|
|
|
|
|
Monthly % Change
|
Annual % Change
|
|
Labor Market
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate
|
11.6
|
10.9
|
10.9
|
10.8
|
-0.92%
|
-6.90%
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Nonfarm Employment (thousands)
|
457.9
|
462.5
|
463.9
|
462.4
|
-0.32%
|
0.98%
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Mfg. Employment (thousands)
|
40.3
|
40.9
|
41
|
40.7
|
-0.73%
|
0.99%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Economic Activity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jun-10
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
Jun-11
|
|
|
|
Housing Permits
|
109
|
64
|
69
|
63
|
-8.70%
|
-42.20%
|
|
May-10
|
Mar-11
|
Apr-11
|
May-11
|
|
|
|
Total Exports (millions of $)
|
185.2
|
216.5
|
215.8
|
219.4
|
1.67%
|
18.47%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Gross Domestic Product (millions of $)
|
47,334
|
47,378
|
47,470
|
49,234
|
|
3.72%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Government Spending / Taxation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Total Spending (millions of $)
|
8,764
|
9,077
|
9,841
|
11,517
|
|
17.03%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Per Capita Spending ($)
|
8,211
|
8,580
|
9,365
|
10,935
|
|
16.76%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Total Tax Burden (thousands of $)
|
11,966,818
|
11,628,434
|
10,909,205
|
10,510,440
|
|
-3.66%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Per Capita Tax Burden ($)
|
9,735
|
11,313
|
11,066
|
10,358
|
|
-6.40%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demographics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Population
|
1,059,706
|
1,058,368
|
1,057,451
|
1,052,567
|
|
-0.46%
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
|
|
|
Poverty Rate
|
12
|
11.7
|
11.5
|
14
|
|
21.74%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Med. Household Income (dollars)
|
51,814
|
53,568
|
55,701
|
54,119
|
|
-2.84%
|
|
2007r
|
2008r
|
2009p
|
2010p
|
|
|
|
Per-Capita Income (dollars)
|
39,829
|
41,261
|
41,003
|
42,579
|
|
3.84%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Educational Attainment Rate (25+)
|
2009
|
|
Age Groups
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Less Than 9th Grade
|
7.0
|
|
< 5 yrs.
|
5.7
|
|
|
|
9th-12th Grade, No Diploma
|
8.3
|
|
5-17
|
15.8
|
|
|
|
High School Graduate (incl. equivalency)
|
28.1
|
|
18-24
|
10.6
|
|
|
|
Some College, No Degree
|
17.9
|
|
25-34
|
12.5
|
|
|
|
Associate's Degree
|
8.2
|
|
35-44
|
13.6
|
|
|
|
Bachelor's Degree
|
18.7
|
|
45-54
|
15.5
|
|
|
|
Graduate or Professional Degree
|
11.7
|
|
55-64
|
11.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
65-74
|
7.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
75-84
|
4.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
85+
|
2.4
|
|
|
Rhode Island State Resources
|