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North Carolina is ranked No. 2 in the United States for business, according to CNBC ratings revealed Friday, lagging behind Ohio ranked as No. 1.<\/p>\n

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North Carolina has ranked among the top three states<\/u><\/a> overall for seven years in a row. This year, North Carolina is ranked No. 1 for economy and No. 3 for workforce.<\/p>\n

Gov. Josh Stein announced that in 2025 a record-breaking<\/u><\/a> 33,000 jobs were created with a $23 billion economic impact. More than 300,000 new jobs will be created in the state by 2028<\/u><\/a>, the North Carolina Department of Commerce projected in 2021. Jobs in health care and professional, scientific and technical fields were expected to grow the most.<\/p>\n

However, the state ranked lower in the CNBC ratings for cost of living, ranked as No. 35, and education, No. 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a state goes more than 1,000 days without passing a budget, you can\u2019t be surprised to see some consequences,\u201d Stein said in a press release Thursday. \u201cLet\u2019s keep building our success story by investing in people and lowering the cost of living so that we can build a safer, stronger, and more prosperous North Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n

CNBC\u2019s study scores all 50 states on 138 metrics across 10 categories of competitiveness, according to a press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo determine the appropriate weight for each category, we start by analyzing each state\u2019s economic development marketing materials. The more frequently a selling point is cited by the states, the more weight it carries in our study. That way, we are scoring the states based on the criteria they use to sell themselves,\u201d CNBC Special Correspondent Scott Cohn said<\/u><\/a> in a Tuesday article.<\/p>\n

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In 2026, infrastructure is what states prioritized the most in business, therefore infrastructure accounted for nearly 18% of a state\u2019s total score. The economy represented 17% for the total score with the workforce in third at 14%.<\/p>\n

CNBC uses the most recent data available. They also calculate some metrics on a per capita basis or use a state\u2019s gross domestic product to allow smaller states to compete on an equal playing field.<\/p>\n

Cohn said states receive a letter grade in each category to measure their performance relative to the competition. Grading is scaled, with the high score equal to 100% and the low score equal to 50%. However, each state\u2019s overall ranking, as well as its ranking within each category, is based on the number of points scored.<\/p>\n

Christopher Chung of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina told The News & Observer before the rankings<\/a> were announced that the ranking wouldn\u2019t change \u201cthe underlying fundamentals\u201d of why North Carolina is a successful state for business.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to have the number one ranking, because that is marketing gold, but we\u2019ve had a lot of success even when we\u2019re ranked number two, or five, or number three. It is a nice to have. It is not a must-have. There are fundamentals that are much more important to have versus a ranking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Brian Gordon contributed to this article.<\/i><\/p>\n

This story was originally published July 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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