| 1 | Rhode Island | Above average opportunities | 1.9 | 
| 2 | Kansas | Above average opportunities | 1.86 | 
| 3 | North Dakota | Above average opportunities | 1.81 | 
| 4 | Nebraska | Above average opportunities | 1.8 | 
| 5 | Iowa | Above average opportunities | 1.63 | 
| 6 | South Dakota | Above average opportunities | 1.6 | 
| 7 | Arkansas | Above average opportunities | 1.52 | 
| 8 | Maine | Above average opportunities | 1.5 | 
| 9 | Connecticut | Above average opportunities | 1.41 | 
| 10 | West Virginia | Above average opportunities | 1.4 | 
| 11 | North Carolina | Above average opportunities | 1.39 | 
| 12 | Delaware | Above average opportunities | 1.32 | 
| 13 | Alabama | Above average opportunities | 1.3 | 
| 14 | Oklahoma | Above average opportunities | 1.3 | 
| 15 | Kentucky | Average opportunities | 1.28 | 
| 16 | Mississippi | Average opportunities | 1.26 | 
| 17 | Ohio | Average opportunities | 1.25 | 
| 18 | Missouri | Average opportunities | 1.24 | 
| 19 | Pennsylvania | Average opportunities | 1.21 | 
| 20 | Louisiana | Average opportunities | 1.19 | 
| 21 | Illinois | Average opportunities | 1.18 | 
| 22 | New Hampshire | Average opportunities | 1.17 | 
| 23 | Massachusetts | Average opportunities | 1.17 | 
| 24 | Virginia | Average opportunities | 1.17 | 
| 25 | Vermont | Average opportunities | 1.15 | 
| 26 | Indiana | Average opportunities | 1.09 | 
| 27 | Wyoming | Average opportunities | 1.07 | 
| 28 | Montana | Average opportunities | 1.05 | 
| 29 | Wisconsin | Average opportunities | 1.04 | 
| 30 | Minnesota | Average opportunities | 1.03 | 
| 31 | Florida | Average opportunities | 1.03 | 
| 32 | South Carolina | Average opportunities | 1.03 | 
| 33 | Michigan | Average opportunities | 1.02 | 
| 34 | New York | Average opportunities | 0.99 | 
| 35 | Maryland | Average opportunities | 0.98 | 
| 36 | Georgia | Average opportunities | 0.97 | 
| 37 | Idaho | Average opportunities | 0.96 | 
| 38 | Washington | Average opportunities | 0.88 | 
| 39 | Hawaii | Average opportunities | 0.83 | 
| 40 | New Jersey | Average opportunities | 0.82 | 
| 41 | Utah | Average opportunities | 0.8 | 
| 42 | Colorado | Average opportunities | 0.8 | 
| 43 | Tennessee | Average opportunities | 0.78 | 
| 44 | Oregon | Average opportunities | 0.72 | 
| 45 | Texas | Below average opportunities | 0.7 | 
| 46 | Nevada | Below average opportunities | 0.63 | 
| 47 | California | Below average opportunities | 0.63 | 
| 48 | Arizona | Below average opportunities | 0.6 | 
| 49 | New Mexico | Below average opportunities | 0.59 | 
| 50 | Alaska | Below average opportunities | 0.57 | 
| 51 | Guam | Below average opportunities | 0.42 | 
| 52 | District of Columbia | Below average opportunities | 0.4 | 
| 53 | Virgin Islands | Below average opportunities | 0.39 | 
| 54 | Puerto Rico | Below average opportunities | 0.09 | 
| 55 | American Samoa | No data available | No data available | 
| 56 | Northern Mariana Islands | No data available | No data available |