canada goose The 19 US states where young people are moving in, jobs are plentiful, and business is booming Shana Lebowitz Feb. 27, 2018, 5:41 PM Is your state on the list?Flickr / N i c o l aU.S. News & World Report just released its annual best states ranking.The rate of economic growth www.fabulalitera.de , the employment rate, and the rate of new business formation were all taken into account.The list of the best economies in the US is topped by Colorado, Utah, and Washington. If you’re considering a move across the country, you’ll definitely want to know where the economy is strongest — and weakest. U.S. News & World Report just released its annual best states ranking www.fabulalitera.de , and they looked partly at economic factors. Each state was ranked on three economic indicators: Growth: The GDP growth rate, average net migration (people moving into and out of the state) between 2013 and 2016, and growth of the young population between 2013 and 2016. Employment: The annual growth rate of nonfarm jobs between 2013 and 2016, the percentage of state residents age 16 and older who participated in the labor force, and the December 2017 unemployment rate. Business: The rate at which new businesses were formed between 2015 and 2017, total state and local taxes as a percent of total state income, the average number of patents granted between 2014 and 2016 per million residents, the number of top company headquarters per million residents in 2016, and venture capital dollars invested per $1,000 of nominal state gross domestic product in 2016. Combining growth (50%), employment (30%), and business (20%), U.S. News & World Report put together their list of the best economies in the US. Colorado took the cake, followed by Utah and Washington. Read on for the list of the 19 US states with the best economies — and see how it compares to last year’s. 1/ 19. North Dakota Matt Zimmerman/Flickr Population: 0.76 million Growth rank: 20 Employment rank: 2 Business environment rank: 42 2/ 18. North Carolina Bryan Pollard/Shutterstock Population: 10.15 million Growth rank: 15 Employment rank: 28 Business environment rank: 21 3/ 17. Iowa SD Dirk/Flickr Population: 3.13 million Growth rank: 17 Employment rank: 8 Business environment rank: 46 4/ 16. Arizona Wikimedia Commons Population: 6.93 million Growth rank: 14 Employment rank: 34 Business environment rank: 14 5/ 15. South Carolina Cvandyke / Shutterstock Population: 4.96 million Growth rank: 7 Employment rank: 26 Business environment rank: 36 6/ 14. Georgia ESB Professional/Shutterstock Population: 10.31 million Growth rank: 10 Employment rank: 27 Business environment rank: 19 7/ 13. Tennessee Jeff Gunn/Flickr Population: 6.65 million Growth rank: 13 Employment rank: 20 Business environment rank: 23 8/ 12. Nevada Ethan Miller/Getty Images Population: 2.94 million Growth rank: 9 Employment rank: 37 Business environment rank: 8 9/ 11. New Hampshire Flickr / Robert Linsdell Population: 1.33 million Growth rank: 18 Employment rank: 5 Business environment rank: 12 10/ 10. Delaware Flickr/likeaduck Population: 0.95 million Growth rank: 8 Employment rank: 33 Business environment rank: 6 11/ 9. Massachusetts Associated Press/Elise Amendola Population: 6.81 million Growth rank: 19 Employment rank: 9 Business environment rank: 2 12/ 8. Texas Reuters Population: 27.86 million Growth rank: 12 Employment rank: 19 Business environment rank: 13 13/ 7. Idaho Charles Knowles/Shutterstock Population: 1.68 million Growth rank: 11 Employment rank: 11 Business environment rank: 10 14/ 6. Oregon Jeff Gunn/flickr Population: 4.09 million Growth rank: 3 Employment rank: 21 Business environment rank: 20 15/ 5. Florida Joe Raedle/Getty Population: 20.61 million Growth rank: 2 Employment rank: 32 Business environment rank: 7 16/ 4. California Shutterstock Population: 39.25 million Growth rank: 5 Employment rank: 29 Business environment rank: 1 17/ 3. Washington Flickr / N i c o l a Population: 7.29 million Growth rank: 1 Employment rank: 24 Business environment rank: 4 18/ 2. Utah Garrett/Creative Commons Population: 3.05 million Growth rank: 6 Employment rank: 4 Business environment rank: 5 19/ 1. Colorado Flickr/Jack Gray Population: 5.54 million Growth rank: 4 Employment rank: 3 Business environment rank: 3 Previous 1/ Next SEE ALSO: 27 cities around the world where expats say there are more than enough jobs to go around DON'T MISS: Silicon Valley is so expensive that people who make $400,000 think they're middle-class — here's what the middle class actually is in the 25 largest US cities canada goose parka