Compare Minnesota is a new feature of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) web site. It provides comparable statistics for Minnesota and other states in the following subjects:
- Economic performance
- Business climate
- Labor force
- Quality of Education
- Innovation
- Presence of Fortune 500 companies and employment in hot industries
- Consumer prices
- Investment and wealth
- Measures of livability (health, home ownership, crime)
Despite its unapologetically pro-Minnesota veneer, the numbers are from reputable sources and are well-documented (and thus easy to verify).