OHIO BENCHMARKS

January 13, 2005 at 12:00a.m.

OHIO BENCHMARKS
Chamber study
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce study sought to create benchmarks for Ohio compared with other states in key areas. Scores in each area are out of a possible 100 points. Here are some of the results:
AreaNational rankScore
Human resources2751.3
Financial resources2255.7
Innovation resources969.8
Infrastructure371
Business costs37 42.4
Government & amp; regulatory3543.1
Globalization & amp; dynamism 247.7
Quality of life2748.8
Source: Benchmarking Ohio's Economic Competitiveness