State scorecard
Indiana in the US Political Rank
Every place Indiana holds across our state rankings, in one scorecard. Economy, taxes, education, crime, healthcare, and more, each measured the same way for all 50 states and each linked to the full cited ranking.
#7
of 25 on States Ranked by Business Climate: What the Major Raters Agree On
#35
of 50 on States Ranked by Health Care Outcomes
54.3%
Governor Mike Braun performance score, rank 14 of 50
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state rankings that score Indiana
Governor
Indiana's governor, Mike Braun (Republican), holds performance rank 14 of 50 at 54.3% this week in the Governor Performance Rankings, scored on 263 metrics and updated every Monday.
| Ranking | Indiana's place | Score |
|---|---|---|
| States Ranked by Business Climate: What the Major Raters Agree OnNinth on CNBC's 2025 list (CNBC, 2025) and one of eight states that cut individual income tax rates on January 1, 2026 (Tax Foundation, 2026 State Tax Changes). A long-standing top-10 structural performer. | #7 of 25 | 89.5 |
| States Ranked by Fiscal Health: Reserves, Pensions, and What They OweWith Tennessee, one of only two states whose unfunded pension liabilities fall below $10,000 per resident even under ALEC's risk-free valuation (ALEC, Unaccountable and Unaffordable). | #8 of 20 | 86.3 |
| States Ranked by Housing AffordabilityA price-to-income ratio in the low 3s (Visual Capitalist, 2026) paired with steady permitting, the combination that keeps a state affordable rather than merely cheap (Census Bureau BPS, 2025). | #9 of 25 | 88.6 |
| States Ranked by K-12 Education OutcomesAmong the fastest-rising states in the 2024 data, with fourth graders ranking sixth in the nation in reading, up from 19th in 2022 (ExcelinEd, 2025; NCES, 2024). | #11 of 50 | 89.6 |
| Voting With Their Feet: States Ranked by Migration and Population GrowthPart of the Midwest's quiet turn: positive net domestic migration in the year ending July 2025 as movers priced out of coastal metros look inland (Census Bureau, Vintage 2025; NAR, 2026). | #13 of 50 | 78.5 |
| Ranking the 50 State Economies of 2026Ninth on CNBC's 2025 Top States for Business (CNBC, 2025), with an unemployment rate that declined over the year ending May 2026, one of the few states to manage that (BLS, 2026). | #14 of 50 | 80.6 |
| States Ranked by Total Tax BurdenA flat individual income tax cut further on January 1, 2026 (Tax Foundation, 2026 State Tax Changes), with a below-average overall burden that helps explain its ninth-place CNBC business ranking (CNBC, 2025). | #19 of 50 | 76.6 |
| States Ranked by Dependence on Federal MoneyA middle-of-the-pack federal share of state revenue and a modestly favorable per-capita balance of payments (Pew, 2025; Rockefeller Institute, 2025). | #19 of 50 | 76.9 |
| States Ranked by Violent Crime Rate312.9 per 100,000 with a murder rate of 5.5, just above the national murder rate (FBI, 2024). | #23 of 50 | 312.9 |
| States Ranked by Health Care OutcomesA lower-middle state with below-average life expectancy despite a Medicaid expansion through the Healthy Indiana Plan (Commonwealth Fund, 2025; CDC NCHS, 2023). | #35 of 50 | 69.2 |
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