Best State To Raise a Family
(WalletHub, 1st in 2020; 2nd in 2021)
2 Sep 2024
News
Each year, via data gathered from an annual questionnaire in addition to our staff’s own research into utilities with active economic development departments, Site Selection recognizes the Top Utilities in economic development based on corporate end-user project activity in their regions.
With a few exceptions, job creation totals are down this year from the year before, with most capex figures lower or holding steady. This could be related to the extreme load demand on the U.S. power grid from the surfeit of energy-sucking megaprojects. This year, in addition to asking traditional questions about project attraction, capital investment, job creation and services, we asked one extra question:
Best State To Raise a Family
(WalletHub, 1st in 2020; 2nd in 2021)
in Voter Participation
(U.S. Elections Project, 2020)
Best State for Women and for Working Moms and Dads
(Wallethub, 2020)
in Volunteering
(Corporation for National and Community Service)
in Child Well-Being
(Kids Count Report, 2021)
in Healthy People
(2021 Camelot Index)