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Rhode Island
Labor Market Sep 07 Jul 08 Aug 08 Sep 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 5.1 7.8 8.6 8.8 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 490.8 480.8 479.5 478.2 -0.3 -2.6
Mfg. Employment (1,000) 50.7 48.0 47.6 47.4 -0.4 -6.5
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 13.90 13.89 13.91 13.96 0.4 0.4
Economic Activity Sep 07 Jul 08 Aug 08 Sep 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 130 107 69 89 -- -31.5
Per-Capita Income ($) 1996
24,106
2003
32,697
2004
34,318
2005
35,987
2006
37,523
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Med. Household Income ($) 2002-04
52,003
2003-05
50,429
2004-06
49,240
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2003
38,357
2004
42,073
2005
43,078
2006
45,733
2007
46,900
--
Total Exports (1,000$)

2003
1,177,475

2004
1,286,324
2005
1,268,589
2006
1,531,226
2007
1,646,587
7.5
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 -- --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 8,036 8,245 8,423 8,766 -- --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 7,467 7,630 7,896 8,257 -- --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 6,624 7,044 7,969

NA

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Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 6,155 6,518 7,470 NA -- --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 1.07 1.03 1.01 NA -- --
Demographics 1980 1997 2006 2007 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 947 987 1,062 1,058 -0.4 7.2
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, 2006) 237,451 116,073 566,120 147,966 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2006) 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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