Oregon Tax Climate Ranking Unchanged

According to a report released today by the Tax Foundation, Oregon's tax climate ranking among all 50 states remained unchanged from 2010 to 2011 at 14th. Oregon's ranking did fall from 2009 to 2010, from 8th to 14th, after the passage of Measures 66 & 67, but it remains in the top third of all states.

State Business Tax Climate Index Fiscal Year 2011
	2011 Rank	2010 Rank	Change from 2010 to 2011	2009 Rank	2008 Rank	2007 Rank	2006 Rank
Alabama	28	19	– 9	20	23	22	16
Alaska	2	3	+ 1	4	3	4	3
Arizona	34	28	– 6	24	25	29	29
Arkansas	39	40	+ 1	35	37	36	35
California	49	48	– 1	49	49	48	42
Colorado	15	13	– 2	13	10	11	13
Connecticut	47	38	– 9	37	38	39	41
Delaware	8	8	0	10	9	8	9
Florida	5	5	0	5	5	5	5
Georgia	25	29	+ 4	27	28	21	20
Hawaii	22	24	+ 2	22	18	16	24
Idaho	18	18	0	29	21	26	30
Illinois	23	30	+ 7	23	24	31	26
Indiana	10	12	+ 2	14	13	12	12
Iowa	45	46	+ 1	44	46	45	44
Kansas	35	32	– 3	31	31	35	33
Kentucky	19	20	+ 1	34	27	28	38
Louisiana	36	35	– 1	33	34	33	32
Maine	31	34	+ 3	40	35	37	43
Maryland	44	45	+ 1	45	47	24	25
Massachusetts	32	36	+ 4	32	33	34	36
Michigan	17	17	0	21	17	23	28
Minnesota	43	43	0	41	42	43	39
Mississippi	21	21	0	19	22	19	19
Missouri	16	16	0	16	16	15	14
Montana	6	6	0	6	6	6	8
Nebraska	29	33	+ 4	42	40	41	45
Nevada	4	4	0	3	4	3	4
New Hampshire	7	7	0	7	7	7	6
New Jersey	48	50	+ 2	50	50	50	48
New Mexico	33	23	– 10	26	29	25	23
New York	50	49	– 1	47	45	46	49
North Carolina	41	39	– 2	39	41	42	40
North Dakota	20	25	+ 5	30	32	32	31
Ohio	46	47	+ 1	48	48	47	47
Oklahoma	30	31	+ 1	18	19	20	21
Oregon	14	14	0	8	8	9	10
Pennsylvania	26	27	+ 1	28	30	30	22
Rhode Island	42	44	+ 2	46	44	49	50
South Carolina	24	26	+ 2	25	26	27	27
South Dakota	1	1	0	2	2	2	2
Tennessee	27	22	– 5	17	20	17	18
Texas	13	11	– 2	9	11	10	7
Utah	9	10	+ 1	11	12	18	15
Vermont	38	41	+ 3	43	43	44	46
Virginia	12	15	+ 3	15	15	14	17
Washington	11	9	– 2	12	14	13	11
West Virginia	37	37	0	36	36	38	34
Wisconsin	40	42	+ 2	38	39	40	37
Wyoming	3	2	– 1	1	1	1	1