| Iowa |
 |
|
| Labor
Market |
Mar 07 |
Jan 08 |
Feb 08 |
Mar 08 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Unemployment
Rate (%) |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
-- |
-- |
|
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) |
1,512.7 |
1,524.4 |
1,523.9 |
1,523.6 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
| Mfg.
Employment (1,000) |
229.2 |
230.0 |
230.2 |
230.8 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
| Mfg.
Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) |
16.62 |
16.89 |
16.60 |
16.75 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
| Economic
Activity |
Mar 07 |
Jan 08 |
Feb 08 |
Mar 08 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Housing
Permits |
1,186 |
504 |
277 |
630 |
-- |
-46.9 |
| Per-Capita
Income ($) |
1996
22,521
|
2003
28,583
|
2004
30,698
|
2005
31,535
|
2006
33,038
|
-- |
| Med.
Household Income ($) |
2002-04
47,489 |
2003-05
46,569
|
2004-06
45,896
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Gross
Domestic Product (millions$) |
2002
97,356
|
2003
102,210
|
2004
111,626
|
2005
117,635
|
2006
123,970
|
-- |
| Total
Exports (1,000$) |
2003
5,236,296
|
2004
6,393,941
|
2005
7,347,678
|
2006
8,409,957
|
2007
9,614,845
|
14.3 |
| Government
Spending |
Fiscal
03 |
Fiscal
04 |
Fiscal
05 |
Fiscal
06 |
-- |
-- |
| Fed.
Spending (millions$) |
17,550 |
19,473 |
20,345 |
21,835 |
-- |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Spending ($) |
5,961 |
6,591 |
6,884 |
7,346 |
-- |
-- |
| Total
Tax Burden (millions$) |
14,728 |
15,647 |
17,830 |
NA |
-- |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Tax Burden ($) |
5,003 |
5,296 |
6,033 |
NA |
-- |
-- |
| Return
on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) |
1.05 |
1.10 |
1.09 |
NA |
-- |
-- |
| Demographics |
1980 |
1997 |
2006 |
2007 |
Annual
%Change |
Decade
%Change |
| Population
(1,000) |
2,914 |
2,854 |
2,973 |
2,988 |
0.5 |
4.7 |
| Poverty
Rate (%) |
2002-04
9.7 |
2003-05
10.4 |
2004-06
10.8 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Educational
Attainment
Census 2000 (%) |
High
School |
Bachelor
Degree |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 86.1 |
21.2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Groups |
0-17 |
18-24 |
25-64 |
65+ |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (total, 2006) |
710,194 |
311.882 |
1,524,352 |
435,657 |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (%, 2006) |
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
Web Sites
Economic
Data
| Home | Top of Page
http://www.nemw.org/ia.htm
|
