 dropping out of the top five spot that they earned last year. So slipping just a notch on the countdown. Minnesota vaulted from ninth to fifth place in 2023, knocking sixth-ranked Texas out of the top five for the first time ever. Texas, which ranked in the nation in the workforce category this time around, landed third overall in 2024, as Minnesota, which ranked 19th for the workforce, dropped out to the top five. Wow.