Business climate rankings for Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana

State economic development directors have to love this kind of news. Site Selection Magazine is out with its 2014 Top State Business Climate Rankingsand Ohio and Kentucky are in the top ten. Indiana is number 13.

1. Georgia
2. Louisiana
3. North Carolina
4. Texas
5. Ohio
6. South Carolina
7. Tennessee
8. Kentucky
9. Alabama
10. Virginia
11. Oklahoma
12. Florida
13. Indiana
14. Utah

You can see the entire listhere. To rank states, Site Selection looks at the transportation infrastructure, the ease of permitting, the existing workforce, availability and price of land and buildings, utilities, state and local taxes, access to higher education, the legal climate and incentives.