#7 South Dakota
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Black Hills, South Dakota
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ECONOMIC PROFILE
Governor: Dennis Daugaard (R)
Population: 824,082
GDP (per capita): $41,795
Number of S&P companies: 0
Top corporate tax rate: None
Top individual tax rate: None
Gasoline taxes/fees: 24.0 cents
Bond Rating/Outlook: No G.O. rating/Stable
SAT scores (average): 1737/2400
Degree Granting Institutions (colleges/universities): 25
Sources: Census Bureau (2011), Standard & Poor's (2012), Tax Foundation (2012), American Petroleum Institute (2012), Bureau Labor Statistics (2011), National Center For Education Statistics (2011), Moody's (2012), CNBC