Best States for Business: #8
Mississippi
Open for Business Index Score: 82.95
Mississippi excelled in costs for employing workers, having a small government footprint, low percentage of the workforce represented by unions, protecting employees with a Right to Work law. Average scores were recorded for Mississippi in tax burden, cost of living, education and tort law. Infrastructure in Mississippi could use some improvement, and the state’s worst category is health, where it scored dead last.
Worst States for Business: #8
Hawaii
Open for Business Index Score: 64.9
Hawaii shined in three categories of our index, including government footprint as a percent of state GDP, the effects of tort law, and health of its citizens. For reasons that are not entirely comparable, Hawaii scored worst of all in costs of living. But it also scored poorly in education, infrastructure, union representation, and cost of employees—problems its government can work on. Worst of all, Hawaii does not afford its citizens the protection of a Right to Work law.
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