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 Economic Growth Index The Business Council's Economic Growth Index -- Added 8/2007 The Cost of Creating Jobs 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 Proportion of workers represented by unions -- Updated 2/2007 Average price of natural gas -- Updated 2/2007 State competitiveness index -- 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 Education - Updated August 2006 Per-capita higher education spending Per-pupil school spending and revenue Per-capita school spending Pupil/teacher ratio and average class size Average teacher salary High-school graduation rate Average NAEP score Educational attainment of adults Average SAT score Out-of-state freshmen at public colleges and universities Science and engineering doctorates Taxes and Spending - Updated July 2006 State and local tax burdens State and local property tax per capita State and local sales tax per capita State and local income tax per capita State and local corporate income tax per capita State taxes per capita and local tax per capita State and local spending per capita State and local elementary and secondary spending per capita State and local welfare spending per capita State/local government employees, payroll and number State and local government debt per capita State gasoline tax, and average price per gallon Average state and local pension
Medicaid - Updated November 2007
Job Growth and Job Loss - Updated October 2007
Economic Growth Index
The Cost of Creating Jobs
The Innovation Economy Index - April 2007
Education - Updated August 2006
Taxes and Spending - Updated July 2006
