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Off-Season Thread - SEC States Populaces ranked by Quality of Workforce
Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:28 am
Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:28 am
From CNBC's latest round of "Top States for Business"
CNBC Top States for Business - 2021
1. Texas
8. Georgia
12. Florida
16. South Carolina
T25. Louisiana
T25. Tennessee
35. Alabama
41. Mississippi
42. Arkansas
T45. Kentucky
T45. Missouri
CNBC Top States for Business - 2021
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Workforce
Even as millions of Americans remain out of work due to the pandemic, companies report they are having difficulty finding qualified workers. So, states are aggressively touting the quality of their workforces. We measure the educational attainment of each state’s working-age population, as well as which states are attracting college-educated workers and which states are losing them. With skilled workers in particular demand, we consider each state’s concentration of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workers. We measure worker productivity based on economic output per job. We look at union membership and right to work laws. And we measure the availability of workers, as well as the diversity of each state’s workforce.
1. Texas
8. Georgia
12. Florida
16. South Carolina
T25. Louisiana
T25. Tennessee
35. Alabama
41. Mississippi
42. Arkansas
T45. Kentucky
T45. Missouri
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Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:32 am to SummerOfGeorge
I'll take a Top 16 ranking for the state of SC.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:35 am to SummerOfGeorge
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1. Texas
8. Georgia
12. Florida
16. South Carolina
T25. Louisiana
T25. Tennessee
Big Six.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:38 am to SummerOfGeorge
This list is bullshite. No way we are tied at 25 with Tennessee
Got it, I see now. Overall LA is ranked 44th with the following rankings:
Got it, I see now. Overall LA is ranked 44th with the following rankings:
This post was edited on 7/13/21 at 9:51 am
Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:39 am to SummerOfGeorge
Not last 
Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:39 am to SummerOfGeorge
That doesn't seem right.
Skilled workers or those educated in STEM fields?
Regardless, I have a hard time believing that many states have a more diverse workforce than Missouri and Kentucky. Kansas City and Louisville are bigger metro areas than anything in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, or Arkansas. They're bound to have more opportunities.
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With skilled workers in particular demand, we consider each state’s concentration of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workers.
Skilled workers or those educated in STEM fields?
Regardless, I have a hard time believing that many states have a more diverse workforce than Missouri and Kentucky. Kansas City and Louisville are bigger metro areas than anything in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, or Arkansas. They're bound to have more opportunities.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:42 am to SummerOfGeorge
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as well as the diversity of each state’s workforce
Thank you, Memphis
Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:45 am to SummerOfGeorge
Weird. I’m getting a completely different list with Virginia ranked number one.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:45 am to BamaNixon
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Weird. I’m getting a completely different list with Virginia ranked number one.
That's the overall ranking - this was just a specific part of it (look to the right on the link and you'll see 'Workforce').
Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:46 am to BamaNixon
Me too
Posted on 7/13/21 at 9:47 am to SummerOfGeorge
Ahhh ... got it, SoG.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 10:06 am to wadewilson
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Regardless, I have a hard time believing that many states have a more diverse workforce than Missouri and Kentucky. Kansas City and Louisville are bigger metro areas than anything in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, or Arkansas. They're bound to have more opportunities.
While true, at least for Kentucky, when you get outside of those metro areas (Louisville, Lexington, maybe Bowling Green) it’s pretty scarce. Life and health drags us way, way down.
This post was edited on 7/13/21 at 10:07 am
Posted on 7/13/21 at 10:10 am to wadewilson
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They're bound to have more opportunities.
They do. I don’t know what area of Missouri is their problem, unless it’s St. Louis, but Eastern Kentucky skews every economic poll about our state. The Golden Triangle (Lexington-Louisville-Cincinnati) is humming.
Kentucky is third in the nation for automotive production. Amazon is building a $1.5 billion center in Northern Kentucky. These are examples of the businesses the Commonwealth can attract with our labor force.
Pinch off Eastern Kentucky and the state would rise dramatically in economic polls.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 10:44 am to wadewilson
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Kansas City and Louisville are bigger metro areas than anything in Louisiana
KC (2,143,000) + Topeka (233,000) at 63 miles away for 2,376,000 total.
NO (1,270,000) + BR (830,000) at 81 miles away for 2,100,000 total.
Louisville (1.265,000 + Lexington (577,000) at 78 miles away for 1,842,000 total.
As you can see these are three comparatively equal size metro areas which would negate this particular argument of yours per your postulate.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 10:55 am to SummerOfGeorge
Surprised Louisiana is that high and Arkansas is that low
Posted on 7/13/21 at 10:56 am to deltaland
We have a lot of stem graduates from our colleges with the heavy O&G focus so if they are looking at stem as a metric I’m not totally shocked.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 10:58 am to SummerOfGeorge
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35. Alabama
figured Alabama would be higher with all the scientists in Huntsville. Feel like I read somewhere Huntsville has more PHDs per capita than anywhere in the US
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T25. Louisiana
T25. Tennessee
This is also surprising to me
This post was edited on 7/13/21 at 10:59 am
Posted on 7/13/21 at 11:46 am to Amadeo
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NO (1,270,000) + BR (830,000) at 81 miles away for 2,100,000 total.
I'm guessing that metro area stretches from Venice to Slaughter.
Posted on 7/13/21 at 1:26 pm to TMRebel
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Not last
Exactly
Posted on 7/13/21 at 1:30 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I'm glad Texas is ranked 49th in this one.
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Because of the new focus from businesses, we have expanded our measures of inclusiveness, looking more deeply at protections against discrimination, as well as at voting rights and current efforts to expand or restrict access to the polls, based on legislation enacted as of June 1, 2021. As the nation seeks to move past the pandemic, we look at Covid-19 vaccination rates, and we consider public health and hospital resources to deal with the lingering effects of the pandemic as well as potential future crises.
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