West Virginia is the 34th Best State for Business 2013

• % Growth ’10-’11: 4.5
• % Growth ’10-’11 v. Nat’l Avg. (1.5%): 3.0

Unemployment

• Unemployment Rate Dec. 2012 %: 7.4
• Comparison with Nat’l Rate (7.80%): -0.4

Domestic Migration

• Domestic Net Migration ’10-’11: 2,814
• Rank: 19

State Government

• Debt per Capita Fiscal Year ’10 ($): 3,860
• State & Local Gov’t Employees per 10k Residents: 558.5

State-Local Tax Burden

• Rate (%): 8.9
• Compared to Nat’l Avg. (9.9%): -0.96