About the Midwest: Business Climate

Alliant Energy service territory

Rank

State

Index

2

Iowa

79.7

28

Wisconsin

96.4

38

Minnesota

104.3

State-by-state rankings

Rank

State

Index

1

South Dakota

70.2

2

Iowa

79.7

3

North Dakota

81.3

4

Nebraska

82.3

5

Idaho

82.8

6

South Carolina

82.9

7

Montana

84.1

8

Missouri

84.6

9

Tennessee

85.2

10

Arkansas

85.4

10

Oklahoma

85.4

12

Alabama

85.8

13

Kansas

86.8

14

West Virginia

87.1

15

Indiana

87.3

15

Kentucky

87.3

17

Mississippi

88.4

18

Utah

90.1

19

Georgia

90.7

20

North Carolina

90.8

21

Ohio

91.0

22

Oregon

91.4

23

Arizona

91.6

24

Colorado

92.8

25

Louisiana

93.9

26

Virginia

95.6

27

Texas

95.9

28

Wisconsin

96.4

29

New Mexico

96.6

30

Pennsylvania

97.2

31

Michigan

98.9

32

Florida

99.3

33

Illinois

99.9

34

Maine

100.3

35

Wyoming

101.6

36

Washington

102.7

37

Nevada

104.2

38

Minnesota

104.3

39

New Hampshire

105.3

40

Maryland

106.4

41

Rhode Island

108.0

42

Delaware

110.1

43

Vermont

110.2

44

New Jersey

120.9

45

California

122.9

46

Connecticut

127.5

47

Massachusetts

130.6

48

Alaska

130.8

49

New York

130.9

50

Hawaii

151.5