|
|
|
|
|
Monthly % Change
|
Annual % Change
|
|
Labor Market
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate
|
8.4
|
7.8
|
7.6
|
7.6
|
0.00%
|
-9.52%
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Nonfarm Employment (thousands)
|
3185.1
|
3228.8
|
3224.7
|
3235.1
|
0.32%
|
1.57%
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Mfg. Employment (thousands)
|
254.1
|
254.8
|
255.3
|
258.2
|
1.14%
|
1.61%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Economic Activity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Housing Permits
|
1351
|
455
|
865
|
930
|
7.51%
|
-31.16%
|
|
May-10
|
Mar-11
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
|
|
|
Total Exports (millions of $)
|
2207.1
|
2518.5
|
2416.2
|
2690.3
|
11.34%
|
21.89%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Gross Domestic Product (millions of $)
|
353,329
|
365,623
|
360,538
|
378,729
|
|
5.05%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Government Spending / Taxation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Total Spending (millions of $)
|
57,553
|
61,028
|
72,115
|
83,890
|
|
16.33%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Per Capita Spending ($)
|
8,889
|
9,462
|
11,098
|
12,723
|
|
14.64%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Total Tax Burden (thousands of $)
|
74,782,325
|
81,367,437
|
70,108,079
|
71,418,253
|
|
1.87%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Per Capita Tax Burden ($)
|
10,817
|
11,595
|
12,522
|
10,633
|
|
-15.09%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demographics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Population
|
6,499,672
|
6,544,089
|
6,592,205
|
6,547,629
|
|
-0.68%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Poverty Rate
|
9.9
|
10
|
10.3
|
11.4
|
|
10.68%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Med. Household Income (dollars)
|
59,963
|
62,365
|
65,401
|
64,081
|
|
-2.02%
|
|
2007r
|
2008r
|
2009p
|
2010p
|
|
|
|
Per-Capita Income (dollars)
|
48,995
|
50,897
|
49,875
|
51,552
|
|
3.36%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Educational Attainment Rate (25+)
|
2009
|
|
Age Groups
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Less Than 9th Grade
|
4.9
|
|
< 5 yrs.
|
5.9
|
|
|
|
9th-12th Grade, No Diploma
|
6.2
|
|
5-17
|
15.9
|
|
|
|
High School Graduate (incl. equivalency)
|
26.3
|
|
18-24
|
10.1
|
|
|
|
Some College, No Degree
|
16.7
|
|
25-34
|
13.0
|
|
|
|
Associate's Degree
|
7.7
|
|
35-44
|
14.1
|
|
|
|
Bachelor's Degree
|
21.8
|
|
45-54
|
15.6
|
|
|
|
Graduate or Professional Degree
|
16.4
|
|
55-64
|
11.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
65-74
|
6.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
75-84
|
4.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
85+
|
2.1
|
|
|
Massachusetts State Resources
|