State Development Index — comparison
Arkansas vs West Virginia
They differ most on starting up — Arkansas leads by 28 points. How many businesses get founded here, and what the state takes in tax.
- 5830Starting up28 apart — Arkansas 58, West Virginia 30
- 027Openness27 apart — Arkansas 0, West Virginia 27
- 4621Productive base25 apart — Arkansas 46, West Virginia 21
- 1122Population health11 apart — Arkansas 11, West Virginia 22
- 7263Things get built9 apart — Arkansas 72, West Virginia 63
- 9284Fiscal standing8 apart — Arkansas 92, West Virginia 84
- 71Prosperity6 apart — Arkansas 7, West Virginia 1
- 3738Labour market1 apart — Arkansas 37, West Virginia 38
Tax structure
Arkansas
Individual income tax levied
Corporate income tax levied
West Virginia
Individual income tax levied
Corporate income tax levied
Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections. Where a state levies no such tax the survey records it, and so does this — the absence is a fact, not a gap.