Minneapolis Ranks #1 In Medical Device & Minnesota #6 In Quality Of Life

Business Facilities magazine (July/August 2010) ranks cities and states on a number of different categories.

We missed on a few I thought we should be on and a few we need to get better with so we can be ranked.

From the 2010 Business Facilities Rankings Report:
Metro Rankings

Top 10 Metro – Medical Devices and Equipment

#1 Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 New Haven, Connecticut

#3 Salt Lake City, Utah

#4 San Jose, California

#5 Madison, Wisconsin

Top 10 Metro – Quality of Life:

#1 Austin, Texas

#2 Nashville, Tennessee

#3 Portland, Oregon

#4 Tulsa, Oklahoma

#5 Albuquerque, New Mexico

#6 Seattle, Washington

#7 Lexington, Kentucky

#8 Minneapolis, Minnesota

Top 10 Metro - Greenest Cities:

#1 Portland

#2 Austin

#3 Chicago

#4 San Francisco

#5 Boston

#6 Seattle

#7 Washington, DC

#8 Minneapolis

From the 2010 Business Facilities Rankings Report:
State Rankings

States Top 5 – Wind Power Generation Leaders:

#1 Texas

#2 Iowa

#3 Minnesota

#4 California

#5 New York

States Top 10 – Quality of Life:

#1 Utah

#2 Oklahoma

#3 Kansas

#4 Nebraska

#5 Tennessee

#6 Minnesota

#7 New Jersey

#8 Missouri

#9 Washington

#10 Colorado

States Top 10 – Workforce Health and Safety

#1 New Jersey

#2 Massachusetts

#3 Connecticut

#4 Vermont

#5 Maryland

#6 New York

#7 Hawaii

#8 Virginia

#9 Minnesota

#10 New Hampshire