| Illinois |
 |
|
| Labor
Market |
Nov 07 |
Sep 08 |
Oct 08 |
Nov 08 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Unemployment
Rate (%) |
5.3 |
6.9 |
7.3 |
7.3 |
-- |
-- |
|
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) |
5,983.1 |
5,970.1 |
5,959.4 |
5,936.4 |
-0.4 |
-0.8 |
| Mfg.
Employment (1,000) |
671.9 |
668.6 |
668.2 |
662.2 |
-0.9 |
-1.4 |
| Mfg.
Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) |
16.54 |
16.49 |
16.63 |
16.56 |
-0.4 |
0.1 |
| Economic
Activity |
Oct 07 |
Aug 08 |
Sep 08 |
Oct 08 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Housing
Permits |
3,217 |
2,127 |
1,623 |
1,635 |
-- |
-49.2 |
| Per-Capita
Income ($) |
1996
26,449
|
2003
33,811
|
2004
35,106
|
2005
36,489
|
2006
38,409
|
-- |
| Med.
Household Income ($) |
2002-04
49,280 |
2003-05
49,556
|
2004-06
48,580 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Gross
Domestic Product (millions$) |
2003
510,296
|
2004
534,429
|
2005
554,099
|
2006
583,990
|
2007
609,570
|
-- |
| Total
Exports (1,000$) |
2003
26,472,902
|
2004
30,213,626
|
2005
35,868,406
|
2006
42,084,595
|
2007
48,730,156
|
15.8 |
| Government
Spending |
Fiscal
03 |
Fiscal
04 |
Fiscal
05 |
Fiscal
06 |
-- |
-- |
| Fed.
Spending (millions$) |
73,020 |
76,828 |
80,778 |
82,221 |
-- |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Spending ($) |
5,771 |
6,043 |
6,351 |
6,435 |
-- |
-- |
| Total
Tax Burden (millions$) |
83,765 |
88,440 |
99,776 |
NA |
-- |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Tax Burden ($) |
6,620 |
6,956 |
7,844 |
NA |
-- |
-- |
| Return
on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) |
0.77 |
0.77 |
0.78 |
NA |
-- |
-- |
| Demographics |
1980 |
1997 |
2006 |
2007 |
Annual
%Change |
Decade
%Change |
| Population
(1,000) |
11,427 |
12,012 |
12,777 |
12,853 |
0.6 |
7.0 |
| Poverty
Rate (%) |
2003-05
12.1 |
2004-06
11.5 |
2004-06
10.7 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Educational
Attainment
Census 2000 (%) |
High
School |
Bachelor
Degree |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 81.4 |
26.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Groups |
0-17 |
18-24 |
25-64 |
65+ |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (total, 2006) |
3,315,244 |
1,281,767 |
6,800,483 |
1,534,476 |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (%, 2006) |
25.06 |
9.99 |
53.00 |
11.96 |
-- |
-- |
| |
NA=Not yet available.
U.S.
Census Bureau State Profile of Illinois
Bureau
of Economic Analysis Data on Illinois
Illinois Manufacturing Profile
Illinois Economic/Labor/Environment
Web Sites
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Data
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