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South
#5 of 51 states · IEPA 2025
69.4
▼ -3.7 YoY
●●●
0.97
IEPA COMPOSITE
SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
Innovation Capacity
1 indices
89.2
Entrepreneurship Capacity
2 indices
61.8
Resilience
2 indices
52.8
Alignment
1 indices
40.8
FDI Accelerator
1 indices
57.5
Prosperity Outcomes
5 indices
86.9
IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2019–2025
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
33
44
55
66
77
TRADE · TOTAL GOODS EXPORTS (US$)
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
$0
$6.5B
$13.0B
$19.5B
$26.0B
US Census Foreign Trade · annual
STANDING
National rank:
#5 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
TX
Texas
70.3
→
NC
North Carolina
67.5
→
GA
Georgia
65.7
→
FL
Florida
73.4
→
MD
Maryland
65.2
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