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Minnesota
Labor Market Mar 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.7 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 2,767.9 2,783.9 2,780.4 2,785.6 0.2 0.6
Mfg. Employment (1,000) 342.7 340.5 340.2 341.5 0.4 -0.4
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 17.52 17.86 17.44 17.46 0.1 -0.3
Economic Activity Mar 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 1,510 485 383 772 -- -48.9
Per-Capita Income ($) 1996
25,716
2003
34,339
2004
36,145
2005
37,256
2006
38,859
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Med. Household Income ($) 2002-04
57,363
2003-05
57,929
2004-06
59,670
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2002
198,558
2003
208,179
2004
222,628
2005
231,437
2006
244,546
--
Total Exports (1,000$) 2003
11,265,660
2004
12,677,805
2005
14,704,522
2006
16,309,306
2007
17,993,364
10.3
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 -- --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 27,580 28,791 31,067 31,908 -- --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 5,451 5,644 6,075 6,190 -- --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 33.005 34.952 40,578

NA

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Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 6,524 6,852 7,935 NA -- --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 0.74 0.73 0.73 NA -- --
Demographics 1980 1997 2006 2007 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 4,076 4,688 5,155 5,198 0.8 10.9
Poverty Rate (%) 2002-04
7.1
2003-05
7.5
2004-06
7.7
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Educational Attainment
Census 2000 (%)

High
School

Bachelor
Degree
-- -- -- --
87.9 27.4 -- -- -- --
Age Groups 0-17 18-24 25-64 65+ -- --
Age Distributions (total, 2006) 1,257,264 519,744 2,762,699 627,394 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2006) 24.33 10.06 53.47 12.14 -- --
 

NA=Not yet available.

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