North Dakota #1 In Economic Performance -- US Chamber of Commerce; Texas Comes In Second

Carpe Diem is reporting:

1. North Dakota, red, oil, farming.
2. Texas, red, oil, tourism.
3. Utah, red.
4. Wyoming, red, energy.
5. Virginia, --
6. Washington, blue.
7. Oklahoma, red, oil.
8. Louisiana, red, oil.
9. Maryland, blue, 
10. Iowa, blue, farming, energy, politics.

Iowa is perhaps the most surprising to make top ten. Farming, cattle, ethanol, wind?