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Minnesota
Labor Market May 08 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 5.3 8.2 8.0 8.2 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 2,768.5 2,677.4 2,669.1 2,667.5 -0.1 -3.6
Mfg. Employment (1,000) 336.9 308.3 304.0 301.9 -0.7 -10.4
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 17.62 18.02 18.53 18.44 -0.5 4.7
Economic Activity May 08 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 1,405 380 597 918 -- -34.7
Per-Capita Income ($) 1998
28,993

2005
37,275

2006
38,944

2007
41,105

2008
42,772

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Med. Household Income ($) 2003-05
59,572
2004-06
58,991
2005-07
57,815
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2004
223,454
2005
232,802

2006
240,891

2007
252,472
2008
262,847
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Total Exports (1,000$) 2004
12,697,818
2005
14,736,124
2006
16,349,477
2007
18,061,826
2008
19,158,620
6.1
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 Fiscal 07 --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 27,580 28,791 31,067 31,908 40,075 --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 5,451 5,644 6,075 6,190 7,710 --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 33.005 34.952 40,578

NA

NA

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Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 6,524 6,852 7,935 NA NA --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 0.74 0.73 0.73 NA NA --
Demographics 1980 1998 2007 2008 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 4,076 4,726 5,182 5,220 0.7 10.4
Poverty Rate (%) 2003-05
7.5
2004-06
7.7
2005-07
8.5
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Educational Attainment
Census 2000 (%)

High
School

Bachelor
Degree
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87.9 27.4 -- -- -- --
Age Groups 0-17 18-24 25-64 65+ -- --
Age Distributions (total, 2007) 1,257,264 519,744 2,762,699 627,394 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2007) 24.33 10.06 53.47 12.14 -- --
 

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