Relative Cost of Doing Business Index
Beacon Hill Institute State Competitiveness Index, 2004
Property Taxes Per Capita, 2002
Combined Federal, State, Local Tax Burden By Rank, 2005
State Business Tax Climate Index, 2004
State & Local Tax Burdens as Percent of Per Capita Income, 2005
Total State Taxes Per Capita Amount: 2004
State Corporate Income Tax Collections Per Capita, 2003
State Corporation Income Tax Rates, 2005
State and Local Government Debt Per Capita, 2002
Average Benefits Per State and Local Pension Recipient, Fiscal 2003
State and Local Business Taxes as a Percent of Private-Sector Gross State Product, Fiscal 2004
U.S. Economic Freedom Index
Average Cost of a Workers' Compensation Case, 2002
Average Retail Price of Electricity (Cents per kilowatt-hour) January to June 2004
Total Gross State Product (GSP) (millions of current dollars), 2003
Percent Total Number of Workers Represented by Unions, 2004
Average Effective Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate, 2003
State Sales Tax (Cents Per Dollar) - January 1, 2005
States Ranked by Total Taxes: 2004
State Tax Revenue - Percent of Personal Income, 2004
Percent of State Employee Health Benefit Expenditures as a Percent of Total State Expenditures: Fiscal 2003

Percent Completing a Bachelor's Degree: 2004
Percent of People Who Have Completed High School (Including Equivalency), 2004
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree: 2004
National Board Certified Teachers State Comparison, 2005

Average Salary of State and Local Government Employees, 2003
Federal Public Corruption Convictions per 100,000: 2000-03
Election Spending Ceilings for State Public Financing Programs: 2003
Employee-Retirement System Expenditures as a percent of Total State Expenditures: Fiscal Year 2002-2003.

Percent of Small Companies Offering Health Insurance to Employees, 2002
Percent of Larger Companies Offering Health Insurance to Employees, 2002
Percent of Private Sector Establishments That Offer Health Insurance to Employees, 2002
Average Annual Cost of Employment-Based Health Insurance for Family Coverage, 2003
Average Annual Cost of Employment-Based Health Insurance For Single Coverage, 2003
Leapfrog State Members Recommending Hospital Leapfrog Health Care Quality Standards
Average Total Employer Contribution Per Employee, Firm Size Less than 50: 2003
Percent Uninsured Full-Time/Year Round Workers: 2003

Combined State and Federal Gasoline Taxes (Cents per Gallon), November 2004
State Gasoline Tax (Cents per gallon) - January 1, 2005
Mean Travel Time to Work (Minutes): 2004
Percent of Structurally Deficient and Functionally Obsolete Bridges: December 2004
Percent of Miles of Roads with Poor Surface Smoothness (IRI Rating Over 170): 2003
Existing Legislation for State Public/Private Partnerships (PPP) in Transportation

Median Household Income, 2004
Median Family Income, 2004
Median Earnings for Male Full-Time, Year-Round Workers, 2004
Median Earnings for Female Full-Time, Year-Round Workers, 2004
Employment/Population Ratio: 2004
Percent of Housing Units Built in 1939 or Earlier: 2004
Percent of Workers Who Worked Outside County of Residence: 2004
Percent of Workers Who Traveled to Work by Car, Truck, or Van--Drove Alone: 2004
Percent of Workers Who Traveled to Work by Car, Truck, or Van--Carpooled: 2004
Percent of Workers Traveling to Work by Public Transportation (Including Taxicab): 2004
Percent of People Who are Foreign Born: 2004
Percent Who Speak a Language Other Than English At Home: 2004
Percent of People Who Speak Spanish at Home: 2004
Percent of Housing Units That Were Built in 2000 or Later: 2004
Percent of Mortgaged Owners Spending 30 Percent or More of Household Income on Selected Monthly Owner Costs: 2004
Median Monthly Housing Costs for Specified Owner-occupied Housing Units With a Mortgage: 2004
Median Housing Value of Specified Owner-occupied Housing Units: 2004
Percent of Civilian Employed in Professional and Related Occupations, 2004
Percent of Civilian Employed in Management, Business and Financial Operations Occupations: 2004
Percent of Civilian Employed Who Were Private Wage and Salary Workers: 2004
Percent of People 5 Years and Over Who Speak English Less Than "Very Well": 2004
Percent of Civilian Employed People 16 Years and Over in the Manufacturing Industry: 2004
Percent of Civilian Employed in the Information Industry: 2004
Percent of Civilian Employed in Service Occupations: 2004