West Virginia is the 34th Best State for Business 2012

• % Growth ’07-’10: 6.90
• % Growth ’07-’10 v. Nat’l Avg. (-0.33%): 7.23

Unemployment

• Unemployment Rate Dec. 2011 %: 7.90
• Comparison with Nat’l Rate (8.50%): -0.60

Domestic Migration

• Domestic Net Migration ’00-’09: 17,727
• Rank: 26

State Government

• Debt per Capita Fiscal Year ’10 ($): 3,860
• State & Local Gov’t Employees per 10k Residents: 558.46

State-Local Tax Burden

• Rate (%): 9.39
• Compared to Nat’l Avg. (9.8%): -0.41