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How Illinois Ranks

Eight topics from federal figures, ranked the same way for all 50 states: the Taxpayer Shareholder Index™. Open a topic to see what is behind it.

Illinois and two neighbors ranked above it, plus the top-ranked state, on each topic CALC
TopicIllinoisIndianaKentuckyIdaho
Overall37th of 504th of 505th of 501st of 50
Affordability5th of 5015th of 5019th of 5027th of 50
Cost of living26th of 5015th of 507th of 5031st of 50
Safety22nd of 44Not ranked8th of 445th of 44
Schools18th of 504th of 5014th of 5020th of 50
Economy39th of 5040th of 5041st of 503rd of 50
Business47th of 5018th of 5027th of 502nd of 50
Tax cost48th of 5025th of 508th of 5025th of 50
Government finances44th of 507th of 5021st of 503rd of 50

Overall is the average of the 8 topic scores, each topic counted the same. Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Dakota and West Virginia have no Safety rank, so their overall rank averages the other 7 topics. Each topic score is the average of its measures’ scores, from 100 for first place to 0 for last. These ranks are the Taxpayer Shareholder Index. With JavaScript on, this page draws every measure behind them, state by state.