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Top States for Doing Business 2013 listTop States for Doing Business 2013 listhttps://www.recenter.tamu.edu/news/newstalk-texas/?Item=62472013-09-24T11:25:00Z2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

TEXAS - The Lone Star State has been ranked first in the nation in Area Development’s annual Top States for Doing Business survey.

The survey of site consultants ranks the states based on 17 categories including: Business Environment (costs, taxes and regulations, incentives, etc.), Labor Climate (diversity, costs, development programs, etc.); and Infrastructure and Global Access (rail/highway access, shovel-ready sites, utility rates, logistics access).

Here’s how Texas scored in some of the categories used to find the Top States for doing business:

Top States for Doing Business
1. Texas
2. Georgia
3. South Carolina
4. Alabama
5. North Carolina

Business Environment
1. Texas
2. South Carolina
3 tie. Georgia
3 tie. Louisiana
4. Alabama
5. Florida

Labor Climate
1. Texas
2. South Carolina
3 tie. Alabama
3 tie. Georgia
3 tie. North Carolina
4. California
5. Kentucky

Overall Infrastructure & Global Access
1. Tennessee
2 tie. Georgia
2 tie. Texas
3 tie. Illinois
3 tie. South Carolina
4. Alabama
5 tie. Indiana
5 tie. North Carolina

Read more at Area Development.

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