Arizona can achieve a better free-enterprise ranking if it improves on housing and public safety, according to Zachary Milne, a senior economist at the Common Sense Institute for Arizona.
CSI last week released its annual Free Enterprise Report, which ranks states in nine categories: education, energy, health care, housing, infrastructure, public safety, state budget and finances, taxes and fees, and workforce.
Overall, the report found that Arizona ranked 27th in the country when all these categories were aggregated.
California ranked at the very bottom of the list. Nevada ranked 33rd, and Colorado, 17th. South Dakota was No. 1.
Milne told The Center Square that Arizona’s ranking is in the middle of the pack in its free-enterprise competitive score.
According to the senior economist, Arizona can improve in housing and public safety.
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