CNBC’s Top States For Business 2024

To rank America’s Top States for Business in 2024, CNBC scored all 50 states on 128 metrics in 10 broad categories of competitiveness. North Carolina received 1,592 out of a maximum 2,500 points. North Carolina finished only 3 points behind first place Virginia (after finishing first the last two years and second in 2021).

  1. Virginia
  2. North Carolina
  3. Texas
  4. Georgia
  5. Florida
  6. Minnesota
  7. Ohio
  8. Tennessee
  9. Michigan
  10. Washington

South Carolina ranked 19 on the list.

Source: CNBC and Charlotte Business Journal