>New Jersey Places 4th in University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bureau of Business Research State Entrepreneurship Index July 2011
The index, developed by economists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Bureau of Business Research and Department of Economics, evaluated the following components: a state’s percentage growth and per capita growth in business establishments, its business formation rate, the number of patents per thousand residents, and gross receipts of sole proprietorships and partnerships per capita.
Each state was assigned a ranking based on the state’s performance compared to the nationwide average.New York leads the nation for a second time with a score of 2.34. South Carolina was last with a score of 0.07.The State Entrepreneurial Index combines detailed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the IRS Statistics of Income Bulletin, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Statistical Abstract.
See here : https://ucommxsrv1.unl.edu/downloadables/pdf/SEI_StateTable.pdf
1 New York 2.34 1 None
2 Washington 2.17 3 Up 1
3 Massachusetts 2.04 9 Up 6
4 New Jersey 1.93 12 Up 8
5 Oregon 1.93 45 Up 40
6 Louisiana 1.61 16 Up 10
7 Illinois 1.57 11 Up 4
8 Oklahoma 1.55 15 Up 7
9 Texas 1.54 34 Up 25
10 New Hampshire 1.49 14 Up 1
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