New Hampshire enjoys the highest level of economic freedom among all 50 states, while Hawaii’s is among the lowest, a new study suggests.

The Canada-based Fraser Institute report ranks the economic freedom of states and other markets around the world as measured by government spending, taxation and labor market restrictions using data from 2013, the most recent year available.

“In New Hampshire, high levels of economic freedom help create prosperity and economic growth for working families,” said Dean Stansel, economics professor at Southern Methodist University and co-author of the annual “Economic Freedom of North America” report.

Behind New Hampshire on the most-free list were South Dakota, Texas, Florida and Tennessee.

The least-free state is New York, followed by California, Alaska, Hawaii and New Mexico.

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