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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 4: THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

"The number of dot-com domain names registered in the United States actually grew from 9 million in July 2000 to 19 million in July 2001."

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Despite the much ballyhooed failure of some high-flying "dot-bombs," the use of the Internet by business continues to grow. 21 The number of dot-com domain names registered in the United States actually grew from 9 million in July 2000 to 19 million in July 2001. 22 The big difference between the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s and today is, while many dot-coms were based on dubious business models, many of today's dot-com companies are using the Internet for strategic and effective commercial purposes.

THE RANKINGS: The number of ".com" domains per firm varies significantly by state. The highest-ranking state, California, has more than six times more than the lowest-ranking state, South Dakota. Nevada's second-place finish could well be a dubious distinction: it may be attributable to a large number of gambling and adult sites. But most of the other top finishers, including Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia, are states with a large presence of high-tech companies.

STATES BY RANK Rank State Score 1 California 1.86 2 Nevada 1.71 3 Arizona 1.34 4 Massachusetts 1.34 5 New York 1.27 6 Maryland 1.25 7 Virginia 1.20 8 Hawaii 1.16 9 New Jersey 1.13 10 Florida 1.11 11 Utah 1.10 12 Delaware 1.08 13 Colorado 1.04 14 Connecticut 1.01 15 Washington 0.97 16 New Hampshire 0.96 17 Georgia 0.91 18 Illinois 0.88 19 Oregon 0.83 20 Texas 0.80 21 Rhode Island 0.77 22 Pennsylvania 0.74 23 New Mexico 0.71 24 Minnesota 0.69 25 Vermont 0.63 26 Alaska 0.63 27 North Carolina 0.63 28 Ohio 0.62 29 Michigan 0.59 30 Tennessee 0.58 31 Maine 0.57 32 Alabama 0.52 33 Missouri 0.52 34 Idaho 0.49 35 Indiana 0.49 36 Kansas 0.48 37 Louisiana 0.48 38 Wisconsin 0.47 39 South Carolina 0.46 40 Oklahoma 0.46 41 Kentucky 0.43 42 Nebraska 0.41 43 West Virginia 0.37 44 North Dakota 0.37 45 Montana 0.36 46 Wyoming 0.35 47 Arkansas 0.32 48 Mississippi 0.32 49 Iowa 0.30 50 South Dakota 0.29 U.S. Average 0.95

ALPHABETICALLY Rank State Score 32 Alabama 0.52 26 Alaska 0.63 3 Arizona 1.34 47 Arkansas 0.32 1 California 1.86 13 Colorado 1.04 14 Connecticut 1.01 12 Delaware 1.08 10 Florida 1.11 17 Georgia 0.91 8 Hawaii 1.16 34 Idaho 0.49 18 Illinois 0.88 35 Indiana 0.49 49 Iowa 0.30 36 Kansas 0.48 41 Kentucky 0.43 37 Louisiana 0.48 31 Maine 0.57 6 Maryland 1.25 4 Massachusetts 1.34 29 Michigan 0.59 24 Minnesota 0.69 48 Mississippi 0.32 33 Missouri 0.52 45 Montana 0.36 42 Nebraska 0.41 2 Nevada 1.71 16 New Hampshire 0.96 9 New Jersey 1.13 23 New Mexico 0.71 5 New York 1.27 27 North Carolina 0.63 44 North Dakota 0.37 28 Ohio 0.62 40 Oklahoma 0.46 19 Oregon 0.83 22 Pennsylvania 0.74 21 Rhode Island 0.77 39 South Carolina 0.46 50 South Dakota 0.29 30 Tennessee 0.58 20 Texas 0.80 11 Utah 1.10 25 Vermont 0.63 7 Virginia 1.20 15 Washington 0.97 43 West Virginia 0.37 38 Wisconsin 0.47 46 Wyoming 0.35

Source: Matthew Zook, U.C. Berkeley, 2000 data.

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