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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

BROWSE BY STATE: Choose State ---------- Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

PART 1: KNOWLEDGE JOBS

"Compared to manufacturers using fewer technologies, companies using more technologies employ almost half the share of employees with a high school diploma or less."

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? In the 1990s, an increasing share of companies abandoned old economy ways of organizing work in favor of giving workers more autonomy and the ability to work in self-managed teams. 11 At the same time, many manufacturing companies have deployed advanced production technologies. Both practices lead manufacturers to employ people with more education. For example, compared to manufacturers using fewer technologies, companies using more technologies employ almost half the share of employees with a high school diploma or less. As a result, education levels of the manufacturing workforce are an indicator of both the quality of the manufacturing workforce and the degree to which a state's manufacturers have embraced high-performance, technology-driven work organizations.

THE RANKINGS: High-scoring states generally have both more high-tech jobs and higher business costs. This makes sense, because manufacturing companies that compete more on quality and innovative capability need a more skilled workforce, and are less likely to locate in states principally to take advantage of low costs. These include states such as California, Hawaii, Michigan, Oregon, and Washington.

STATES BY RANK Rank State Score 1 Hawaii 1.76 2 Oregon 1.66 3 California 1.65 4 New Hampshire 1.56 5 Nebraska 1.56 6 Washington 1.53 7 Michigan 1.52 8 Utah 1.40 9 Colorado 1.40 10 Kentucky 1.33 11 Wisconsin 1.33 12 Iowa 1.30 13 Indiana 1.28 14 Texas 1.25 15 Nevada 1.22 16 Rhode Island 1.20 17 New York 1.20 18 Idaho 1.19 19 South Dakota 1.17 20 Florida 1.16 21 New Jersey 1.15 22 Massachusetts 1.13 23 Maine 1.11 24 Delaware 1.09 25 Georgia 1.04 26 Montana 1.04 27 Mississippi 1.01 28 Illinois 1.01 29 Minnesota 0.99 30 Ohio 0.98 31 West Virginia 0.98 32 Maryland 0.95 33 Pennsylvania 0.95 34 Arizona 0.88 35 Connecticut 0.82 36 New Mexico 0.81 37 Louisiana 0.74 38 North Dakota 0.73 39 Oklahoma 0.69 40 Missouri 0.67 41 Vermont 0.65 42 North Carolina 0.63 43 Wyoming 0.50 44 Virginia 0.47 45 South Carolina 0.39 46 Tennessee 0.39 47 Alaska 0.19 48 Alabama 0.18 49 Kansas 0.12 50 Arkansas 0.01 U.S. Average 1.00

ALPHABETICALLY Rank State Score 48 Alabama 0.18 47 Alaska 0.19 34 Arizona 0.88 50 Arkansas 0.01 3 California 1.65 9 Colorado 1.40 35 Connecticut 0.82 24 Delaware 1.09 20 Florida 1.16 25 Georgia 1.04 1 Hawaii 1.76 18 Idaho 1.19 28 Illinois 1.01 13 Indiana 1.28 12 Iowa 1.30 49 Kansas 0.12 10 Kentucky 1.33 37 Louisiana 0.74 23 Maine 1.11 32 Maryland 0.95 22 Massachusetts 1.13 7 Michigan 1.52 29 Minnesota 0.99 27 Mississippi 1.01 40 Missouri 0.67 26 Montana 1.04 5 Nebraska 1.56 15 Nevada 1.22 4 New Hampshire 1.56 21 New Jersey 1.15 36 New Mexico 0.81 17 New York 1.20 42 North Carolina 0.63 38 North Dakota 0.73 30 Ohio 0.98 39 Oklahoma 0.69 2 Oregon 1.66 33 Pennsylvania 0.95 16 Rhode Island 1.20 45 South Carolina 0.39 19 South Dakota 1.17 46 Tennessee 0.39 14 Texas 1.25 8 Utah 1.40 41 Vermont 0.65 44 Virginia 0.47 6 Washington 1.53 31 West Virginia 0.98 11 Wisconsin 1.33 43 Wyoming 0.50

Source: U.S. Census, 2001 data.

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