Small Business Policy Index 2018 Tables and Details
By SBE Council at 12 February, 2018, 2:03 pm
RANKING THE STATES ON POLICY MEASURES AND COSTS IMPACTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH
» State Rankings of Top Personal Income Tax Rates
1t Alaska 0.000
1t Florida 0.000
1t Nevada 0.000
1t New Hampshire 0.000
1t South Dakota 0.000
1t Tennessee 0.000
1t Texas 0.000
1t Washington 0.000
1t Wyoming 0.000
10 North Dakota 2.900
11 Pennsylvania 3.070
12 Alabama 3.150
13 Indiana 3.230
14 Louisiana 3.780
15 Michigan 4.250
16 Arizona 4.540
17 Colorado 4.630
18 New Mexico 4.900
19 Illinois 4.950
20 Ohio 4.997
21t Mississippi 5.000
21t Oklahoma 5.000
21t Utah 5.000
24 Massachusetts 5.100
25 Kansas 5.200
26 North Carolina 5.499
27 Iowa 5.657
28t Maryland 5.750
28t Virginia 5.750
30 Rhode Island 5.990
31t Georgia 6.000
31t Kentucky 6.000
31t Missouri 6.000
34 West Virginia 6.500
35 Delaware 6.600
36 Nebraska 6.840
37t Arkansas 6.900
37t Montana 6.900
39 Connecticut 6.990
40 South Carolina 7.000
41 Maine 7.150
42 Idaho 7.400
43 Wisconsin 7.650
44 New York 8.820
45 Vermont 8.950
46 New Jersey 8.970
47 Minnesota 9.850
48 Oregon 9.900
49 Hawaii 11.000
50 California 13.300
» State Rankings of Top Individual Capital Gains Tax Rates
1t Alaska 0.000
1t Florida 0.000
1t Nevada 0.000
1t New Hampshire 0.000
1t South Dakota 0.000
1t Tennessee 0.000
1t Texas 0.000
1t Washington 0.000
1t Wyoming 0.000
10 North Dakota 1.740
11 New Mexico 2.450
12 Pennsylvania 3.070
13 Indiana 3.230
14 Arizona 3.405
15 South Carolina 3.920
16 Alabama 4.000
17 Arkansas 4.140
18 Michigan 4.250
19 Colorado 4.630
20 Louisiana 4.800
21 Montana 4.900
22 Illinois 4.950
23 Ohio 4.997
24t Mississippi 5.000
24t Oklahoma 5.000
24t Utah 5.000
27 Massachusetts 5.100
28 Kansas 5.200
29 Wisconsin 5.355
30 Vermont 5.370
31 North Carolina 5.499
32t Maryland 5.750
32t Virginia 5.750
34 Rhode Island 5.990
35t Georgia 6.000
35t Kentucky 6.000
35t Missouri 6.000
38 West Virginia 6.500
39 Delaware 6.600
40 Nebraska 6.840
41 Connecticut 6.990
42 Maine 7.150
43 Iowa 7.184
44 Hawaii 7.250
45 Idaho 7.400
46 New York 8.820
47 New Jersey 8.970
48 Minnesota 9.850
49 Oregon 9.900
50 California 13.300
» State Rankings of Individual Dividends and Interest Tax Rates
1t Alaska 0.000
1t Florida 0.000
1t Nevada 0.000
1t South Dakota 0.000
1t Texas 0.000
1t Washington 0.000
1t Wyoming 0.000
8 North Dakota 2.900
9 Tennessee 3.000
10 Pennsylvania 3.070
11 Indiana 3.230
12 Alabama 4.000
13 Michigan 4.250
14 Arizona 4.540
15 Colorado 4.630
16 Louisiana 4.800
17 New Mexico 4.900
18 Illinois 4.950
19 Ohio 4.997
20t Mississippi 5.000
20t New Hampshire 5.000
20t Oklahoma 5.000
20t Utah 5.000
24 Massachusetts 5.100
