| 1 | North Dakota | Above average opportunities | 2.82 | 
| 2 | Nebraska | Above average opportunities | 2.7 | 
| 3 | Montana | Above average opportunities | 2.12 | 
| 4 | Iowa | Above average opportunities | 2.02 | 
| 5 | Wisconsin | Above average opportunities | 1.8 | 
| 6 | South Dakota | Above average opportunities | 1.8 | 
| 7 | Colorado | Above average opportunities | 1.79 | 
| 8 | Wyoming | Above average opportunities | 1.76 | 
| 9 | Vermont | Above average opportunities | 1.63 | 
| 10 | Rhode Island | Above average opportunities | 1.57 | 
| 11 | Missouri | Above average opportunities | 1.54 | 
| 12 | Arizona | Above average opportunities | 1.52 | 
| 13 | Florida | Above average opportunities | 1.4 | 
| 14 | Minnesota | Above average opportunities | 1.4 | 
| 15 | Maine | Above average opportunities | 1.4 | 
| 16 | Illinois | Above average opportunities | 1.35 | 
| 17 | Pennsylvania | Above average opportunities | 1.33 | 
| 18 | Oregon | Average opportunities | 1.28 | 
| 19 | Georgia | Average opportunities | 1.25 | 
| 20 | Idaho | Average opportunities | 1.24 | 
| 21 | Kansas | Average opportunities | 1.23 | 
| 22 | Alaska | Average opportunities | 1.23 | 
| 23 | Michigan | Average opportunities | 1.2 | 
| 24 | Washington | Average opportunities | 1.12 | 
| 25 | Utah | Average opportunities | 1.08 | 
| 26 | Indiana | Average opportunities | 1.08 | 
| 27 | Delaware | Average opportunities | 1.03 | 
| 28 | Kentucky | Average opportunities | 1.02 | 
| 29 | Alabama | Average opportunities | 0.99 | 
| 30 | Oklahoma | Average opportunities | 0.96 | 
| 31 | South Carolina | Average opportunities | 0.88 | 
| 32 | Massachusetts | Average opportunities | 0.87 | 
| 33 | Texas | Average opportunities | 0.85 | 
| 34 | New Mexico | Average opportunities | 0.85 | 
| 35 | Virginia | Average opportunities | 0.85 | 
| 36 | Ohio | Average opportunities | 0.81 | 
| 37 | North Carolina | Average opportunities | 0.75 | 
| 38 | Hawaii | Below average opportunities | 0.7 | 
| 39 | Tennessee | Below average opportunities | 0.66 | 
| 40 | Nevada | Below average opportunities | 0.66 | 
| 41 | Arkansas | Below average opportunities | 0.62 | 
| 42 | New Hampshire | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 43 | New York | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 44 | California | Below average opportunities | 0.58 | 
| 45 | Louisiana | Below average opportunities | 0.54 | 
| 46 | Maryland | Below average opportunities | 0.5 | 
| 47 | West Virginia | Below average opportunities | 0.5 | 
| 48 | Puerto Rico | Below average opportunities | 0.49 | 
| 49 | New Jersey | Below average opportunities | 0.48 | 
| 50 | Connecticut | Below average opportunities | 0.44 | 
| 51 | Mississippi | Below average opportunities | 0.39 | 
| 52 | District of Columbia | No data available | No data available | 
| 53 | American Samoa | No data available | No data available | 
| 54 | Guam | No data available | No data available | 
| 55 | Northern Mariana Islands | No data available | No data available | 
| 56 | Virgin Islands | No data available | No data available |