Indiana is the 5th Best State for Business 2013

Taxations & Regulations

Workforce Quality

Living Environment

Based on CEO Survey by ChiefExecutive.net

Key Metrics
State GDP % Growth ’10-’11: 1.1 % Growth ’10-’11 v. Nat’l Avg. (1.5%): -0.4 Unemployment Unemployment Rate Dec. 2012 %: 8.3 Comparison with Nat’l Rate (7.80%): 0.5 Domestic Migration Domestic Net Migration ’10-’11: -11,412 Rank: 43 State Government Debt per Capita Fiscal Year ’10 ($): 3,650 State & Local Gov’t Employees per 10k Residents: 536.3 State-Local Tax Burden Rate (%): 11.2 Compared to Nat’l Avg. (9.9%): 1.37

Key Metrics

State GDP

Unemployment

Domestic Migration

State Government

State-Local Tax Burden

Key Companies
Eli Lilly and Company Republic Airways Holdings Inc. Wellpoint Steel Dynamics Cummins Nisource

Development Trend Indicator: Sideways
Now trying to monetize friendlier profile resulting from right to work.

CEO Comments
“Indiana is showing the way.” “Texas, Colorado and Indiana are certainly doing the things in tax and infrastructure to be attrative to business.” “MI and IN becoming Right to Work is huge.” “Indiana is getting more competitive every year and it is boosting the competitiveness of the surrounding states (except for Illinois).”

CEO Comments

“Indiana is showing the way.”

“Texas, Colorado and Indiana are certainly doing the things in tax and infrastructure to be attrative to business.”

“MI and IN becoming Right to Work is huge.”

“Indiana is getting more competitive every year and it is boosting the competitiveness of the surrounding states (except for Illinois).”

Sources:
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Labor Statistics
NewGeography.com
The Tax Foundation

J.P. Donlon

J.P. Donlon is Editor Emeritus of Chief Executive magazine.