25 Kansas 5.200
26 North Carolina 5.499
27t Maryland 5.750
27t Virginia 5.750
29 Rhode Island 5.990
30t Georgia 6.000
30t Kentucky 6.000
30t Missouri 6.000
33 West Virginia 6.500
34 Delaware 6.600
35 Nebraska 6.840
36t Arkansas 6.900
36t Montana 6.900
38 Connecticut 6.990
39 South Carolina 7.000
40 Maine 7.150
41 Iowa 7.184
42 Idaho 7.400
43 Wisconsin 7.650
44 New York 8.820
45 Vermont 8.950
46 New Jersey 8.970
47 Minnesota 9.850
48 Oregon 9.900
49 Hawaii 11.000
50 California 13.300
» State Rankings of Top Corporate Income Tax Rates
1t Nevada 0.000
1t Ohio 0.000
1t South Dakota 0.000
1t Texas 0.000
1t Washington 0.000
1t Wyoming 0.000
7 North Carolina 3.000
8 North Dakota 4.310
9 Colorado 4.630
10 Arizona 4.900
11t Mississippi 5.000
11t South Carolina 5.000
11t Utah 5.000
14 Alabama 5.135
15 Florida 5.500
16 Missouri 5.594
17 New Mexico 5.900
18t Georgia 6.000
18t Indiana 6.000
18t Kentucky 6.000
18t Michigan 6.000
18t Oklahoma 6.000
18t Virginia 6.000
24 Louisiana 6.320
25 Hawaii 6.400
26t Arkansas 6.500
26t Tennessee 6.500
26t West Virginia 6.500
29 Montana 6.750
30t Kansas 7.000
30t Rhode Island 7.000
32 Idaho 7.400
33 Oregon 7.600
34 Nebraska 7.810
35 Wisconsin 7.900
36 Massachusetts 8.000
37 New Hampshire 8.200
38t Connecticut 8.250
38t Maryland 8.250
40 New York 8.359
41 Vermont 8.500
42 Delaware 8.700
43 California 8.840
44 Maine 8.930
45 New Jersey 9.000
46 Alaska 9.400
47 Illinois 9.500
48 Minnesota 9.800
49 Pennsylvania 9.990
50 Iowa 10.740
» State Rankings of Top Corporate Capital Gains Tax Rates
1t Nevada 0.000
1t Ohio 0.000
1t South Dakota 0.000
1t Texas 0.000
1t Washington 0.000
1t Wyoming 0.000
7 North Carolina 3.000
8 Hawaii 4.000
9 North Dakota 4.310
10 Alaska 4.500
11 Colorado 4.630
12 Arizona 4.900
13t Mississippi 5.000
13t South Carolina 5.000
13t Utah 5.000
16 Alabama 5.135
17 Florida 5.500
18 Missouri 5.594
19 New Mexico 5.900
20t Georgia 6.000
20t Indiana 6.000
20t Kentucky 6.000
20t Michigan 6.000
20t Oklahoma 6.000
20t Virginia 6.000
26 Louisiana 6.320
27 Arkansas 6.500
28 Tennessee 6.500
29 West Virginia 6.500
30 Montana 6.750
31 Kansas 7.000
32 Rhode Island 7.000
33 Idaho 7.400
34 Oregon 7.600
35 Nebraska 7.810
36 Wisconsin 7.900
37 Massachusetts 8.000
38 New Hampshire 8.200
39 Connecticut 8.250
40 Maryland 8.250
41 New York 8.359
42 Vermont 8.500
43 Delaware 8.700
44 California 8.840
45 Maine 8.930
46 New Jersey 9.000
47 Illinois 9.500
48 Minnesota 9.800
49 Pennsylvania 9.990
50 Iowa 10.740
» Rankings of State and Local Property Taxes
1 Alabama 1.391
2 Oklahoma 1.446
3 Arkansas 1.787
4 Delaware 1.803
5 New Mexico 1.945
6 Kentucky 1.958
7 Louisiana 1.983
8 Tennessee 2.040
9 North Dakota 2.042
