June 8, 2016
Colorado ranked 5th Best State for Innovation
Colorado ranked 5th Best State for Innovation by WalletHub. The study measured innovation potential in every state by aggregating seven equally weighted factors, including elements like the percentage of jobs in high-tech industries, percentage of jobs held by scientists and engineers and venture-capital funding per capita. Entrepreneurial activity, the percentage of the adult population in the area the company studied that became entrepreneurs in one month, was also calculated for the list. Colorado shows 6.74% of jobs in high-tech industries.