30. Arkansas (Tie)

Category	Score	2014 Rank	2013 Rank
Cost of Doing Business	364	2	4
Workforce	168	19	7
Quality of Life	95	41	40
Infrastructure & Transportation	159	35	34
Economy	228	25	18
Education	60	37	15
Technology & Innovation	76	44	38
Business Friendliness	56	45 (Tie)	43
Cost of Living	49	2	7
Access to Capital	6	39 (Tie)	37
Overall	1261	30 (Tie)	24

Economic Profile

Governor: Mike Beebe, Democrat

Population: 2,959,373

GDP growth: 2.4 percent

Unemployment rate (May 2014): 6.6 percent

Top corporate tax rate: 6.5 percent

Top individual income tax rate: 7 percent

Gasoline tax: 40 cents/gallon

Bond rating/outlook: Aa1/stable

Major private employer: Wal-Mart

Economic profile sources: Federation of Tax Administrators, American Petroleum Institute, Moody's Investor Service, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, ArkansasBusiness.com