WASHINGTON - South Dakota is the most entrepreneur friendly state in the nation, according to a new report.
Thursday, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council released its 19th annual "Small Business Policy Index 2014: Ranking the States on Policy Measures and Costs Impacting Small Business and Entrepreneurship."
The Index ranks the 50 states according to 42 different policy measures, including a wide array of tax, regulatory and government spending measurements.
The most entrepreneur-friendly states under the "Small Business Policy Index 2014" are: 1. South Dakota; 2. Nevada; 3. Texas; 4. Wyoming; 5. Florida; 6. Washington; 7. Alabama; 8. Indiana; 9. Colorado; 10. North Dakota.
"Top-tier policy states like Texas, Nevada, South Dakota, Florida and Wyoming continue to leverage their long-standing policy advantage and are doing things to get even better," said SBE council president and CEO Karen Kerrigan.
