About the Midwest: Business Climate

Alliant Energy service territory

Rank

State

Per one million people

6

Minnesota

503

14

Wisconsin

317

23

Iowa

212

State-by-state rankings

Rank

State

Per one million people

1

Idaho

1,084

2

Vermont

660

3

California

544

4

Massachusetts

516

5

Oregon

508

6

Minnesota

503

7

Connecticut

478

8

Colorado

423

9

New Hampshire

411

10

Delaware

404

11

Washington

395

12

Michigan

362

13

New Jersey

329

14

Wisconsin

317

15

Rhode Island

290

16

New York

276

17

Arizona

269

18

Utah

261

19

Illinois

258

20

Texas

242

21

Ohio

238

22

Maryland

229

23

Iowa

212

23

North Carolina

212

25

Pennsylvania

205

26

Indiana

199

27

Nevada

183

28

Kansas

166

29

Florida

152

30

Georgia

150

31

New Mexico

142

32

Virginia

136

33

Montana

127

33

North Dakota

127

33

South Carolina

127

36

Missouri

126

37

Oklahoma

121

38

Maine

120

38

Tennessee

120

40

Nebraska

117

41

Wyoming

108

42

Kentucky

90

43

South Dakota

88

44

Alabama

79

45

Louisiana

66

46

Arkansas

55

47

Alaska

54

47

West Virginia

54

49

Hawaii

45

50

Mississippi

43