Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations

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Since 2001, 30 companies have climbed 150 places or more up the Fortune 500.
Company 500 rank Rank gain since 2001
Amgen 163 + 292
Qualcomm 222 + 278
Jabil Circuit 182 + 278
Kinder Morgan 294 + 262
Constellation Energy 172 + 260
Murphy Oil 113 + 257
Danaher 187 + 254
Jacobs Engineering Group 250 + 226
Express Scripts 55 + 221
Nucor 157 + 216
Tesoro 128 + 215
Thermo Fisher Scientific 227 + 203
Apple 35 + 201
Caesars Entertainment 277 + 193
Capital One Financial 134 + 193
Medtronic 158 + 191
Dollar General 188 + 187
WellPoint 42 + 177
Time Warner 95 + 176
Owens & Minor 295 + 172
Comcast 66 + 167
Progress Energy 240 + 166
Baker Hughes 170 + 165
Tyson Foods 93 + 164
Northrop Grumman 72 + 160
Charter Communications 333 + 159
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 318 + 159
Quest Diagnostics 320 + 155
Ball 300 + 153
Kohl's 142 + 151
Regions Financial 293 + 143
U.S. Bancorp 126 + 142
Becton Dickinson 316 + 140
ITT 217 + 140
AmerisourceBergen 27 + 138
BJ's Wholesale Club 221 + 132
AES 150 + 129
Penske Automotive Group 228 + 128
Hormel Foods 325 + 127
Smithfield Foods 216 + 125
Ameren 313 + 121
CHS 103 + 120
Darden Restaurants 332 + 117
MGM Resorts International 380 + 116
Travelers Cos. 106 + 116
Progressive 164 + 113
Archer Daniels Midland 39 + 113
BB&T Corp. 220 + 112
General Mills 166 + 112
Southwest Airlines 205 + 111
Issue date: May 23, 2011
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Rank # of Fortune 500 Companies
New York 57
California 53
Texas 51
Company Rank
Microsoft 38
Goldman Sachs 54
Intel 56
Company 2010 $ (millions)
Exxon Mobil $30,460.0
AT&T $19,864.0
Chevron $19,024.0
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