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FSB Who loves small business best? 2006

Which states are low on taxes and light on government regulations? Exclusive rankings for FSB.com from the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council.*

Low taxes**

Rank	State	Index score
1	South Dakota	10.01
2	Nevada	12.02
3	Wyoming	13.60
4	Washington	15.85
5	Florida	16.82
6	Mississippi	19.30
7	Alaska	20.37
8	Alabama	20.47
9	Texas	21.18
10	Michigan	22.05
11	Colorado	22.17
12	Tennessee	23.91
13	South Carolina	24.75
14	Indiana	25.28
15	Delaware	26.16
16	Missouri	26.66
17	Arizona	26.73
18	Illinois	26.82
19	Arkansas	26.88
20	New Hampshire	27.02
21	Virginia	27.18
22	Pennsylvania	27.19
23	Maryland	27.29
24	Georgia	27.92
25	Oklahoma	29.19
26	New Mexico	29.51
27	Louisiana	30.25
28	Connecticut	31.05
29	Wisconsin	31.58
30	Montana	32.17
31	Utah	32.44
32	Kansas	32.58
33	North Dakota	32.96
34	West Virginia	33.26
35	Nebraska	34.21
36	Oregon	34.61
37	Ohio	35.31
38	Idaho	35.33
39	Vermont	35.54
40	North Carolina	35.63
41	Massachusetts	35.68
42	Kentucky	36.81
43	New York	37.65
44	Hawaii	37.87
45	Iowa	39.61
46	Rhode Island	40.18
47	Maine	40.26
48	California	40.46
49	New Jersey	41.86
50	Minnesota	42.14
51	Washington, D.C.	49.81

Footnotes:
* SBE Council, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit which advocates for reduced government taxes and regulations on small business, tends to lobby for the Republican agenda when it comes to taxes and regulations.
** States were scored based on their taxes on personal and corporate income, capital gains, property, sales, unemployment, gas, Internet and other taxes. For details, see "How we ranked the states."

Low energy costs

Rank	Name
1	Kentucky
2	West Virginia
3	Missouri
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How we ranked the states

Which states are low on taxes and light on government regulations? In these exclusive rankings for FSB.com, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, D.C. used their Small Business Survival Index to rate the 50 states and Washington, D.C. according to some of the major government-imposed or -related costs affecting investment, entrepreneurship, and business. SBE Council, which advocates for reduced government taxes and regulations on small business, supports a mostly Republican agenda. (more)