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State Development Index — pillar

Openness

Whether you can get an answer out of the state without telephoning it.

Openness across the United States
A map sizes states by land area, not by value — Wyoming shouts and Rhode Island vanishes. The ranked list beside it is the reading.
  1. 1VT Vermont88
  2. 2WA Washington86
  3. 3VA Virginia84
  4. 4UT Utah79
  5. 5NJ New Jersey76
  6. 6HI Hawaii75
  7. 7FL Florida71
  8. 7TX Texas71
  9. 7PA Pennsylvania71
  10. 10NC North Carolina67
  11. 10OR Oregon67
  12. 12MD Maryland65
  13. 13CT Connecticut64
  14. 13DC Washington, D.C.64
  15. 15NY New York63
  16. 15CA California63
  17. 17MA Massachusetts62
  18. 18CO Colorado61
  19. 19MO Missouri60
  20. 19IA Iowa60
  21. 19MI Michigan60
  22. 22DE Delaware59
  23. 23IL Illinois57
  24. 24KY Kentucky56
  25. 25AZ Arizona53
  26. 26WI Wisconsin51
  27. 26OK Oklahoma51
  28. 28IN Indiana33
  29. 29NE Nebraska27
  30. 29ND North Dakota27
  31. 29MS Mississippi27
  32. 29AL Alabama27
  33. 29WV West Virginia27
  34. 34SD South Dakota18
  35. 34TN Tennessee18
  36. 34WY Wyoming18
  37. 34SC South Carolina18
  38. 34KS Kansas18
  39. 39NH New Hampshire0
  40. 39MN Minnesota0
  41. 39GA Georgia0
  42. 39MT Montana0
  43. 39OH Ohio0
  44. 39ID Idaho0
  45. 39ME Maine0
  46. 39AK Alaska0
  47. 39NV Nevada0
  48. 39RI Rhode Island0
  49. 39LA Louisiana0
  50. 39AR Arkansas0
  51. 39NM New Mexico0

Scores are percentile ranks within the 51 jurisdictions, so they say how many a state beats rather than by how much. Adjacent positions can represent trivial real differences; the state profile prints the underlying figure for every indicator.

The whole index

Openness — every state ranked — Applied America