Just the Facts Tables by Category:
Taxes and Spending State and local pension State/local government employees, payroll and number 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 Motor fuel taxes Education Elementary and Secondary School Spending, 2006-2007 Elementary and Secondary School Revenue, 2006-2007 Per-pupil spending Per-pupil revenue Measures of School Spending, 2006-2007 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 Science and engineering doctorates Medicaid 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 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 Beacon Hill Institute's State competitiveness index ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index Average cost for auto insurance Average effective unemployment insurance tax rate Cost-of-doing-business index Average premium for health insurance State business tax climate index Average retail price of electricity Forbes' ranking of states' business costs Average cost of a workers' compensation case Minimum wage Percentage of Workers Represented by Unions, 2007 Average price of natural gas Business taxes as percentage of gross state product Best to worst legal systems in America U.S. economic freedom index The Innovation Economy Index Complete Index Ranking Globalization Innovation Capacity Economic Dynamism Digital Economy Knowledge Jobs
Taxes and Spending
Education
Medicaid
Job Growth and Job Loss
The Cost of Creating Jobs
The Innovation Economy Index