10 Hawaii 2.113
11 Missouri 2.307
12 West Virginia 2.324
13 Nevada 2.376
14 North Carolina 2.399
15 Indiana 2.461
16 Idaho 2.472
17 Utah 2.567
18 Arizona 2.601
19 Mississippi 2.669
20 Maryland 2.704
21 Washington 2.751
22 California 2.763
23 Florida 2.779
24 Georgia 2.781
25 Colorado 2.801
26 South Dakota 2.808
27 Ohio 2.827
28 Minnesota 2.896
29 South Carolina 2.922
30 Virginia 2.931
31 Pennsylvania 2.945
32 Kansas 3.150
33 Oregon 3.239
34 Michigan 3.295
35 Iowa 3.384
36 Texas 3.602
37 Montana 3.608
38 Massachusetts 3.690
39 Wisconsin 3.718
40 Nebraska 3.735
41 Wyoming 3.848
42 Illinois 4.171
43 Connecticut 4.438
44 Maine 4.560
45 New York 4.591
46 Rhode Island 4.723
47 Vermont 4.943
48 Alaska 4.992
49 New Hampshire 5.387
50 New Jersey 5.395
» Rankings of State and Local Sales, Gross Receipts and Excise Taxes
1 Oregon 0.824
2 Montana 0.868
3 Delaware 0.889
4 New Hampshire 1.041
5 Alaska 1.364
6 Massachusetts 1.892
7 Virginia 1.924
8 New Jersey 2.440
9 Maryland 2.441
10 Idaho 2.614
11 Wisconsin 2.653
12 South Carolina 2.662
13 Pennsylvania 2.700
14 North Carolina 2.736
15 Iowa 2.757
16 Connecticut 2.795
17 Nebraska 2.804
18 Georgia 2.829
19 Missouri 2.837
20 Rhode Island 2.901
21 Colorado 2.927
22 Michigan 2.963
23 Utah 2.984
24 Illinois 2.994
25 Maine 3.002
26 Kentucky 3.079
27 California 3.104
28 Vermont 3.141
29 Ohio 3.234
30 Wyoming 3.280
31 West Virginia 3.323
32 Oklahoma 3.430
33 Minnesota 3.480
34 Kansas 3.491
35 New York 3.516
36 Alabama 3.526
37 Florida 3.684
38 Indiana 3.758
39 South Dakota 3.910
40 Tennessee 3.935
41 Arizona 3.985
42 Texas 4.183
43 Mississippi 4.275
44 Louisiana 4.506
45 North Dakota 4.534
46 Arkansas 4.570
47 New Mexico 4.600
48 Washington 5.224
49 Nevada 5.594
50 Hawaii 6.275
» State Rankings of Adjusted Unemployment Taxes
1 California 0.764
2 Florida 0.858
3 Virginia 0.939
4 Nebraska 1.100
5 Georgia 1.102
6 Maryland 1.134
7 Louisiana 1.157
8 Alabama 1.268
9 Maine 1.467
10 New York 1.499
11 Texas 1.547
12 Arizona 1.601
13 Indiana 1.637
14 Kansas 1.720
15 Ohio 1.724
16 Connecticut 1.760
17 Arkansas 1.819
18 South Carolina 1.841
19 Illinois 1.850
20 Tennessee 1.889
21 Colorado 1.933
22 Michigan 1.958
23 Mississippi 1.974
24 New Hampshire 2.092
25 Missouri 2.185
26 West Virginia 2.236
27 Oklahoma 2.277
28 Pennsylvania 2.310
29 Kentucky 2.381
30 Massachusetts 2.744
31 Vermont 2.797
32 North Carolina 2.939
33 New Mexico 2.971
34 Delaware 2.979
35 New Jersey 3.468
36 South Dakota 3.556
37 Nevada 3.618
38 Wisconsin 3.714
39 Alaska 3.790
40 Oregon 4.171
41 Rhode Island 4.416
42 Washington 4.612
43 Montana 4.637
44 Wyoming 4.794
45 Idaho 4.870
46 Hawaii 4.984
47 Utah 5.239
48 Iowa 5.384
49 Minnesota 5.611
