| 1 | Wyoming | Above average opportunities | 6.38 | 
| 2 | West Virginia | Above average opportunities | 5.01 | 
| 3 | Oklahoma | Above average opportunities | 3.39 | 
| 4 | Vermont | Above average opportunities | 2.77 | 
| 5 | South Dakota | Above average opportunities | 2.7 | 
| 6 | North Dakota | Above average opportunities | 2.11 | 
| 7 | Iowa | Above average opportunities | 2.04 | 
| 8 | Alaska | Above average opportunities | 2.03 | 
| 9 | Maine | Above average opportunities | 1.93 | 
| 10 | Nevada | Above average opportunities | 1.9 | 
| 11 | Kentucky | Above average opportunities | 1.76 | 
| 12 | Utah | Above average opportunities | 1.7 | 
| 13 | New Hampshire | Above average opportunities | 1.65 | 
| 14 | Virginia | Above average opportunities | 1.64 | 
| 15 | Nebraska | Above average opportunities | 1.62 | 
| 16 | Texas | Above average opportunities | 1.6 | 
| 17 | Idaho | Above average opportunities | 1.54 | 
| 18 | Montana | Above average opportunities | 1.48 | 
| 19 | Indiana | Above average opportunities | 1.35 | 
| 20 | Colorado | Average opportunities | 1.29 | 
| 21 | Georgia | Average opportunities | 1.29 | 
| 22 | New Mexico | Average opportunities | 1.25 | 
| 23 | Pennsylvania | Average opportunities | 1.24 | 
| 24 | Maryland | Average opportunities | 1.2 | 
| 25 | South Carolina | Average opportunities | 1.16 | 
| 26 | Minnesota | Average opportunities | 1.15 | 
| 27 | Louisiana | Average opportunities | 1.03 | 
| 28 | Alabama | Average opportunities | 1.02 | 
| 29 | Wisconsin | Average opportunities | 0.98 | 
| 30 | Washington | Average opportunities | 0.97 | 
| 31 | Tennessee | Average opportunities | 0.93 | 
| 32 | Mississippi | Average opportunities | 0.91 | 
| 33 | New Jersey | Average opportunities | 0.89 | 
| 34 | Arkansas | Average opportunities | 0.84 | 
| 35 | Ohio | Average opportunities | 0.84 | 
| 36 | Michigan | Average opportunities | 0.77 | 
| 37 | Florida | Average opportunities | 0.76 | 
| 38 | Illinois | Average opportunities | 0.75 | 
| 39 | Missouri | Below average opportunities | 0.7 | 
| 40 | New York | Below average opportunities | 0.67 | 
| 41 | Puerto Rico | Below average opportunities | 0.66 | 
| 42 | Delaware | Below average opportunities | 0.61 | 
| 43 | Kansas | Below average opportunities | 0.58 | 
| 44 | Oregon | Below average opportunities | 0.55 | 
| 45 | Arizona | Below average opportunities | 0.52 | 
| 46 | North Carolina | Below average opportunities | 0.42 | 
| 47 | Connecticut | Below average opportunities | 0.38 | 
| 48 | District of Columbia | Below average opportunities | 0.27 | 
| 49 | Massachusetts | Below average opportunities | 0.24 | 
| 50 | California | Below average opportunities | 0.23 | 
| 51 | Hawaii | No data available | No data available | 
| 52 | Rhode Island | 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 |