RANKED WITHIN STATES The local angle
Blue staters, take heart. You lost the presidency but won the 500: The 20 blue (i.e., John Kerry) states are home to 288 companies. That's 58%--a landslide!
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(FORTUNE Magazine) – [For the complete FORTUNE 500 list please visit www.fortune500.com]

HEADQUARTERS BY STATE

1 New York 54

2 California 52

3 Texas 48

4 Illinois 33

5 Ohio 30

6 Pennsylvania 27

7 New Jersey 24

8 Michigan 22

9 Minnesota 18

10 Virginia 18

11 Georgia 17

12 Connecticut 14

13 Florida 14

14 North Carolina 14

15 Massachusetts 11

16 Missouri 11

17 Colorado 10

18 Wisconsin 10

19 Washington 9

20 Tennessee 7

21 Indiana 6

22 Kentucky 6

23 Maryland 6

24 Arkansas 5

25 Oklahoma 5

26 Nebraska 4

27 Arizona 3

28 Nevada 3

29 Alabama 2

30 Delaware 2

31 District of Columbia 2

32 Idaho 2

33 Iowa 2

34 Kansas 2

35 Rhode Island 2

36 Louisiana 1

37 New Hampshire 1

38 Oregon 1

39 South Carolina 1

40 Utah 1

BY CITY

(Five or more headquarters)

1 New York 43

2 Houston 20

3 Atlanta 14

4 Chicago 10

5 Dallas 8

6 St. Louis 8

7 Charlotte 7

8 Cincinnati 7

9 Milwaukee 7

10 Minneapolis 7

11 Philadelphia 7

12 Pittsburgh 7

13 San Francisco 6

14 Cleveland 5

15 San Antonio 5

16 Seattle 5

17 Troy, Mich. 5

[Table also provides CEO names, headquarters locations, and company websites for FORTUNE 500 companies in all 50 states.]

RANK    500 RANK   REVENUES $ millions

 ALABAMA 2 COMPANIES

1 SAKS  320  6,43.7.3

2 REGIONS FINANCIAL  420  4,610.0

TOTAL 11,047.3