50 North Dakota 8.512
» Rankings of State Gas Taxes
1 Alaska 0.123
2 Oklahoma 0.170
3 Missouri 0.174
4 Mississippi 0.188
5 New Mexico 0.189
6 Arizona 0.190
7t Texas 0.200
7t Louisiana 0.200
9 South Carolina 0.208
10 Alabama 0.209
11 Arkansas 0.218
12 Colorado 0.220
13 Virginia 0.224
14t Delaware 0.230
14t North Dakota 0.230
16 New Hampshire 0.238
17t Wyoming 0.240
17t Kansas 0.240
19 Tennessee 0.254
20 Kentucky 0.260
21 Massachusetts 0.265
22 Ohio 0.280
23 Minnesota 0.286
24 Nebraska 0.293
25 Utah 0.294
26t South Dakota 0.300
26t Maine 0.300
28 Iowa 0.305
29 Vermont 0.307
30 Georgia 0.316
31 Montana 0.323
32 Wisconsin 0.329
33 Idaho 0.330
34t Nevada 0.338
34t Maryland 0.338
36 Rhode Island 0.340
37 Illinois 0.352
38 North Carolina 0.354
39 West Virginia 0.357
40 Oregon 0.368
41 New Jersey 0.371
42 Connecticut 0.393
43 Florida 0.416
44 Indiana 0.419
45 Michigan 0.424
46 New York 0.443
47 Hawaii 0.460
48 Washington 0.494
49 California 0.535
50 Pennsylvania 0.587
» Rankings of State Diesel Taxes
1 Alaska 0.124
2 Oklahoma 0.140
3 Missouri 0.173
4 Mississippi 0.184
5t Texas 0.200
5t Louisiana 0.200
7 Colorado 0.205
8 South Carolina 0.208
9 Alabama 0.219
10 Delaware 0.220
11 Tennessee 0.224
12 Arkansas 0.228
13 New Mexico 0.229
14t Kentucky 0.230
14t North Dakota 0.230
16 New Hampshire 0.238
17 Wyoming 0.240
18 Kansas 0.260
19 Virginia 0.261
20 Massachusetts 0.265
21 Arizona 0.270
22 Ohio 0.280
23t Nevada 0.286
23t Minnesota 0.286
25 Nebraska 0.287
26 Utah 0.294
27 South Dakota 0.300
28 Maine 0.312
29 Vermont 0.320
30t Iowa 0.325
30t Montana 0.325
32 Wisconsin 0.329
33 Idaho 0.330
34 Rhode Island 0.340
35 Florida 0.344
36 Maryland 0.346
37 Georgia 0.348
38 North Carolina 0.354
39 West Virginia 0.357
40 Oregon 0.360
41 Illinois 0.392
42 Connecticut 0.417
43 Michigan 0.433
44 New York 0.437
45 New Jersey 0.442
46 Indiana 0.480
47 Hawaii 0.486
48 Washington 0.494
49 Pennsylvania 0.751
50 California 0.817
» State Rankings of Wireless Taxes
1 Oregon 0.020
2t Nevada 0.024
2t Idaho 0.024
4 Delaware 0.063
5 Montana 0.064
6 Virginia 0.068
7 Hawaii 0.076
8 Connecticut 0.078
9 Wyoming 0.079
10t West Virginia 0.081
10t Michigan 0.081
12t Ohio 0.085
12t Vermont 0.085
14t Massachusetts 0.087
14t North Carolina 0.087
16 New Hampshire 0.088
17 Maine 0.089
18t Iowa 0.090
18t New Jersey 0.090
20 Wisconsin 0.092
21 Mississippi 0.094
22 Louisiana 0.096
23 Minnesota 0.101
24 Alabama 0.102
25 Georgia 0.107
26 Kentucky 0.109
27 Indiana 0.115
28 Oklahoma 0.116
29 Texas 0.117
30 Colorado 0.121
31t South Carolina 0.123
31t Tennessee 0.123
33t New Mexico 0.125
33t Arizona 0.125
35 North Dakota 0.126
36 California 0.128
37 Maryland 0.134
38 Utah 0.138
39 South Dakota 0.140
