| 1 | Alaska | Above average opportunities | 5.07 | 
| 2 | South Dakota | Above average opportunities | 4.96 | 
| 3 | Montana | Above average opportunities | 4.43 | 
| 4 | North Dakota | Above average opportunities | 4.12 | 
| 5 | Wyoming | Above average opportunities | 2.84 | 
| 6 | West Virginia | Above average opportunities | 2.29 | 
| 7 | Vermont | Above average opportunities | 2.29 | 
| 8 | Iowa | Above average opportunities | 2.23 | 
| 9 | Idaho | Above average opportunities | 2.15 | 
| 10 | Mississippi | Above average opportunities | 2.02 | 
| 11 | Colorado | Above average opportunities | 2.01 | 
| 12 | Indiana | Above average opportunities | 1.86 | 
| 13 | Oklahoma | Above average opportunities | 1.84 | 
| 14 | Maine | Above average opportunities | 1.71 | 
| 15 | Arkansas | Above average opportunities | 1.7 | 
| 16 | Arizona | Above average opportunities | 1.68 | 
| 17 | Oregon | Above average opportunities | 1.64 | 
| 18 | New Hampshire | Above average opportunities | 1.64 | 
| 19 | Utah | Above average opportunities | 1.55 | 
| 20 | Alabama | Above average opportunities | 1.55 | 
| 21 | Washington | Above average opportunities | 1.49 | 
| 22 | Kansas | Above average opportunities | 1.45 | 
| 23 | Minnesota | Above average opportunities | 1.44 | 
| 24 | Kentucky | Above average opportunities | 1.37 | 
| 25 | Wisconsin | Average opportunities | 1.26 | 
| 26 | Virginia | Average opportunities | 1.24 | 
| 27 | New Mexico | Average opportunities | 1.2 | 
| 28 | North Carolina | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 29 | California | Average opportunities | 0.94 | 
| 30 | Michigan | Average opportunities | 0.92 | 
| 31 | Nevada | Average opportunities | 0.81 | 
| 32 | Pennsylvania | Average opportunities | 0.79 | 
| 33 | Florida | Average opportunities | 0.79 | 
| 34 | Ohio | Average opportunities | 0.78 | 
| 35 | Nebraska | Average opportunities | 0.76 | 
| 36 | Georgia | Average opportunities | 0.72 | 
| 37 | Texas | Average opportunities | 0.71 | 
| 38 | New Jersey | Average opportunities | 0.71 | 
| 39 | Tennessee | Below average opportunities | 0.69 | 
| 40 | Connecticut | Below average opportunities | 0.68 | 
| 41 | Rhode Island | Below average opportunities | 0.68 | 
| 42 | Illinois | Below average opportunities | 0.54 | 
| 43 | New York | Below average opportunities | 0.46 | 
| 44 | South Carolina | Below average opportunities | 0.44 | 
| 45 | Louisiana | Below average opportunities | 0.42 | 
| 46 | Missouri | Below average opportunities | 0.33 | 
| 47 | Maryland | Below average opportunities | 0.2 | 
| 48 | Hawaii | No data available | No data available | 
| 49 | American Samoa | No data available | No data available | 
| 50 | Massachusetts | No data available | No data available | 
| 51 | Northern Mariana Islands | No data available | No data available | 
| 52 | Puerto Rico | No data available | No data available | 
| 53 | Virgin Islands | No data available | No data available | 
| 54 | Delaware | No data available | No data available | 
| 55 | District of Columbia | No data available | No data available | 
| 56 | Guam | No data available | No data available |