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South
#9 of 51 states · IEPA 2025
67.5
▲ +1.6 YoY
●●●
0.97
IEPA COMPOSITE
SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
Innovation Capacity
1 indices
70.0
Entrepreneurship Capacity
2 indices
72.2
Resilience
2 indices
33.0
Alignment
1 indices
75.5
FDI Accelerator
1 indices
78.0
Prosperity Outcomes
5 indices
65.5
IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2019–2025
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
36
45
54
63
72
TRADE · TOTAL GOODS EXPORTS (US$)
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
$0
$15.0B
$30.0B
$45.0B
$60.0B
US Census Foreign Trade · annual
STANDING
National rank:
#9 of 51
Census region:
South
Indices scored:
12
Scored within the 50 states + DC across the same six zones. Expand any factor for the indices behind the number.
PEERS · SOUTH
GA
Georgia
65.7
→
VA
Virginia
69.4
→
MD
Maryland
65.2
→
TX
Texas
70.3
→
FL
Florida
73.4
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