14 Core Economic Indicators National Ranking
Economic Scale & Vitality National Ranking
Innovation & Enterprise National Ranking
Human & Capital Living National Ranking
Structural & Policy National Ranking
STATE PERFORMANCE GAUGE CHARTS
US STATES ECONOMIC & INNOVATION COMPETITIVENESS
An executive-grade benchmarking index developed by theboardiQ LLC to evaluate and rank the macroeconomic strength, innovation capacity, and structural competitiveness of 50 States in the United States.
Designed for corporate board directors, institutional investors, and policymakers, the index synthesizes raw macroeconomic and institutional data into a standardized 0–100 Composite Score across 4 Strategic Macro Pillars and 14 Underlying Sub-Metrics.
The Executive Dashboard incorporates a boardroom governance matrix mapping strategic mandates, benchmark metrics, director compensation, and critical oversight inquiries across 9 Board Roles/Industry Lens
COMPETITIVENESS SWOT
Ohio
Strengths
• Major Midwestern industrial hub (#4 manufacturing rank) with strong auto/aerospace supply chains• Ranked #4 in Fortune 500 headquarters (37 HQs) and premier healthcare networks (Cleveland Clinic)• Affordable cost of living (#19) and central transportation/logistics location
Weaknesses
• Demographically aging workforce and brain drain of university graduates• High property taxes (#39) and legacy industrial site environmental remediation backlogs• Uneven economic recovery between urban metros and legacy industrial towns
Opportunities
• Major semiconductor manufacturing hub expansion (Intel mega-fab project)• EV transformation, battery production, and advanced logistics innovation• Healthcare tech, biomedical research, and clean energy adoption
Threats
• Industrial automation reducing total manufacturing employment counts• Global competition in automotive and heavy machinery sectors• Macroeconomic downturns impacting core industrial output
METRICS DEEPDIVE
Economic Scale & Vitality
GDP
Trade
Trade Overall Rank | Trade Surplus / Deficit | Exports in Millions USD | Total US Overall Exports 2026 YTD | Export % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
39 | -$19,838 | $43,783 | $1,639,475 | 2.67% |
Imports in Millions USD | Total US Overall Imports 2026 YTD | Import % |
|---|---|---|
$63,621 | $2,415,187 | 2.63% |