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A shaded cell is the best of the places you picked.
| Topic | Colorado | Wyoming | Utah | Idaho |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 47th of 50 | 2nd of 50 | 3rd of 50 | 1st of 50 |
| Affordability | 39th of 50 | 15th of 50 | 24th of 50 | 27th of 50 |
| Cost of living | 45th of 50 | 16th of 50 | 38th of 50 | 31st of 50 |
| Safety | 42nd of 44 | 5th of 44 | 12th of 44 | 5th of 44 |
| Schools | 12th of 50 | 8th of 50 | 3rd of 50 | 20th of 50 |
| Economy | 37th of 50 | 19th of 50 | 2nd of 50 | 3rd of 50 |
| Business | 48th of 50 | 13th of 50 | 21st of 50 | 2nd of 50 |
| Tax cost | 3rd of 50 | 21st of 50 | 15th of 50 | 25th of 50 |
| Government finances | 41st of 50 | 14th of 50 | 5th of 50 | 3rd 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.