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Introduction
 
Overview & Methodology
 
Overall Rankings
 
Summary of Results
 
THE INDICATORS
 
PART I: KNOWLEDGE JOBS
 
Information Technology Jobs

Managerial, Professional, and Technical Jobs

Workforce Education

Education Level of the Manufacturing Workforce
 
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

Commercial Internet Domain Names

Technology in Schools

Digital Government

Online Agriculture

Online Manufacturers

Broadband Telecommunications
 
PART V: INNOVATION CAPACITY
 
High-Tech Jobs

Scientists and Engineers

Patents

Industry Investment in R&D

Venture Capital
 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
 
Data Sources
 
Weighting Methodology
 
Endnotes
 
The Author

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PART 1: KNOWLEDGE JOBS

In the old economy, states prospered by having workers who were skilled with their hands and could reliably work in repetitive and sometimes physically demanding jobs. In the New Economy, states will prosper if their workers are good with their minds, because knowledge-based jobs are driving the New Economy. Many of these jobs are held by workers dealing with information technology in managerial, professional, and technical positions, and by individuals with at least two years of college.

The "knowledge jobs" indicators in this section measure four things: 1) employment in IT occupations in non-IT sectors; 2) the share of the workforce employed in man-agerial, professional, and technical positions; 3) the education level of the entire workforce; and 4) the education level of workers employed in manufacturing.

Aggregated Knowledge Jobs Scores

STATES BY RANK Rank State Score 1 Colorado 15.15 2 Maryland 14.78 3 Massachusetts 14.59 4 Virginia 13.33 5 Washington 13.24 6 Connecticut 12.69 7 Oregon 12.63 8 New Hampshire 12.48 9 Minnesota 12.39 10 California 11.92 11 New York 11.80 12 New Jersey 11.65 13 Delaware 11.55 14 Utah 11.46 15 Illinois 11.28 16 Rhode Island 11.06 17 Maine 10.53 18 Pennsylvania 10.42 19 Michigan 10.39 20 Kansas 10.34 21 Texas 10.20 22 Hawaii 10.07 23 Missouri 10.04 24 Montana 9.96 25 New Mexico 9.96 26 Nebraska 9.91 27 Alaska 9.76 28 Idaho 9.76 29 Ohio 9.47 30 North Carolina 9.45 31 Florida 9.36 32 Georgia 9.35 33 Arizona 9.22 34 Iowa 9.22 35 Wisconsin 9.15 36 Oklahoma 8.91 37 Vermont 8.83 38 South Dakota 8.33 39 Tennessee 8.26 40 North Dakota 8.04 41 Indiana 8.02 42 Kentucky 7.45 43 South Carolina 7.30 44 Mississippi 7.29 45 Wyoming 7.13 46 Alabama 7.10 47 West Virginia 6.71 48 Louisiana 6.65 49 Arkansas 5.90 50 Nevada 5.53 U.S. Average 10.00

ALPHABETICALLY Rank State Score 46 Alabama 7.10 27 Alaska 9.76 33 Arizona 9.22 49 Arkansas 5.90 10 California 11.92 1 Colorado 15.15 6 Connecticut 12.69 13 Delaware 11.55 31 Florida 9.36 32 Georgia 9.35 22 Hawaii 10.07 28 Idaho 9.76 15 Illinois 11.28 41 Indiana 8.02 34 Iowa 9.22 20 Kansas 10.34 42 Kentucky 7.45 48 Louisiana 6.65 17 Maine 10.53 2 Maryland 14.78 3 Massachusetts 14.59 19 Michigan 10.39 9 Minnesota 12.39 44 Mississippi 7.29 23 Missouri 10.04 24 Montana 9.96 26 Nebraska 9.91 50 Nevada 5.53 8 New Hampshire 12.48 12 New Jersey 11.65 25 New Mexico 9.96 11 New York 11.80 30 North Carolina 9.45 40 North Dakota 8.04 29 Ohio 9.47 36 Oklahoma 8.91 7 Oregon 12.63 18 Pennsylvania 10.42 16 Rhode Island 11.06 43 South Carolina 7.30 38 South Dakota 8.33 39 Tennessee 8.26 21 Texas 10.20 14 Utah 11.46 37 Vermont 8.83 4 Virginia 13.33 5 Washington 13.24 47 West Virginia 6.71 35 Wisconsin 9.15 45 Wyoming 7.13

Source: Author's calculations based on the states' scores in four indicators — IT jobs, managerial, professional, and technical jobs; workforce education; and education level of manufacturing workers.

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