2004 Just the Facts
Employment
- U.S. Economic Freedom Index
- Government Employment
- Hospital employment
- Information-sector employment
- Manufacturing Employment
- Minimum Wage
- Average price of natural gas (per 1,000 cubic feet)
- Total Private-Sector Employment
- Professional and business services employment
- Relative cost of doing business (ranked by overall cost of doing business)
- State competitiveness index
- Healthcare and social assistance employment
- Trade, transportation, and utilities employment
- Best to worst legal systems in America
Innovation
- Per Pupil spending and revenue, 2003-04
- Average SAT score of graduating seniors, 2003-04
- State and local elementary and secondary school spending per capita, 2004
- Science and engineering doctorates awarded, 2004
Taxes and Spending
- State business tax climate Index
- Major components of the 2004 state business tax climate Index
- State business tax climate index
- Business taxes as a percentage of private-sector GSP FY2004 (Dollars in Billions)
- Gasoline taxes and average gasoline prices
- State taxes per capita and local taxes per capita
- 2004 State business tax climate index and ranking (U.S. average = 5)
- State and local corporate income taxes per capita, 2004
- Per Pupil spending and revenue, 2003-04
- Average effective unemployment insurance tax rate, 2004
- Unemployment Insurance Tax Index