The
Ten Largest States: How Does New York Stack Up?
The economy 2. Private-sector job growth, 1991-94
3. Private-sector job growth, 1995-1998
4. Change in manufacturing employment, 1998
5. Change in FIRE-sector employment, 1998
7. Net migration among states, 1990-98
8. Fortune 500 headquarters per million
residents, 1998
9. New business incorporations per business
failure, 1996
10. Percentage of nonfarm workers in the
FIRE sector, 1998
11. Assets of commercial banks, 1998
12. Patents issued per 100,000 residents,
1996
Taxes and spending 15. State and local taxes per capita, 1996
16. State and local taxes per $1,000 income,
1996
17. State-only taxes per capita, 1997
18. Change in state-only taxes per capita,
1995-97
19. State personal income taxes per capita,
1997
20. State corporate income taxes per capita,
1997
21. State and local taxes on gasoline, 1998
22. Local taxes per capita, 1996
23. Property taxes per capita, 1996
24. State and local spending per capita,
1996
25. State and local government jobs per
10,000 residents, 1997
26. Average annual pay, state/local employees,
1997
27. State and local debt per capita, 1996
The cost of creating jobs 30. Relative cost of doing business, 1997
31. Average industrial user cost for electricity,
1995-96
32. Average commercial user cost for electricity,
1995-96
33. Average natural gas cost for industrial
users, 1995
34. Utility sales taxes per capita, 1996
35. Average duration of UI benefits, 1997
36. Workers' compensation comparative costs,
1998
Health, education, welfare 39. Percent of persons without health insurance,
1997
40. Increase in percentage of residents
uninsured, 1987-97
41. Medicaid spending per capita, 1997
42. State & local welfare spending per
capita, 1996
43. Per-student spending in public schools,
1998
44. Increase in state funding for K-12,
1998
45. Pupil-teacher ratio in public schools,
1996
46. Change in average teacher salary, 1987-96
1. Private-sector job growth, 1998