NM ranks 35th in Rich States, Poor States Report

The folks at American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) do an annual report called “Rich States, Poor States” in which they rank a number of economic policy factors as seen above. On the plus side New Mexico doesn’t rank dead last as it so often does. At a ranking of 35th we are definitely towards the bottom, but not as bad as usual.

On the flip side, New Mexico lags its neighbors by quite a bit in the rankings. Arizona is 5th, Utah 1, Colorado 29, Oklahoma 8th, and Texas is 13th. New Mexico lags behind at 35th. 

Finally, the following chart which was produced by RGF. Since a #1 ranking is better than 50th, it is better to be lower than higher on the chart below. New Mexico’s overall ranking has been rather stagnant in the 30s over the years.