| 1 | Alaska | Above average opportunities | 2.61 | 
| 2 | Wyoming | Above average opportunities | 2.26 | 
| 3 | North Dakota | Above average opportunities | 2.14 | 
| 4 | West Virginia | Above average opportunities | 2.14 | 
| 5 | Louisiana | Above average opportunities | 2.06 | 
| 6 | Montana | Above average opportunities | 2.03 | 
| 7 | Minnesota | Above average opportunities | 1.84 | 
| 8 | Texas | Above average opportunities | 1.58 | 
| 9 | Colorado | Above average opportunities | 1.58 | 
| 10 | Oklahoma | Above average opportunities | 1.53 | 
| 11 | Guam | Above average opportunities | 1.49 | 
| 12 | Mississippi | Above average opportunities | 1.47 | 
| 13 | Massachusetts | Above average opportunities | 1.44 | 
| 14 | Maine | Above average opportunities | 1.39 | 
| 15 | Arizona | Above average opportunities | 1.31 | 
| 16 | Vermont | Average opportunities | 1.28 | 
| 17 | Florida | Average opportunities | 1.27 | 
| 18 | Maryland | Average opportunities | 1.22 | 
| 19 | Arkansas | Average opportunities | 1.17 | 
| 20 | Alabama | Average opportunities | 1.15 | 
| 21 | Missouri | Average opportunities | 1.14 | 
| 22 | Utah | Average opportunities | 1.12 | 
| 23 | South Carolina | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 24 | New Hampshire | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 25 | South Dakota | Average opportunities | 1.1 | 
| 26 | Nevada | Average opportunities | 1.09 | 
| 27 | Georgia | Average opportunities | 1.03 | 
| 28 | Virginia | Average opportunities | 1.01 | 
| 29 | North Carolina | Average opportunities | 0.98 | 
| 30 | Idaho | Average opportunities | 0.94 | 
| 31 | Michigan | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 32 | Indiana | Average opportunities | 0.91 | 
| 33 | Connecticut | Average opportunities | 0.91 | 
| 34 | Oregon | Average opportunities | 0.86 | 
| 35 | Kentucky | Average opportunities | 0.84 | 
| 36 | Iowa | Average opportunities | 0.83 | 
| 37 | Kansas | Average opportunities | 0.81 | 
| 38 | Rhode Island | Average opportunities | 0.76 | 
| 39 | Nebraska | Average opportunities | 0.74 | 
| 40 | Tennessee | Average opportunities | 0.71 | 
| 41 | New Mexico | Below average opportunities | 0.7 | 
| 42 | Illinois | Below average opportunities | 0.69 | 
| 43 | Pennsylvania | Below average opportunities | 0.65 | 
| 44 | New Jersey | Below average opportunities | 0.65 | 
| 45 | Wisconsin | Below average opportunities | 0.65 | 
| 46 | Washington | Below average opportunities | 0.65 | 
| 47 | Ohio | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 48 | California | Below average opportunities | 0.6 | 
| 49 | Hawaii | Below average opportunities | 0.56 | 
| 50 | Puerto Rico | Below average opportunities | 0.53 | 
| 51 | New York | Below average opportunities | 0.48 | 
| 52 | Delaware | Below average opportunities | 0.43 | 
| 53 | District of Columbia | No data available | No data available | 
| 54 | Virgin Islands | No data available | No data available | 
| 55 | American Samoa | No data available | No data available | 
| 56 | Northern Mariana Islands | No data available | No data available |