|
|
|
|
|
Monthly % Change
|
Annual % Change
|
|
Labor Market
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate
|
7.3
|
6.5
|
6.6
|
6.7
|
1.52%
|
-8.22%
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Nonfarm Employment (thousands)
|
2638.0
|
2648.0
|
2648.0
|
2661.2
|
0.50%
|
0.88%
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Mfg. Employment (thousands)
|
293.2
|
296.3
|
295.5
|
296.3
|
0.27%
|
1.06%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Economic Activity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Housing Permits
|
778
|
747
|
703
|
941
|
33.85%
|
20.95%
|
|
May-10
|
Mar-11
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
|
|
|
Total Exports (millions of $)
|
1593.3
|
1782.9
|
1838.5
|
1788.8
|
-2.70%
|
12.27%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Gross Domestic Product (millions of $)
|
254,567
|
262,758
|
258,499
|
270,039
|
|
4.46%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Government Spending / Taxation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Total Spending (millions of $)
|
31,901
|
40,075
|
38,246
|
45,691
|
|
19.47%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Per Capita Spending ($)
|
6,175
|
7,710
|
7,326
|
8,676
|
|
18.42%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Total Tax Burden (thousands of $)
|
78,697,313
|
81,025,159
|
67,646,589
|
68,010,129
|
|
0.54%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Per Capita Tax Burden ($)
|
13,947
|
15,141
|
15,521
|
12,845
|
|
-17.24%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demographics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Population
|
5,191,267
|
5,230,247
|
5,262,824
|
2,967,297
|
|
-43.62%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Poverty Rate
|
9.5
|
9.6
|
11
|
11.6
|
|
5.45%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Med. Household Income (dollars)
|
54,023
|
55,802
|
57,288
|
55,616
|
|
-2.92%
|
|
2007r
|
2008r
|
2009p
|
2010p
|
|
|
|
Per-Capita Income (dollars)
|
41,105
|
42,953
|
41,552
|
42,843
|
|
3.11%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Educational Attainment Rate (25+)
|
2009
|
|
Age Groups
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Less Than 9th Grade
|
3.5
|
|
< 5 yrs.
|
6.9
|
|
|
|
9th-12th Grade, No Diploma
|
5.0
|
|
5-17
|
17.0
|
|
|
|
High School Graduate (incl. equivalency)
|
27.9
|
|
18-24
|
10.0
|
|
|
|
Some College, No Degree
|
22.3
|
|
25-34
|
13.3
|
|
|
|
Associate's Degree
|
9.7
|
|
35-44
|
13.2
|
|
|
|
Bachelor's Degree
|
21.2
|
|
45-54
|
15.4
|
|
|
|
Graduate or Professional Degree
|
10.3
|
|
55-64
|
11.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
65-74
|
6.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
75-84
|
4.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
85+
|
2.0
|
|
|
Minnesota State Resources
|