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No. 28Arkansas
Taxations & Regulations
Workforce Quality
Living Environment
Based on CEO Survey by ChiefExecutive.net
Key Metrics |
State GDP
- % Growth ’10-’11: 0.3
- % Growth ’10-’11 v. Nat’l Avg. (1.5%): -1.2
Unemployment
- Unemployment Rate Dec. 2012 %: 7.1
- Comparison with Nat’l Rate (7.80%): -0.7
Domestic Migration
- Domestic Net Migration ’10-’11: 5,724
- Rank: 17
State Government
- Debt per Capita Fiscal Year ’10 ($): 1,464
- State & Local Gov’t Employees per 10k Residents: 585.3
State-Local Tax Burden
- Rate (%): 8.2
- Compared to Nat’l Avg. (9.9%): -1.63
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Key Companies |
- Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
- Dillard’s
- Tyson Foods
- Murphy Oil
- J.B. Hunt Transport
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Development Trend Indicator: Neutral |
Lots of pro-business talk but there’s not enough action in legislature.
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Sources:
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Labor Statistics
NewGeography.com
The Tax Foundation
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