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Washington among top five ‘most adaptable’ economies

A new study conducted by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation names Washington state the fourth most adaptable economy in the nation.

That is good news as long as the trend towards a more information- and technology based-economy persists. The Foundation’s report focused on 25 different factors in their analysis, split into five broad categories: the availability of “knowledge jobs,” how globalized the state is, their economic dynamism, their embrace of the digital economy, and their ability to develop and implement new innovations.

Washington scored in the top quartile for knowledge jobs and innovation capacity, as well as the second quartile for globalization and the digital economy. Our lowest came in the economic dynamism category, where we placed below the 50th percentile.

The top spot was claimed by Massachusetts, with Delaware and California rounding out the top three. Oklahoma (48), West Virginia (49), and Mississippi (5) were the least adaptable states in the union.