Why businesses relocate in Utah instead of Idaho

Politically, Idaho and Utah are two peas in a pod — conservative, pro-business, entrepreneurial. Yet given a choice, businesses relocating or expanding look to the Beehive State more often than to Idaho. How come?

Simply put, Utah’s workforce — as a whole — is better educated.

“A common theme with our top-ranked states is an expanding, educated workforce,” Forbes magazine wrote in September in its annual survey of the best states for business. “The three states that followed (No. 1) Virginia in the rankings (Washington, Utah and Colorado) also ranked in the top four along with Virginia in our labor supply category, which looks at high school and college attainment, as well as net migration and projected population growth.”

Forbes says Utah has the second-best workforce in America, after Colorado. Idaho ranks 17th.

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