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Ohio
Labor Market Sep 07 Jul 08 Aug 08 Sep 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 5.7 7.2 7.4 7.2 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 5,419.8 5,410.5 5,405.7 5,402.3 -0.1 -0.3
Mfg. Employment (1,000) 767.7 761.9 756.7 756.2 -0.1 -1.5
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 19.18 19.50 19.48 19.26 -1.1 0.4
Economic Activity Sep 07 Jul 08 Aug 08 Sep 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 2,454 2,050 1,961 2,014 -- -17.9
Per-Capita Income ($) 1996
23,322
2003
29,831
2004
30,744
2005
31,939
2006
33,320
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Med. Household Income ($) 2002-04
45,837
2003-05
46,440
2004-06
47,168
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2003
402,399
2004
423,735
2005
439,271
2006
451,600
2007
466,309
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Total Exports (1,000$) 2003
29,764,418
2004
31,208,206
2005
34,800,926
2006
37,832,693
2007
42,381,591
12.0
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 -- --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 69,902 73,195 77,881 80,774 -- --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 6,113 6,388 6,796 7,046 -- --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 60,148 63,631 70,304

NA

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Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 5,260 5,553 6,135 NA -- --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 1.03 1.02 1.06 NA -- --
Demographics 1980 1997 2006 2007 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 10,798 11,212 11,464 11,467 0.0 2.3
Poverty Rate (%) 2003-05
11.6
2004-06
12.0
2005-07
12.4
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Educational Attainment
Census 2000 (%)

High
School

Bachelor
Degree
-- -- -- --
83.0 21.1 -- -- -- --
Age Groups 0-17 18-24 25-64 65+ -- --
Age Distributions (total, 2006) 2,770,035 1,096,729 6,079,248 2,642,995 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2006) 24.13 9.56 52.96 13.35 -- --
 

NA=Not yet available.

U.S. Census Bureau State Profile of Ohio
Bureau of Economic Analysis Data on Ohio
Ohio Manufacturing Profile
Ohio Economic/Labor/Environment Web Sites

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