40 Kansas 0.143
41t Florida 0.148
41t Missouri 0.148
41t Arkansas 0.148
44 Rhode Island 0.150
45 Alaska 0.155
46 Pennsylvania 0.160
47t Illinois 0.183
47t New York 0.183
49 Nebraska 0.188
50 Washington 0.192
» State Rankings of Energy Regulatory Index
1t Alabama 4.29
1t Alaska 4.29
1t South Dakota 4.29
1t Texas 4.29
5 Delaware 4.48
6 North Dakota 4.57
7t Georgia 4.86
7t Kansas 4.86
7t Missouri 4.86
10t Oklahoma 5.00
10t Wyoming 5.00
12t Colorado 5.14
12t Mississippi 5.14
14 Ohio 5.24
15t Florida 5.29
15t Nebraska 5.29
17t Louisiana 5.43
17t Tennessee 5.43
19 Utah 5.43
20t Arizona 5.57
20t Iowa 5.57
20t South Carolina 5.57
23t Arkansas 5.71
23t Hawaii 5.71
23t Idaho 5.71
26 West Virginia 5.86
27 Rhode Island 6.00
28 Montana 6.05
29t Indiana 6.14
29t New Mexico 6.14
31 Illinois 6.19
32t Kentucky 6.29
32t Virginia 6.29
34t Minnesota 6.43
34t Vermont 6.43
36t Maine 6.48
36t New Hampshire 6.48
38 Massachusetts 6.52
39t Nevada 6.57
39t Pennsylvania 6.57
41 Oregon 6.62
42 North Carolina 6.71
43 New Jersey 6.81
44t Maryland 6.86
44t Michigan 6.86
44t Washington 6.86
47 Connecticut 7.14
48 Wisconsin 7.29
49 California 7.71
50 New York 7.86
» State Rankings of Workers’ Compensation Premium Costs
1 North Dakota 0.89
2 Indiana 1.05
3 Arkansas 1.06
4 West Virginia 1.22
5 Virginia 1.24
6 Utah 1.27
7 Oregon 1.28
8 Massachusetts 1.29
9 Nevada 1.31
10 Kansas 1.41
11t Ohio 1.45
11t Texas 1.45
13t Arizona 1.50
13t Maryland 1.50
15 Kentucky 1.52
16 Colorado 1.56
17 Michigan 1.57
18 Florida 1.66
19t Nebraska 1.67
19t South Dakota 1.67
21 Tennessee 1.68
22 Mississippi 1.70
23 Idaho 1.79
24 Georgia 1.80
25 Pennsylvania 1.84
26 Alabama 1.85
27 Iowa 1.86
28 Wyoming 1.87
29t Minnesota 1.91
29t North Carolina 1.91
31t Missouri 1.92
31t New Mexico 1.92
33 South Carolina 1.94
34t Hawaii 1.96
34t New Hampshire 1.96
36 Washington 1.97
37t Maine 2.02
37t Vermont 2.02
39 Wisconsin 2.06
40 Montana 2.10
41 Louisiana 2.11
42 Rhode Island 2.20
43t Illinois 2.23
43t Oklahoma 2.23
45 Delaware 2.32
46t Alaska 2.74
46t Connecticut 2.74
48 New York 2.83
49 New Jersey 2.92
50 California 3.24
» State Rankings of the Number of State & Local Government Employees, 2015
1 Nevada 3.857
2 Arizona 4.075
3 Florida 4.287
4 Pennsylvania 4.397
5 Michigan 4.418
6 Rhode Island 4.558
7 California 4.618
8 Utah 4.833
9 Oregon 4.838
10 Washington 4.843
11 Indiana 4.845
12 Idaho 4.889
13 Illinois 4.913
14 Massachusetts 4.925
15 Wisconsin 4.942
16 Tennessee 4.948
17 Georgia 4.978
18 Maryland 5.046
19 Ohio 5.064
20 Delaware 5.173
21 Missouri 5.175
22 Maine 5.219
23 Minnesota 5.277
24 New Hampshire 5.279
25 South Carolina 5.291
26 Hawaii 5.298
27 Colorado 5.308
28 Virginia 5.319
29 Texas 5.326
