| Iowa |
 |
|
| Labor
Market |
May 08 |
Mar 09 |
Apr 09 |
May 09 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Unemployment
Rate (%) |
4.0 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
5.8 |
-- |
-- |
|
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) |
1,527.5 |
1,493.4 |
1,487.8 |
1,484.4 |
-0.2 |
-2.8 |
| Mfg.
Employment (1,000) |
229.6 |
208.4 |
206.9 |
201.8 |
-2.5 |
-12.1 |
| Mfg.
Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) |
16.68 |
16.92 |
16.57 |
16.28 |
-1.8 |
-2.4 |
| Economic
Activity |
May 08 |
Mar 09 |
Apr 09 |
May 09 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Housing
Permits |
839 |
415 |
555 |
617 |
-- |
-26.5 |
| Per-Capita
Income ($) |
1998
24,701
|
2005
31,575
|
2006
32,741
|
2007
34,916
|
2008
36,680
|
-- |
| Med.
Household Income ($) |
2003-05
47,891 |
2004-06
48,836 |
2005-07
49,262 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Gross
Domestic Product (millions$) |
2004
111,937
|
2005
115,770
|
2006
121,082
|
2007
129,911
|
2008
135,702
|
-- |
| Total
Exports (1,000$) |
2004
6,414,662
|
2005
7,372,805
|
2006
8,428,204
|
2007
9,655,734
|
2008
12,093,346
|
25.2 |
| Government
Spending |
Fiscal
03 |
Fiscal
04 |
Fiscal
05 |
Fiscal
06 |
Fiscal
07 |
-- |
| Fed.
Spending (millions$) |
17,550 |
19,473 |
20,345 |
21,835 |
21,649 |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Spending ($) |
5,961 |
6,591 |
6,884 |
7,346 |
6,899 |
-- |
| Total
Tax Burden (millions$) |
14,728 |
15,647 |
17,830 |
NA |
NA |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Tax Burden ($) |
5,003 |
5,296 |
6,033 |
NA |
NA |
-- |
| Return
on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) |
1.05 |
1.10 |
1.09 |
NA |
NA |
-- |
| Demographics |
1980 |
1998 |
2007 |
2008 |
Annual
%Change |
Decade
%Change |
| Population
(1,000) |
2,914 |
2,861 |
2,983 |
3,003 |
0.7 |
5.0 |
| Poverty
Rate (%) |
2003-05
10.4 |
2004-06
10.8 |
2005-07
10.2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Educational
Attainment
Census 2000 (%) |
High
School |
Bachelor
Degree |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 86.1 |
21.2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Groups |
0-17 |
18-24 |
25-64 |
65+ |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (total, 2007) |
710,194 |
311.882 |
1,524,352 |
435,657 |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (%, 2007) |
23.82 |
10.46 |
51.12 |
14.61 |
-- |
-- |
| |
NA=Not yet available.
U.S.
Census Bureau State Profile of Iowa
Bureau
of Economic Analysis Data on Iowa
Iowa Manufacturing Profile
Iowa Economic/Labor/Environment
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