Site Selection: Louisiana Fourth For Projects Per Capita

NEW ORLEANS – Site Selection magazine’s annual Governor’s Cup rankings has placed Louisiana fourth in the U.S. – up from sixth last year – for states that announced the most new and expanded corporate facilities on a per capita basis in 2016.

          Louisiana ranked second among all Southern states, trailing only Kentucky on a per capita basis.

         New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Alexandria were cited among high–performing metropolitan areas, with New Orleans ranking third for total projects along the Mississippi River corridor.

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         The Governor’s Cup rankings reflect yearly project totals as tracked by the Conway Projects Database. Qualifying projects must meet one or more of these criteria for inclusion in the database: a minimum capital investment of $1 million, 20 or more new jobs created and 20,000 or more square feet of new space.

         Site Selection’s Top 10 States by Projects per Capita were:

 

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1 – Nebraska

2 – Kentucky

3 – Ohio

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4 – Louisiana

5 – Illinois

6 – Iowa

7 – North Carolina

8 – Alabama

9 – Georgia

10 – Virginia

 

 

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