#40 California
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San Francisco, California
ECONOMIC PROFILE
Governor: Jerry Brown (D)
Population: 37,691,912
GDP (per capita): $46,041
Number of S&P companies: 53
Top corporate tax rate: 8.84 percent
Top individual tax rate: 10.30 percent
Gasoline taxes/fees: 50.6 cents
Bond Rating/Outlook: A1/Stable
SAT scores (average): 1513/2400
Degree Granting Institutions (colleges/universities): 454
Sources: Census Bureau (2011), Standard & Poor's (2012), Tax Foundation (2012), American Petroleum Institute (2012), Bureau Labor Statistics (2011), National Center For Education Statistics (2011), Moody's (2012), CNBC
