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Illinois
Labor Market May 08 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 6.4 9.0 9.4 10.1 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 5,973.9 5,742.9 5,717.8 5,700.4 -0.3

-4.6

Mfg. Employment (1,000) 663.2 602.3 593.5 584.0 -1.6 -11.9
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 16.38 16.49 16.49 16.47 -0.1 0.5
Economic Activity May 08 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 2,230 747 824 873 -- -60.9
Per-Capita Income ($) 1996
26,449
2003
33,811
2004
35,106
2005
36,489
2006
38,409
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Med. Household Income ($) 2003-05
50,962
2004-06
50,678
2005-07
51,320
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2004
534,429
2005
552,956

2006
588,863

2007
617,409
2008
633,697
--
Total Exports (1,000$) 2004
30,313,147
2005
36,168,607
2006
42,134,675
2007
48,896,250
2008
53,444,522
9.3
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 Fiscal 07 --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 73,020 76,828 80,778 82,221 88,669 --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 5,771 6,043 6,351 6,435 6,899 --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 83,765 88,440 99,776

NA

NA

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Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 6,620 6,956 7,844 NA NA --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 0.77 0.77 0.78 NA NA --
Demographics 1980 1998 2007 2008 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 11,427 12,070 12,826 12,902 0.6 6.9
Poverty Rate (%) 2003-05
12.1
2004-06
11.5
2004-06
10.7
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Educational Attainment
Census 2000 (%)

High
School

Bachelor
Degree
-- -- -- --
81.4 26.1 -- -- -- --
Age Groups 0-17 18-24 25-64 65+ -- --
Age Distributions (total, 2007) 3,315,244 1,281,767 6,800,483 1,534,476 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2007) 25.06 9.99 53.00 11.96 -- --
 

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