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Table 11: Ranking the States by Availability of Relocation Options
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State
|
Relocation Score
|
Relocation Rank
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|
Vermont
|
6.30
|
1
|
|
New Hampshire
|
6.29
|
2
|
|
Nebraska
|
6.28
|
3
|
|
Maine
|
6.28
|
4
|
|
New Jersey
|
6.28
|
5
|
|
Massachusetts
|
6.28
|
6
|
|
Illinois
|
6.27
|
7
|
|
Oklahoma
|
6.26
|
8
|
|
Ohio
|
6.26
|
9
|
|
Iowa
|
6.26
|
10
|
|
Connecticut
|
6.26
|
11
|
|
Michigan
|
6.26
|
12
|
|
Missouri
|
6.25
|
13
|
|
Arkansas
|
6.25
|
14
|
|
Wisconsin
|
6.25
|
15
|
|
North Dakota
|
6.24
|
16
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
6.24
|
17
|
|
Montana
|
6.24
|
18
|
|
Minnesota
|
6.24
|
19
|
|
Indiana
|
6.23
|
20
|
|
Rhode Island
|
6.23
|
21
|
|
Kentucky
|
6.23
|
22
|
|
New York
|
6.23
|
23
|
|
Kansas
|
6.22
|
24
|
|
South Dakota
|
6.21
|
25
|
|
Delaware
|
6.21
|
26
|
|
Washington
|
6.20
|
27
|
|
Texas
|
6.19
|
28
|
|
Mississippi
|
6.19
|
29
|
|
California
|
6.18
|
30
|
|
Arizona
|
6.18
|
31
|
|
Oregon
|
6.16
|
32
|
|
Virginia
|
6.14
|
33
|
|
South Carolina
|
6.13
|
34
|
|
Tennessee
|
6.13
|
35
|
|
Colorado
|
6.11
|
36
|
|
Alabama
|
6.11
|
37
|
|
West Virginia
|
6.11
|
38
|
|
Georgia
|
6.11
|
39
|
|
Idaho
|
6.08
|
40
|
|
North Carolina
|
6.05
|
41
|
|
Louisiana
|
5.95
|
42
|
|
New Mexico
|
5.89
|
43
|
|
Wyoming
|
5.83
|
44
|
|
Utah
|
5.68
|
45
|
|
Florida
|
5.60
|
46
|
|
Maryland
|
5.59
|
47
|
|
Nevada
|
4.43
|
48
|
|
Alaska
|
3.49
|
49
|
|
Hawaii
|
1.06
|
50
|
|
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Table 12: Relocation Options in Each State, Arranged Alphabetically
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|
State
|
Relocation Score
|
Relocation Rank
|
|
Alabama
|
6.11
|
37
|
|
Alaska
|
3.49
|
49
|
|
Arizona
|
6.18
|
31
|
|
Arkansas
|
6.25
|
14
|
|
California
|
6.18
|
30
|
|
Colorado
|
6.11
|
36
|
|
Connecticut
|
6.26
|
11
|
|
Delaware
|
6.21
|
26
|
|
Florida
|
5.60
|
46
|
|
Georgia
|
6.11
|
39
|
|
Hawaii
|
1.06
|
50
|
|
Idaho
|
6.08
|
40
|
|
Illinois
|
6.27
|
7
|
|
Indiana
|
6.23
|
20
|
|
Iowa
|
6.26
|
10
|
|
Kansas
|
6.22
|
24
|
|
Kentucky
|
6.23
|
22
|
|
Louisiana
|
5.95
|
42
|
|
Maine
|
6.28
|
4
|
|
Maryland
|
5.59
|
47
|
|
Massachusetts
|
6.28
|
6
|
|
Michigan
|
6.26
|
12
|
|
Minnesota
|
6.24
|
19
|
|
Mississippi
|
6.19
|
29
|
|
Missouri
|
6.25
|
13
|
|
Montana
|
6.24
|
18
|
|
Nebraska
|
6.28
|
3
|
|
Nevada
|
4.43
|
48
|
|
New Hampshire
|
6.29
|
2
|
|
New Jersey
|
6.28
|
5
|
|
New Mexico
|
5.89
|
43
|
|
New York
|
6.23
|
23
|
|
North Carolina
|
6.05
|
41
|
|
North Dakota
|
6.24
|
16
|
|
Ohio
|
6.26
|
9
|
|
Oklahoma
|
6.26
|
8
|
|
Oregon
|
6.16
|
32
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
6.24
|
17
|
|
Rhode Island
|
6.23
|
21
|
|
South Carolina
|
6.13
|
34
|
|
South Dakota
|
6.21
|
25
|
|
Tennessee
|
6.13
|
35
|
|
Texas
|
6.19
|
28
|
|
Utah
|
5.68
|
45
|
|
Vermont
|
6.30
|
1
|
|
Virginia
|
6.14
|
33
|
|
Washington
|
6.20
|
27
|
|
West Virginia
|
6.11
|
38
|
|
Wisconsin
|
6.25
|
15
|
|
Wyoming
|
5.83
|
44
|
|