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Category	Score	2019 Rank	2018 Rank	Grade
Workforce	290	10	12	B
Economy	228	19	11	B
Infrastructure	164	33	24	C
Cost of Doing Business	45	50	48	F
Quality of Life	203	17	21	C+
Education	85	30	32	C-
Technology & Innovation	141	1	1	A+
Business Friendliness	13	50	50	F
Access to Capital	75	1	1	A+
Cost of Living	2	49	49	F
Overall	1246	32	25	-

Economic Profile

Governor: Gavin Newsom, Democrat

Population: 39,557,045

GDP growth (Q4 2018): 2.2%

Unemployment rate (May 2019): 4.2%

Top corporate tax rate: 8.84%

Top individual income tax rate: 12.3%

Gasoline tax: 60.8 cents/gallon

Bond rating: (Moody's/S&P): Aa3, positive/AA-, stable

Major private employers: Kaiser Permanente, Apple

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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