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Introduction
 
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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

"The average worker has more than $8,000 of IT hardware at her disposal."

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? The Information Technology revolution continues to permeate the economy. As it does, states with a larger share of workers trained and skilled in the use of information technology will do better than states with a smaller share. And it's not just software and computer companies that employ workers skilled in information technology; it's virtually all sectors. For example, more than 90 percent of IT professionals in the Chicago area are employed by firms that use IT (such as insurance, banking, and health-care administration) rather than those that produce IT or provide IT services. Even "traditional" industries use IT, such as the automobile industry, which employs thousands of IT professionals designing and managing Web sites, operating electronic ordering systems, and using software to design and build cars. As a result, the average worker has more than $8,000 of IT hardware at her disposal.

THE RANKINGS: Even after controlling for the size of states' software and IT-producing industries, in order to measure IT jobs in non-IT sectors, most of the states with high scores are high-tech states such as Colorado, Washington, and Massachusetts. Low-scoring states tend to have natural resources or traditional manufacturing-based economies.

STATES BY RANK Rank State Score 1 Colorado 3.3% 2 Washington 2.8% 3 Virginia 2.5% 4 Massachusetts 2.5% 5 Maryland 2.4% 6 New Mexico 2.2% 7 Utah 2.2% 8 Connecticut 2.2% 9 California 2.2% 10 Delaware 2.1% 11 Minnesota 1.9% 12 Texas 1.9% 13 Arizona 1.9% 14 New Jersey 1.9% 15 Georgia 1.8% 16 North Carolina 1.7% 17 Illinois 1.7% 18 Missouri 1.7% 19 Kansas 1.7% 20 New York 1.7% 21 Nebraska 1.6% 22 Rhode Island 1.6% 23 Florida 1.5% 24 New Hampshire 1.5% 25 Oregon 1.5% 26 Pennsylvania 1.4% 27 Idaho 1.4% 28 Maine 1.4% 29 Ohio 1.3% 30 Michigan 1.3% 31 Wisconsin 1.2% 32 South Dakota 1.2% 33 Iowa 1.2% 34 Tennessee 1.2% 35 Alaska 1.1% 36 Oklahoma 1.1% 37 Hawaii 1.1% 38 Nevada 0.9% 39 Vermont 0.9% 40 Indiana 0.9% 41 Kentucky 0.9% 42 Alabama 0.9% 43 South Carolina 0.9% 44 Montana 0.9% 45 West Virginia 0.8% 46 Louisiana 0.8% 47 Wyoming 0.7% 48 Mississippi 0.6% 49 Arkansas 0.5% 50 North Dakota 0.3% U.S. Average 1.7%

ALPHABETICALLY Rank State Score 42 Alabama 0.9% 35 Alaska 1.1% 13 Arizona 1.9% 49 Arkansas 0.5% 9 California 2.2% 1 Colorado 3.3% 8 Connecticut 2.2% 10 Delaware 2.1% 23 Florida 1.5% 15 Georgia 1.8% 37 Hawaii 1.1% 27 Idaho 1.4% 17 Illinois 1.7% 40 Indiana 0.9% 33 Iowa 1.2% 19 Kansas 1.7% 41 Kentucky 0.9% 46 Louisiana 0.8% 28 Maine 1.4% 5 Maryland 2.4% 4 Massachusetts 2.5% 30 Michigan 1.3% 11 Minnesota 1.9% 48 Mississippi 0.6% 18 Missouri 1.7% 44 Montana 0.9% 21 Nebraska 1.6% 38 Nevada 0.9% 24 New Hampshire 1.5% 14 New Jersey 1.9% 6 New Mexico 2.2% 20 New York 1.7% 16 North Carolina 1.7% 50 North Dakota 0.3% 29 Ohio 1.3% 36 Oklahoma 1.1% 25 Oregon 1.5% 26 Pennsylvania 1.4% 22 Rhode Island 1.6% 43 South Carolina 0.9% 32 South Dakota 1.2% 34 Tennessee 1.2% 12 Texas 1.9% 7 Utah 2.2% 39 Vermont 0.9% 3 Virginia 2.5% 2 Washington 2.8% 45 West Virginia 0.8% 31 Wisconsin 1.2% 47 Wyoming 0.7%

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2000 data.

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