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At $815 billion, Pennsylvania has the sixth biggest economy in the U.S. and is home to close to 50 of the 1,000 largest public and private companies in the U.S. by sales. With top-caliber schools like Swarthmore, Haverford and the University of Pennsylvania based in the state, companies aim to take advantage of the local graduate pool.

Companies are less enamored, however, with the following two assessments of the state: Pennsylvania is expected to have among the nation’s slowest population growth through 2023 and the state ranks poorly on fiscal health.