State	No. of Most Admired Cos.
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Alabama	1
Alaska	0
Arizona	2
Arkansas	2
California	39
Colorado	3
Connecticut	7
Delaware	1
District of Columbia	1
Florida	10
Georgia	9
Hawaii	0
Idaho	0
Illinois	19
Indiana	5
Iowa	1
Kansas	1
Kentucky	2
Louisiana	0
Maine	0
Maryland	6
Massachusetts	7
Michigan	10
Minnesota	10
Mississippi	0
Missouri	6
Montana	0
Nebraska	3
Nevada	3
New Hampshire	2
New Jersey	9
New Mexico	0
New York	37
North Carolina	7
North Dakota	0
Ohio	12
Oklahoma	3
Oregon	2
Pennsylvania	6
Rhode Island	1
South Carolina	2
South Dakota	0
Tennessee	5
Texas	34
Utah	0
Vermont	0
Virginia	6
Washington	9
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	5
Wyoming	0

	Population
Best Places to Live in New York
Ramapo	112,500
New York	8,143,200
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Company	City	Industry rank
Most Admired
IBM	Armonk	1
M&T Bank Corp.	Buffalo	5
Corning	Corning	2
Constellation Brands	Fairport	5
JetBlue Airways	Forest Hills	3
Henry Schein	Melville	3
Arrow Electronics	Melville	2
News Corp.	New York	2
Dow Jones	New York	5
New York Times	New York	3
McGraw-Hill	New York	4
Colgate-Palmolive	New York	3
Avon Products	New York	5
Alcoa	New York	3
Morgan Stanley	New York	5
Liz Claiborne	New York	4
Citigroup	New York	5
Bear Stearns	New York	2
Warner Music Group	New York	3
Vornado Realty Trust	New York	5
Accenture	New York	1
Goldman Sachs Group	New York	3
Polo Ralph Lauren	New York	2
IAC/InterActiveCorp	New York	1
Estee Lauder	New York	2
Lehman Brothers Holdings	New York	1
Schlumberger	New York	1
American Express	New York	1
New York Life	New York	2
Verizon Communications	New York	3
Bank of New York	New York	1
MasterCard	Purchase	3
PepsiCo	Purchase	2
Paychex	Rochester	5
Pepsi Bottling Group	Somers	2
Bunge	White Plains	1
ITT Corporation	White Plains	3
Contenders
Symbol Technologies	Holtsville	5
CA	Islandia	10
AXA Financial	New York	10
Volt Information Sciences	New York	6
TIAA-CREF	New York	6
CBS	New York	8
J.P. Morgan Chase	New York	6
Viacom	New York	9
Asbury Automotive Group	New York	6
E*TRADE Financial	New York	11
L-3 Communications	New York	10
Scholastic	New York	6
Time Warner	New York	6
Phillips-Van Heusen	New York	6
Pfizer	New York	8
Hess	New York	9
Bristol-Myers Squibb	New York	10
Merrill Lynch	New York	8
American International Group	New York	7
Loews	New York	11
Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America	New York	8
MetLife	New York	7
Consolidated Edison	New York	9
Jones Apparel Group	New York	9
Reader's Digest Association	Pleasantville	10
Starwood Hotels & Resorts	White Plains	5

Industry champions

Company	Industry
Nike	Apparel
Whole Foods	Food and Drug Stores
Cisco	Network Communications
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Most admired for people management

Company	Industry rank
FedEx	1
Procter & Gamble	1
Google	2
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Most admired for innovation

Company	Industry rank
Apple	2
Google	2
FedEx	1
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How we pick the Most Admired companies

The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Our survey partners at Hay Group started with the FORTUNE 1,000... (more)