OUR MISSION
The Keystone Index is a 50-state comparative index designed to measure livability, competitiveness, resilience, and long-term prosperity across the United States, with Pennsylvania serving as the anchor and benchmark state. The project was developed to provide policymakers, community leaders, researchers, and the public with a transparent, empirically grounded framework for understanding the complex conditions that shape state performance.
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