2018 California site selection for economic and business benchmarks

In Site Selection on January 2018 California was either at the top or near the bottom ranking for various economic and business benchmarks. Out of 50 U.S. States, California was #1 in Higher Ed. R&D Expenditure, #2 in Information Technology and Innovation, but #48 in Business Tax Climate and #47 in lowest cost of electricity. It was also #1 in GDP. Population (2017) 39,611,295, Median household income: $65,223.

https://siteselection.com/issues/2018/jan/data/California.pdf