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2009 Data from SBA's The Small Business Economy 2010, Tables A-4 and A-5
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State	2004 Rank	2005 Rank	2006 Rank	2007 Rank	2008 Rank	2009 Rank
Alabama	39	32	27	47	42	40
Alaska	15	25	30	2	3	3
Arizona	12	5	1	5	7	5
Arkansas	32	33	17	30	28	29
California	30	21	33	50	50	50
Colorado	36	14	6	7	5	6
Connecticut	45	44	42	51	51	51
Delaware	19	17	23	18	22	28
District of Columbia	9	9	16	35	46	48
Florida	8	8	9	3	2	1
Georgia	10	10	10	1	1	2
Hawaii	23	27	28	46	36	30
Idaho	5	4	5	9	8	8
Illinois	42	38	39	24	24	24
Indiana	31	28	36	27	26	26
Iowa	49	51	50	39	40	45
Kansas	48	45	49	38	33	33
Kentucky	44	40	34	17	31	32
Louisiana	47	49	47	44	45	44
Maine	34	37	37	12	10	10
Maryland	7	6	7	29	16	16
Massachusetts	41	42	38	31	32	38
Michigan	33	29	44	19	14	13
Minnesota	38	43	40	21	9	22
Mississippi	24	31	11	34	38	41
Missouri	22	12	26	48	47	46
Montana	11	18	19	13	11	9
Nebraska	43	39	43	42	39	43
Nevada	2	3	4	6	6	7
New Hampshire	20	26	22	14	18	18
New Jersey	4	23	13	40	41	39
New Mexico	17	24	31	15	21	19
New York	16	20	20	16	19	20
North Carolina	25	16	15	8	12	12
North Dakota	37	36	46	37	34	36
Ohio	50	47	41	25	29	34
Oklahoma	40	46	35	22	37	21
Oregon	14	11	14	20	20	17
Pennsylvania	28	22	21	32	27	31
Rhode Island	26	34	25	11	15	11
South Carolina	29	30	29	10	30	23
South Dakota	51	50	51	43	43	37
Tennessee	6	7	8	45	49	49
Texas	13	13	12	28	23	27
Utah	3	1	2	4	4	4
Vermont	35	48	48	33	13	15
Virginia	21	15	24	23	17	14
Washington	1	2	3	49	48	47
West Virginia	27	35	32	41	35	35
Wisconsin	46	41	45	36	44	42
Wyoming	18	19	18	26	25	25