|
|
|
|
|
Monthly % Change
|
Annual % Change
|
|
Labor Market
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate
|
7.9
|
7.6
|
7.7
|
7.8
|
1.30%
|
-1.27%
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Nonfarm Employment (thousands)
|
591.0
|
595.7
|
597.6
|
595.7
|
-0.32%
|
0.80%
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Mfg. Employment (thousands)
|
50.6
|
51.4
|
51.9
|
51.7
|
-0.39%
|
2.17%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Economic Activity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Housing Permits
|
342
|
214
|
233
|
219
|
-6.01%
|
-35.96%
|
|
May-10
|
Mar-11
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
|
|
|
Total Exports (millions of $)
|
238.5
|
319.3
|
343
|
300.7
|
-12.33%
|
26.08%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Gross Domestic Product (millions of $)
|
49,195
|
49,972
|
50,039
|
51,643
|
|
3.21%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Government Spending / Taxation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Total Spending (millions of $)
|
10,980
|
11,850
|
11,974
|
14,242
|
|
18.94%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Per Capita Spending ($)
|
8,308
|
8,996
|
9,096
|
10,803
|
|
18.77%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Total Tax Burden (thousands of $)
|
6,289,216
|
6,736,963
|
6,105,799
|
5,895,843
|
|
-3.44%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Per Capita Tax Burden ($)
|
4,767
|
4,775
|
5,117
|
4,632
|
|
-9.50%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demographics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Population
|
1,315,749
|
1,318,133
|
1,315,889
|
1,328,361
|
|
0.95%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Poverty Rate
|
12
|
12.3
|
12.3
|
12.9
|
|
4.88%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Med. Household Income (dollars)
|
43,439
|
45,888
|
46,581
|
45,734
|
|
-1.82%
|
|
2007r
|
2008r
|
2009p
|
2010p
|
|
|
|
Per-Capita Income (dollars)
|
33,991
|
36,368
|
36,745
|
37,300
|
|
1.51%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Educational Attainment Rate (25+)
|
2009
|
|
Age Groups
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Less Than 9th Grade
|
3.8
|
|
< 5 yrs.
|
5.4
|
|
|
|
9th-12th Grade, No Diploma
|
6.0
|
|
5-17
|
15.2
|
|
|
|
High School Graduate (incl. equivalency)
|
34.3
|
|
18-24
|
9.0
|
|
|
|
Some College, No Degree
|
20.2
|
|
25-34
|
11.4
|
|
|
|
Associate's Degree
|
8.8
|
|
35-44
|
13.1
|
|
|
|
Bachelor's Degree
|
17.3
|
|
45-54
|
16.5
|
|
|
|
Graduate or Professional Degree
|
9.6
|
|
55-64
|
13.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
65-74
|
8.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
75-84
|
5.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
85+
|
2.2
|
|
|
Maine State Resources
|