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Category	Score	2019 Rank	2018 Rank	Grade
Workforce	325	3	2	A
Economy	289	5	4	A
Infrastructure	157	39	31	C-
Cost of Doing Business	164	32	33	C+
Quality of Life	232	5	5	B
Education	109	11	12	B+
Technology & Innovation	139	2	6	A+
Business Friendliness	68	35	32	D+
Access to Capital	62	9	11	A-
Cost of Living	13	38	37	D-
Overall	1558	5	2	-

Economic Profile

Governor: Jay Inslee, Democrat

Population: 7,535,591

GDP growth (Q4 2018): 3.1%

Unemployment rate (May 2019): 4.7%

Top corporate tax rate: None (levies a gross receipts tax)

Top individual income tax rate: None

Gasoline tax: 49.40 cents/gallon

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

Major private employers: Costco Wholesale, Microsoft

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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