North Dakota is the 15th Best State for Business 2013

• % Growth ’10-’11: 7.6
• % Growth ’10-’11 v. Nat’l Avg. (1.5%): 6.1

Unemployment

• Unemployment Rate Dec. 2012 %: 3.2
• Comparison with Nat’l Rate (7.80%): -4.6

Domestic Migration

• Domestic Net Migration ’10-’11: 6,368
• Rank: 15

State Government

• Debt per Capita Fiscal Year ’10 ($): 3,282
• State & Local Gov’t Employees per 10k Residents: 649.5

State-Local Tax Burden

• Rate (%): 9.6
• Compared to Nat’l Avg. (9.9%): -0.28