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Taxes and Spending - Updated January 2008 State and local tax burdens State taxes per capita and local tax per capita State and local income tax per capita State and local property tax per capita State and local sales tax per capita State and local spending per capita State and local education spending per capita State and local welfare spending per capita State and local government debt per capita State/local government employees, payroll and number State and local pension Motor fuel taxes Education - Updated January 2008 Per-pupil spending Per-pupil revenue Pupil/teacher ratio and teacher salary Average NAEP scores Graduation rates and average SAT score Education attainment Per-capita higher education spending Out-of-state freshmen at public colleges and universities Updated 8/2006 Science and engineering doctorates Updated 8/2006 Medicaid - Updated November 2007 Medicaid spending, total and per-capita Medicaid spending on hospitals and prescription drugs Medicaid spending on long-term care facilities Medicaid spending on home health care and personal care Job Growth and Job Loss - Updated October 2007 Private-sector employment Manufacturing employment Construction employment Trade, transportation and utilities employment Information-sector employment Financial activities employment Professional and business services employment Health and social assistance employment Government employment The Cost of Creating Jobs Chief Executive Magazine's 2008 Best & Worst States Survey -- Added 1/2008 Beacon Hill Institute's State competitiveness index -- Updated 1/2008 ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index -- Added 12/2007 Average cost for auto insurance-- Updated 12/2007 Average effective unemployment insurance tax rate -- Updated 12/2007 Cost-of-doing-business index -- Updated 12/2007 Average premium for health insurance -- Updated 11/2007 State business tax climate index -- Updated 11/2007 Average retail price of electricity -- Updated 7/2007 Forbes' ranking of states' business costs -- Added 7/2007 Average cost of a workers' compensation case -- Updated 2/2007 Minimum wage -- Updated 2/2007 Percentage of Workers Represented by Unions, 2007 -- Updated 1/2008 Average price of natural gas -- Updated 2/2007 Business taxes as percentage of gross state product Best to worst legal systems in America U.S. economic freedom index The Innovation Economy Index - April 2007 Complete Index Ranking Globalization Innovation Capacity Economic Dynamism Digital Economy Knowledge Jobs
Taxes and Spending - Updated January 2008
Education - Updated January 2008
Medicaid - Updated November 2007
Job Growth and Job Loss - Updated October 2007
The Cost of Creating Jobs
The Innovation Economy Index - April 2007
