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Rhode Island
Labor Market May 08 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 7.4 10.6 11.1 12.1 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 484.2 465.0 464.6 463.5 -0.2 -4.3
Mfg. Employment (1,000) 48.5 44.1 43.7 43.6 -0.2 -10.1
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 13.93 13.80 13.78 13.97 1.4 0.3
Economic Activity May 08 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 119 97 66 130 -- 9.2
Per-Capita Income ($) 1998
26,670

2005
35,575

2006
37,669

2007
39,829

2008
41,008

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Med. Household Income ($) 2003-05
51,860
2004-06
53,478
2005-07
54,009
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2004
42,073
2005
43,148

2006
45,491

2007
46,699
2008
47,364
--
Total Exports (1,000$)

2004
1,288,873

2005
1,268,455
2006
1,531,603
2007
1,648,710
2008
1,976,689
19.9
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 Fiscal 07 --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 8,036 8,245 8,423 8,766 9,077 --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 7,467 7,630 7,896 8,257 8,581 --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 6,624 7,044 7,969

NA

NA --
Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 6,155 6,518 7,470 NA NA --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 1.07 1.03 1.01 NA NA --
Demographics 1980 1998 2007 2008 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 947 988 1,053 1,051 -0.2 6.4
Poverty Rate (%) 2003-05
11.7
2004-06
11.3
2005-07
10.7
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Educational Attainment
Census 2000 (%)

High
School

Bachelor
Degree
-- -- -- --
78.0 25.6 -- -- -- --
Age Groups 0-17 18-24 25-64 65+ -- --
Age Distributions (total, 2007) 237,451 116,073 566,120 147,966 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2007) 21.38 9.97 55.35 13.30 -- --

NA=Not yet available.

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

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