19. North Dakota

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Category	Score	2017 Rank	2016 Rank
Workforce	321	12	4
Infrastructure	195	17	6
Cost of Doing Business	179	29	29
Economy	109	40	26 (Tie)
Quality of Life	231	4	7
Technology & Innovation	76	39	44 (Tie)
Education	128	13 (Tie)	14 (Tie)
Business Friendliness	119	4 (Tie)	4
Access to Capital	12	47 (Tie)	33
Cost of Living	25	26	26
Overall	1395	19	12

Economic Profile

Governor: Doug Burgum, Republican

Population: 757,952

GDP growth (Q4 2016): 1.4 percent

Unemployment rate (May 2017): 2.5 percent

Top corporate tax rate: 4.31 percent

Top individual income tax rate: 2.90 percent

Gasoline tax: 23 cents/gallon

Bond rating/outlook (Moody's, S&P): Aa1, AA+ stable

Major private employers: Sanford-Health, MDU Resources Group

Economic profile sources: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federation of Tax Administrators, American Petroleum Institute (excluding 18.40 cent/gallon federal tax), Moody's Investor Service, S&P Global Market Intelligence

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