Updated at 10:26 a.m., Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Hawai'i ranked 6th worst for small business climate
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i ranks as the sixth-worst state in a listing of business climates for small businesses and entreprenuers.The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council's Small Business Survival Index looks at public policies such as taxes, regulation and other government-related costs or imposed measures affecting small businesses.
South Dakota was rated as having the best environment. It rated New Jersey as the worst and cited Hawai'i as being among a group of states having "the most anti-entrepreneur policy environments."
Small Business Survival Index 2006: State Rankings (best to worst)
Rank State
1 South Dakota
2 Nevada
3 Wyoming
4 Alabama
5 Washington
6 Florida
7 Mississippi
8 Colorado
9 Texas
10 Michigan
11 South Carolina
12 Indiana
13 Tennessee
14 Virginia
15 Arizona
16 Pennsylvania
17 Alaska
18 New Hampshire
19 Delaware
20 Arkansas
21 Illinois
22 Missouri
23 Oklahoma
24 North Dakota
25 Georgia
26 Utah
27 Wisconsin
28 Maryland
29 New Mexico
30 Montana
31 Nebraska
32 Connecticut
33 Louisiana
34 Idaho
35 Kansas
36 Kentucky
37 West Virginia
38 Ohio
39 Oregon
40 North Carolina
41 Iowa
42 Vermont
43 Massachusetts
44 Hawaii
45 New York
46 Minnesota
47 Maine
48 Rhode Island
49 California
50 New Jersey
51 Dist. of Columbia
