Pennsylvania and the Fortune 500

In 2008, Pennsylvania appeared as the sixth state on the Fortune 500 for corporations that list Pennsylvania as their home headquarters. Pennsylvania had 25 corporations on the list.

Texas led the nation as to the number of corporate headquarters on the Fortune 500 index of biggest corporations. As No. 1, Texas had 58 corporations on the Fortune 500. New York was second with 55 corporations. California was a close third with 52 corporations on the Fortune 500.

No state was in the forties, and only one, No. 4, Illinois, was in the thirties. Illinois had 33.

The rest of the Top Ten on the Fortune 500 were: No. 5, Ohio (28), No. 6 Pennsylvania (25), No. 7, New Jersey (23), No. 8, Michigan (22), and No. 9 (tied) Minnesota (19) and Virginia (19).

Pennsylvania is in the heartland of industry. Along with our 25, you can add Ohio's 28, New Jersey's 23, New York's 55, Virginia's 19 and Illinois' 33.

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