Economic Profile
Governor: Jerry Brown, Democrat
Population: 38,802,500
GDP growth: 2.8 percent
Unemployment rate (May 2015): 6.4 percent
Top corporate tax rate: 8.84 percent
Top individual income tax rate: 12.3 percent
Gasoline tax: 61 cents/gallon
Bond rating/outlook: A1/stable
Major private employer: Kaiser Permanente
Economic profile sources: Federation of Tax Administrators, American Petroleum Institute, Moody's Investor Service, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, San Francisco Center for Economic Development