23. Pennsylvania

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Category	Score	2017 Rank	2016 Rank
Cost of Doing Business	286	21	33
Infrastructure	160	38	35
Workforce	155	34	34
Economy	136	34	42
Quality of Life	143	30	29
Technology & Innovation	160	10	12
Education	133	10	21 (Tie)
Business Friendliness	72	28	35
Access to Capital	88	5 (Tie)	12
Cost of Living	17	34 (Tie)	35
Overall	1350	23	33

Economic Profile

Governor: Tom Wolf, Democrat

Population: 12,784,227

GDP growth (Q4 2016): 1.7 percent

Unemployment rate (May 2017): 5.0 percent

Top corporate tax rate: 9.99 percent

Top individual income tax rate: 3.07 percent

Gasoline tax: 59.30 cents/gallon

Bond rating/outlook (Moody's, S&P): Aa3, AA- watch negative

Major private employers: Knouse Foods Cooperative, Comcast

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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