State Development Index — comparison

California vs Colorado

They differ most on starting up Colorado leads by 60 points. How many businesses get founded here, and what the state takes in tax.

  1. 2989Starting up60 apart — California 29, Colorado 89
  2. 1568Labour market53 apart — California 15, Colorado 68
  3. 1748Things get built31 apart — California 17, Colorado 48
  4. 8871Population health17 apart — California 88, Colorado 71
  5. 6449Productive base15 apart — California 64, Colorado 49
  6. 8492Fiscal standing8 apart — California 84, Colorado 92
  7. 8289Prosperity7 apart — California 82, Colorado 89
  8. 6361Openness2 apart — California 63, Colorado 61

Tax structure

California

Individual income tax levied

Corporate income tax levied

Colorado

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.

California vs Colorado — State Development Index — Applied America