Michigan Claims A Spot In Top10 States For Business

CNBC dropped their rankings for the best states to do business in America for 2023. Michigan made it to the top 10 for only the second time ever since they started this list. They nailed it with strong job growth, leading the way in advanced manufacturing and keeping the cost of doing business and living low. Michigan has been no stranger to business accolades. In a 2022 report by Bloomberg, Michigan's economy took the top spot among 37 states with a population of two million or more.

CNBC looked at a bunch of things to come up with these rankings. They had ten big categories that measure how competitive a state is, along with 86 metrics. Basically, these are the things that businesses think about when deciding where to set up shop. States want to make sure they're affordable and provide a good quality of life for everyone involved, such as residents and businesses alike.

Michigan is in the 10th spot overall, but that's not the only good news. It's actually ranking higher in a couple of categories and making some serious progress in others. Specifically, Michigan jumps to 6th place for the cost of doing business, advancing from its 9th position in the previous year. Similarly, it rises to 7th place for cost of living, an improvement from its 12th ranking last year.

Michigan also made headway in technology and innovation, securing the 12th spot compared to its 15th position the previous year. Regarding business friendliness, Michigan moves up to the 15th position, a great move from its 20th ranking last year.

CNBC ranked North Carolina as the best state to do business. Right on its heels are Virginia and Tennessee. The top 10 also includes Georgia, Minnesota, Texas, Washington, Florida, and Utah.

Take a look at the complete breakdown here.

It's completely normal to feel angry at some point in life. Some people are better at dealing with anger than others. Some people are just angrier than others. And it turns out,  some states are angrier than others.

Michigan ranked number 10 on Best Life's angriest states in America survey. They created an Anger Index that consisted of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's most recent Fatality Analysis Reporting System and info by Auto Insurance Center, to determine the amount of each state's fatal accidents involving road rage.

Best Life also used the FBI's hate crime data to analyze hate crimes per capita, which they say is often motivated by anger. Their results showed that, on average, America isn't all that angry. But Michigan made the top 10 along with states from the West, Midwest, Northeast, and South.

Here are the 10 top angriest states in America.

Michigan ranked number 10 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 33.08. Though Michigan’s fatalities caused by road rage is only 0.1 percent, its hate crimes per capita is at 7.7 percent.

Massachusetts ranked number 9 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 37.39. Toxic internet comments were a part of the study and this state scored high with 6.8 percent. Massachusetts hate crimes per capita is at 5.63. Lower than Michigan's in the number 10 spot.

New Jersey ranked number 8 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 42.83 percent. New Jersey also made it onto Alcohol.org's angriest states list.

Connecticut ranked number 7 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 43.08 percent. The state has 5.7 percent of fatalities caused by road rage with a low road rage fatalities per capita at 0.4 percent.

Washington ranked number 6 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 46.90 percent. They also served up a high toxic internet comments percentage of 6.8 according to the Best Life study.

Vermont ranked number 5 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 55.34 percent. Though the fatalities caused by road rage are at zero percent. The state is at 5.29 percent hate crimes per capita.

Indiana ranked number 4 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 64.20. The state also came in with high percentages with fatalities caused by road rage at 10 percent and hate crimes per capita at 1.11 percent.

South Carolina ranked number 3 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 70.42 percent. The state's high toxic internet comments percentage was at 9.8 percent according to the Best Life study.

Colorado ranked number 2 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 70.42. Their road rage per capita is low at 0.9 percent. However, the study shows that fatalities caused by road rage in Colorado are at 9.5%. 

Alabama ranked number 1 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 100. The only 100 anger index score on the list. At the time of the study Alabama had limited data on hate crimes per capita.