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Introduction
Overview & Methodology
Overall Rankings
Summary of Results
THE INDICATORS
PART
I: KNOWLEDGE JOBS
Office Jobs
Managerial,
Professional, and Technical Jobs
Workforce
Education
PART II: GLOBALIZATION
Export Focus of Manufacturing
Foreign Direct Investment
PART III: ECONOMIC DYNAMISM
"Gazelle" Jobs
Job Churning
IPOs
PART IV: THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Online Population
".com" Domain Name Registrations
Technology in Schools
Digital Government
PART V: INNOVATION CAPACITY
High-Tech Jobs
Scientists and Engineers
Patents
Industry Investment in R&D
Venture Capital
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
Data Sources
Weighting System
Endnotes
The Authors
THE STATES
West Virginia
| Indicator | Rank | Score |
| Overall | 48 | 26.79 |
| Aggregated Knowledge Jobs Scores | 50 | 2.56 |
| Office Jobs Jobs in offices as a share of the total number of jobs in each state. |
43 | 14.60% |
| Managerial, Professional, and Technical Jobs Managers, professionals, and technicians as a share of the total workforce. |
33 | 23.10% |
| Workforce Education A weighted measure of the educational attainment of the workforce (advanced degrees, bachelor’s degrees, associate’s degrees, or some college course work). |
50 | 37.85 |
| Aggregated Globalization Scores | 23 | 6.27 |
| Export Focus of Manufacturing The share of jobs in manufacturing companies dependent upon exports. |
12 | 20.20% |
| Foreign Direct Investment The percentage of each state’s workforce employed by foreign companies. |
23 | 3.50% |
| Aggregated Economic Dynamism Scores | 47 | 3.1 |
| "Gazelle" Jobs Jobs in gazelle companies (companies with annual sales revenue that has grown 20 percent or more for four straight years) as a share of total employment. |
48 | 11.60% |
| Job Churning The number of new start-ups and business failures, combined, as a share of all companies in each state. |
37 | 2.00% |
| Initial Public Offerings The value of the initial public stock offerings of companies as a share of gross state product. |
43 | 0.04% |
| Aggregated Digital Economy Scores | 47 | 2.11 |
| Online Population The percentage of adults with Internet access in each state. |
48 | 20% |
| Commercial Internet Domain Names The number of commercial Internet domain names (".com") per firm. |
46 | 0.11 |
| Technology in Schools A weighted measure of the percentage of classrooms wired for the Internet, teachers with technology training, and schools with more than 50 percent of teachers having school-based e-mail accounts. |
18 | 2.38 |
| Digital Government A measure of the utilization of digital technologies in state governments. |
46 | 46.1 |
| Aggregated Innovation Capacity Scores | 46 | 2.66 |
| High-Tech Jobs Jobs in high-tech electronics manufacturing, software and computer-related services, and telecommunications as a share of total employment. |
43 | 1.80% |
| Scientists and Engineers Civilian scientists and engineers as a percentage of the workforce. |
41 | .30% |
| Patents The number of patents issued to companies or individuals per 1,000 workers. |
40 | 0.18 |
| Industry Investment in R&D Private sector investment in research and development as a share of Gross State Product. |
36 | 0.70% |
| Venture Capital Venture capital invested as a percentage of Gross State Product. |
48 | 0.00% |
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