30 New Jersey 5.328
31 South Dakota 5.378
32 Connecticut 5.384
33 North Carolina 5.403
34 Oklahoma 5.508
35 Louisiana 5.512
36 Kentucky 5.520
37 Montana 5.554
38 Arkansas 5.695
39 West Virginia 5.721
40 Alabama 5.775
41 Iowa 5.887
42 New York 5.967
43 New Mexico 6.041
44 Nebraska 6.264
45 North Dakota 6.356
46 Mississippi 6.395
47 Vermont 6.438
48 Kansas 6.818
49 Alaska 7.108
50 Wyoming 8.715
» Rankings of State and Local Government Five-Year Spending Trends, 2008-09 to 2013-14
1 Arizona -1.476
2 Florida -1.336
3 Nevada -1.262
4 Louisiana -1.011
5 Idaho -0.831
6 Utah -0.601
7 Georgia -0.279
8 South Carolina -0.200
9 New Mexico 0.056
10 Wyoming 0.175
11 Washington 0.248
12 Indiana 0.400
13 Alabama 0.467
14 Tennessee 0.510
15 Missouri 0.529
16 Michigan 0.651
17 Kansas 0.663
18 North Carolina 0.677
19 Texas 0.922
20 Mississippi 1.003
21 California 1.096
22 Oklahoma 1.164
23 South Dakota 1.205
24 Hawaii 1.256
25 Maine 1.391
26 Minnesota 1.397
27 Nebraska 1.417
28 New Jersey 1.422
29 Wisconsin 1.447
30 New Hampshire 1.522
31 Rhode Island 1.539
32 Kentucky 1.575
33 Ohio 1.605
34 Massachusetts 1.667
35 Pennsylvania 1.682
36 New York 1.683
37 Colorado 1.780
38 Alaska 1.914
39 Illinois 1.996
40 Montana 1.998
41 Oregon 1.999
42 Virginia 2.123
43 Delaware 2.261
44 Maryland 2.364
45 Connecticut 2.546
46 Iowa 2.614
47 West Virginia 3.053
48 Vermont 3.333
49 Arkansas 3.809
50 North Dakota 7.090
» Rankings of Per Capita State and Local Government Expenditures, 2013-14
1 Idaho 0.700
2 Georgia 0.763
3 Nevada 0.767
4 Arizona 0.770
5 Florida 0.785
6 Indiana 0.794
7 Missouri 0.815
8 North Carolina 0.820
9 Arkansas 0.828
10 South Dakota 0.832
11t Oklahoma 0.837
11t Utah 0.837
13 Tennessee 0.838
14 Texas 0.840
15 New Hampshire 0.843
16 Alabama 0.865
17 Kentucky 0.877
18 Michigan 0.879
19 West Virginia 0.885
20t South Carolina 0.888
20t Virginia 0.888
22 Mississippi 0.909
23 Kansas 0.920
24 Montana 0.925
25 Maine 0.937
26 Wisconsin 0.974
27 Colorado 0.976
28 Ohio 0.987
29 Louisiana 0.992
30 Pennsylvania 1.007
31 New Mexico 1.018
32 Iowa 1.029
33 Maryland 1.041
34 Illinois 1.043
35 Oregon 1.058
36 Rhode Island 1.072
37t Minnesota 1.075
37t Washington 1.075
39 Nebraska 1.085
40 Hawaii 1.099
41 Delaware 1.139
42 New Jersey 1.154
43 Vermont 1.159
44 Connecticut 1.160
45 Massachusetts 1.189
46 California 1.196
47 North Dakota 1.202
48 Wyoming 1.472
49 New York 1.530
50 Alaska 2.224
» Rankings of Per Capita State and Local Government Debt, 2013-14
1 Wyoming 0.363
2 Idaho 0.408
3 Mississippi 0.510
4 Oklahoma 0.515
5 North Carolina 0.540
6 Montana 0.560
7 Tennessee 0.569
8 Arkansas 0.577
9 Georgia 0.604
10 Iowa 0.649
11 West Virginia 0.666
12 Maine 0.680
