|
|
|
|
|
Monthly % Change
|
Annual % Change
|
|
Labor Market
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate
|
6.1
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
0.00%
|
-1.64%
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Nonfarm Employment (thousands)
|
1469.9
|
1481.4
|
1486.8
|
1482.3
|
-0.30%
|
0.84%
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Mfg. Employment (thousands)
|
200.2
|
203.3
|
205.3
|
204.4
|
-0.44%
|
2.10%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Economic Activity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Housing Permits
|
795
|
1101
|
691
|
768
|
11.14%
|
-3.40%
|
|
May-10
|
Mar-11
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
|
|
|
Total Exports (millions of $)
|
964.1
|
1155.7
|
1210.5
|
1071.8
|
-11.46%
|
11.17%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Gross Domestic Product (millions of $)
|
134,410
|
134,959
|
136,062
|
142,698
|
|
4.88%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Government Spending / Taxation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Total Spending (millions of $)
|
21,830
|
21,649
|
23,927
|
29,369
|
|
22.74%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Per Capita Spending ($)
|
7,322
|
7,245
|
7,969
|
9,764
|
|
22.52%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Total Tax Burden (thousands of $)
|
18,436,557
|
19,683,455
|
17,614,407
|
17,576,087
|
|
-0.22%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Per Capita Tax Burden ($)
|
5,835
|
6,170
|
6,556
|
5,856
|
|
-10.67%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demographics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Population
|
2,979,867
|
2,994,658
|
3,008,331
|
3,046,355
|
|
1.26%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Poverty Rate
|
11
|
11.5
|
11.8
|
12.6
|
|
6.78%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Med. Household Income (dollars)
|
44,491
|
47,292
|
48,980
|
48,044
|
|
-1.91%
|
|
2007r
|
2008r
|
2009p
|
2010p
|
|
|
|
Per-Capita Income (dollars)
|
34,916
|
37,509
|
36,751
|
38,281
|
|
4.16%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Educational Attainment Rate (25+)
|
2009
|
|
Age Groups
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Less Than 9th Grade
|
3.7
|
|
< 5 yrs.
|
6.8
|
|
|
|
9th-12th Grade, No Diploma
|
5.8
|
|
5-17
|
16.9
|
|
|
|
High School Graduate (incl. equivalency)
|
33.0
|
|
18-24
|
10.7
|
|
|
|
Some College, No Degree
|
22.2
|
|
25-34
|
12.2
|
|
|
|
Associate's Degree
|
10.2
|
|
35-44
|
12.2
|
|
|
|
Bachelor's Degree
|
17.7
|
|
45-54
|
14.6
|
|
|
|
Graduate or Professional Degree
|
7.4
|
|
55-64
|
11.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
65-74
|
7.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
75-84
|
5.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
85+
|
2.5
|
|
|
Iowa State Resources
|