Study measures best and worst prepared states in new economy - Feb. 27, 2007:
2007 Rank - Name of State - 2002 Rank
1Massachusetts1
2New Jersey6
3Maryland5
4Washington4
5California2
6Connecticut7
7Delaware9
8Virginia8
9Colorado3
10New York11
11Minnesota14
12Utah16
13New Hampshire12
14Texas10
15Rhode Island23
16Illinois19
17Oregon13
18Georgia18
19Michigan22
20Vermont26
21Pennsylvania21
22Arizona15
23Florida17
24Idaho20
25Alaska39
26North Carolina24
27Nevada31
28Nebraska36
29Ohio27
30Wisconsin37
31Indiana32
32Maine29
33New Mexico25
34Kansas30
35Missouri28
36Tennessee34
37North Dakota47
38Iowa40
39South Carolina35
40Oklahoma33
41Hawaii38
42Montana41
43Wyoming43
44Louisiana44
45Kentucky42
46Alabama45
47Arkansas49
48South Dakota46
49Mississippi50
50West Virgina48 "
