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| Selected States + Rankings |
2018 Milken Rank+Score |
2016 | 2014 | 2012 | 2010 | R&D Gain 2018/16 |
Cap-Infra |
Dynamism 2018/2016 |
MdnHHI 2017 U.S. Census |
GDP Per Capita BEA Rank 2018 |
| Massachusetts | 01...86.25 | 01 | 01 | 01 | 01 | 01/01 | 01/01 | 03/05 | $73,227 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 11...61.24 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 14/22 | 09/09 | 10/05 | $50,343 | 32 |
| Virginia | 12...60.28 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 16/20 | 09/05 | 07/07 | $71,293 | 18 |
| Texas | 20...55.60 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 28/32 | 11/11 | 08/04 | $59,295 | 13 |
| Georgia | 22...53.25 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 32/30 | 19/09 | 06/09 | $57,016 | 29 |
| Missouri | 30...46.03 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 36/37 | 27/07 | 27/26 | $56,885 | 37 |
| Alabama | 31...43.40 | 37 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 24/28 | 39/38 | 29/35 | $51,113 | 45 |
| South Carolina | 37...38.00 | 43 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 40/40 | 26/42 | 32/32 | $54,971 | 46 |
| Tennessee | 39...36.23 | 40 | 36 | 35 | 41 | 39/36 | 38/22 | 29/41 | $55,240 | 38 |
| Kentucky | 46...25.48 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 01/01 | 42/39 | 37/42 | $51,348 | 42 |
| Arkansas | 48...23.32 | 49 | 45 | 49 | 50 | 48/49 | 36/41 | 49/45 | $48,829 | 47 |
| West Virginia | 49...19.96 | 50 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50/47 | 50/48 | 50/50 | $45,392 | 48 |
| Mississippi | 50...19.78 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 48 | 46/44 | 49/49 | 47/32 | $43,441 | 50 |
| Notes: (1) TN Human Capital Investment (40) and Sci-Tech Workforce (42) rankings each unchanged 2018/16. (2)Milken says its metrics, methods vary with each ranking. (3) This chart created by and additional HH Income and per capita GDP data gathered by Venture Nashville Connections. | ||||||||||