FORTUNE 500 2007: States

State	Number of FORTUNE 500 Cos.
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Alabama	1
Alaska	0
Arizona	4
Arkansas	5
California	52
Colorado	12
Connecticut	11
Delaware	1
District of Columbia	2
Florida	12
Georgia	15
Hawaii	0
Idaho	2
Illinois	33
Indiana	5
Iowa	1
Kansas	1
Kentucky	6
Louisiana	3
Maine	1
Maryland	6
Massachusetts	10
Michigan	22
Minnesota	20
Mississippi	0
Missouri	10
Montana	0
Nebraska	5
Nevada	2
New Hampshire	0
New Jersey	24
New Mexico	0
New York	57
North Carolina	14
North Dakota	0
Ohio	28
Oklahoma	4
Oregon	1
Pennsylvania	25
Rhode Island	2
South Carolina	1
South Dakota	0
Tennessee	9
Texas	56
Utah	1
Vermont	0
Virginia	17
Washington	10
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	9
Wyoming	0

State Rank	Company	Rank	Revenues ($ millions)	City
Tennessee
1	Caremark Rx	58	36,750.2	Nashville
2	FedEx	68	32,294.0	Memphis
3	HCA	87	25,477.0	Nashville
4	International Paper	93	24,186.0	Memphis
5	Unum Group	236	10,718.8	Chattanooga
6	Dollar General	273	9,169.8	Goodlettsville
7	Eastman Chemical	321	7,450.0	Kingsport
8	AutoZone	384	5,948.4	Memphis
9	Community Health Sys.	494	4,369.9	Franklin
10	ServiceMaster	534	3,948.0	Memphis
11	First Horizon National Corp.	575	3,496.0	Memphis
12	Vanguard Health Systems	707	2,652.7	Nashville
13	CBRL Group	711	2,643.0	Lebanon
14	Regal Entertainment Group	721	2,598.1	Knoxville
15	LifePoint Hospitals	730	2,548.1	Brentwood
16	Mueller Industries	742	2,510.9	Memphis
17	Tractor Supply	773	2,369.6	Brentwood
18	Louisiana-Pacific	803	2,235.1	Nashville
19	King Pharmaceuticals	862	1,989.1	Bristol
20	Thomas & Betts	897	1,868.7	Memphis
21	Fred's	929	1,767.2	Memphis
22	Iasis Healthcare	974	1,626.0	Franklin

From the April 30th, 2007 issue

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