| 1 | Alaska | Above average opportunities | 3.47 | 
| 2 | Idaho | Above average opportunities | 2.98 | 
| 3 | Montana | Above average opportunities | 2.73 | 
| 4 | North Carolina | Above average opportunities | 2.51 | 
| 5 | Colorado | Above average opportunities | 2.29 | 
| 6 | Nebraska | Above average opportunities | 2.17 | 
| 7 | Oklahoma | Above average opportunities | 1.89 | 
| 8 | Arkansas | Above average opportunities | 1.83 | 
| 9 | New Mexico | Above average opportunities | 1.74 | 
| 10 | Guam | Above average opportunities | 1.69 | 
| 11 | Alabama | Above average opportunities | 1.57 | 
| 12 | Maine | Above average opportunities | 1.55 | 
| 13 | Texas | Above average opportunities | 1.53 | 
| 14 | South Carolina | Above average opportunities | 1.52 | 
| 15 | Mississippi | Above average opportunities | 1.45 | 
| 16 | Virginia | Above average opportunities | 1.45 | 
| 17 | Florida | Above average opportunities | 1.36 | 
| 18 | New Hampshire | Average opportunities | 1.25 | 
| 19 | West Virginia | Average opportunities | 1.23 | 
| 20 | Wyoming | Average opportunities | 1.17 | 
| 21 | Delaware | Average opportunities | 1.12 | 
| 22 | Tennessee | Average opportunities | 1.11 | 
| 23 | Kansas | Average opportunities | 1.09 | 
| 24 | Kentucky | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 25 | North Dakota | Average opportunities | 0.91 | 
| 26 | Oregon | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 27 | Louisiana | Average opportunities | 0.87 | 
| 28 | Washington | Average opportunities | 0.87 | 
| 29 | Minnesota | Average opportunities | 0.85 | 
| 30 | Indiana | Average opportunities | 0.81 | 
| 31 | Utah | Average opportunities | 0.75 | 
| 32 | Georgia | Average opportunities | 0.75 | 
| 33 | Pennsylvania | Below average opportunities | 0.7 | 
| 34 | Ohio | Below average opportunities | 0.68 | 
| 35 | Michigan | Below average opportunities | 0.67 | 
| 36 | Missouri | Below average opportunities | 0.65 | 
| 37 | Hawaii | Below average opportunities | 0.64 | 
| 38 | Connecticut | Below average opportunities | 0.64 | 
| 39 | Arizona | Below average opportunities | 0.63 | 
| 40 | Nevada | Below average opportunities | 0.63 | 
| 41 | South Dakota | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 42 | Iowa | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 43 | Wisconsin | Below average opportunities | 0.57 | 
| 44 | New Jersey | Below average opportunities | 0.56 | 
| 45 | California | Below average opportunities | 0.55 | 
| 46 | Maryland | Below average opportunities | 0.55 | 
| 47 | New York | Below average opportunities | 0.54 | 
| 48 | Illinois | Below average opportunities | 0.51 | 
| 49 | Massachusetts | Below average opportunities | 0.51 | 
| 50 | Rhode Island | Below average opportunities | 0.47 | 
| 51 | Vermont | Below average opportunities | 0.43 | 
| 52 | Puerto Rico | Below average opportunities | 0.29 | 
| 53 | District of Columbia | Below average opportunities | 0.14 | 
| 54 | Northern Mariana Islands | No data available | No data available | 
| 55 | Virgin Islands | No data available | No data available | 
| 56 | American Samoa | No data available | No data available |