
16 Iowa 2.333
17 North Dakota 2.356
18 West Virginia 2.358
19 Illinois 2.372
20 Kentucky 2.396
21 Minnesota 2.465
22 Nebraska 2.516
23 Maryland 2.772
24 Ohio 2.880
25 Colorado 2.963
26 Montana 2.973
27 Indiana 2.984
28 California 3.045
29 North Carolina 3.097
30 Mississippi 3.109
31 Kansas 3.110
32 Delaware 3.190
33 Oregon 3.206
34 Utah 3.216
35 Texas 3.244
36 Florida 3.275
37 Oklahoma 3.308
38 Missouri 3.352
39 Nevada 3.364
40 Georgia 3.401
41 Arizona 3.443
42 Alabama 3.451
43t Alaska 3.548
43t Tennessee 3.548
45 Washington 3.748
46 Arkansas 3.773
47 South Carolina 3.798
48 Louisiana 3.893
49 Hawaii 4.090
50 New Mexico 4.354

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