South Carolina is the 8th Best State for Business 2013

• % Growth ’10-’11: 1.2
• % Growth ’10-’11 v. Nat’l Avg. (1.5%): -0.3

Unemployment

• Unemployment Rate Dec. 2012 %: 8.6
• Comparison with Nat’l Rate (7.80%): 0.8

Domestic Migration

• Domestic Net Migration ’10-’11: 22,013
• Rank: 6

State Government

• Debt per Capita Fiscal Year ’10 ($): 3,419
• State & Local Gov’t Employees per 10k Residents: 577.2

State-Local Tax Burden

• Rate (%): 9.2
• Compared to Nat’l Avg. (9.9%): -0.66