13 Alabama 0.687
14 South Dakota 0.715
15 Utah 0.738
16 North Dakota 0.766
17 Arizona 0.777
18 Vermont 0.779
19 Ohio 0.793
20 Indiana 0.797
21 Wisconsin 0.802
22 New Mexico 0.808
23 Missouri 0.821
24 Michigan 0.828
25 Florida 0.835
26 Virginia 0.843
27 Nebraska 0.861
28 New Hampshire 0.865
29 Maryland 0.897
30 Delaware 0.902
31 Louisiana 0.920
32 South Carolina 0.952
33 Kansas 0.959
34 Minnesota 0.962
35 Oregon 0.965
36 Kentucky 0.976
37 Nevada 0.991
38 Texas 1.068
39 Pennsylvania 1.071
40 Hawaii 1.081
41 Colorado 1.083
42 California 1.179
43 New Jersey 1.192
44 Washington 1.217
45 Rhode Island 1.225
46 Illinois 1.242
47 Alaska 1.316
48 Connecticut 1.331
49 Massachusetts 1.450
50 New York 1.873
» State Rankings of State and Local Revenue from the Federal Government as Share of Total State and Local Revenue, 2013-14
1 Nevada 0.740
2 California 0.782
3 Virginia 0.835
4 North Dakota 0.843
5 Nebraska 0.853
6 Kansas 0.858
7t Minnesota 0.867
7t Illinois 0.867
9 New Hampshire 0.872
10 Colorado 0.878
11 Wisconsin 0.888
12 Washington 0.900
13 New York 0.904
14 Connecticut 0.916
15 South Carolina 0.963
16 New Jersey 0.974
17 Florida 0.998
18 Texas 0.999
19 Hawaii 1.012
20 Utah 1.014
21 Massachusetts 1.031
22 Maryland 1.066
23 Georgia 1.070
24 Ohio 1.073
25 Pennsylvania 1.076
26 Alaska 1.089
27 Delaware 1.110
28 Iowa 1.114
29 North Carolina 1.130
30 Missouri 1.133
31 Oregon 1.149
32 Idaho 1.150
33 South Dakota 1.164
34t Michigan 1.170
34t Arizona 1.170
36 Indiana 1.181
37 Tennessee 1.189
38 Oklahoma 1.216
39 Alabama 1.253
40 Rhode Island 1.270
41 Wyoming 1.278
42 Arkansas 1.341
43 Maine 1.346
44 Montana 1.357
45 Louisiana 1.371
46 New Mexico 1.382
47 West Virginia 1.412
48 Mississippi 1.473
49 Kentucky 1.493
50 Vermont 1.573
» State Rankings of Crime Rate
1 New Hampshire 1.711
2 Maine 1.770
3 New Jersey 1.790
4 Vermont 1.856
5 New York 1.922
6 Massachusetts 1.938
7 Idaho 1.975
8 Connecticut 2.035
9 Pennsylvania 2.059
10 Virginia 2.077
11 Rhode Island 2.138
12 Wyoming 2.202
13 Wisconsin 2.239
14 Michigan 2.369
15 Minnesota 2.376
16 Iowa 2.377
17 South Dakota 2.399
18 West Virginia 2.405
19 Kentucky 2.422
20 Illinois 2.485
21 North Dakota 2.547
22 Nebraska 2.554
23 Maryland 2.757
24 Ohio 2.878
25 Indiana 2.994
26 California 2.998
27 Mississippi 3.049
28 Montana 3.052
29 Kansas 3.076
30 Colorado 3.083
31 North Carolina 3.110
32 Florida 3.117
33 Texas 3.194
34 Utah 3.194
35 Oregon 3.229
36 Nevada 3.265
37 Delaware 3.275
38 Hawaii 3.302
39 Missouri 3.319
40 Georgia 3.402
41 Oklahoma 3.433
42 Arizona 3.449
43 Alabama 3.480
44 Tennessee 3.487
45 South Carolina 3.746
46 Washington 3.796
47 Arkansas 3.820
48 Louisiana 3.864
49 Alaska 4.157
50 New Mexico 4.640