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New Hampshire
Labor Market May 08 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 3.7 6.2 6.3 6.5 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 646.9 636.5 631.5 632.1 0.1 -2.3
Mfg. Employment (1,000) 76.3 69.9 69.2 68.5 -1.0 -10.2
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 17.41 17.10 17.28 17.44 0.9 0.2
Economic Activity May 08 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 269 110 168 280 -- 4.1
Per-Capita Income ($) 1998
29,147

2005
37,432

2006
39,703

2007
41,639

2008
42,830

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Med. Household Income ($) 2003-05
61,844
2004-06
62,205
2005-07
63,942
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2004
51,432
2005
53,526

2006
56,056

2007
57,820
2008
60,005
--
Total Exports (1,000$) 2004
2,293,358
2005
2,557,496
2006
2,817,055
2007
2,914,140
2008
3,746,116
28.5
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 Fiscal 07 --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 7,349 7,959 8,331 8,875 9,764 --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 5,707 6,125 6,393 6,765 7,420 --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 9,220 9,659 10,649

NA

N/A --
Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 7,160 7,433 8,172 NA NA --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 0.70 0.73 0.75 NA NA --
Demographics 1980 1998 2007 2008 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 921 1,186 1,312 1,316 0.3 11.0
Poverty Rate (%) 2003-05
5.6
2004-06
5.5
2004-06
5.6
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Educational Attainment
Census 2000 (%)

High
School

Bachelor
Degree
-- -- -- --
87.4 28.7 -- -- -- --
Age Groups 0-17 18-24 25-64 65+ -- --
Age Distributions (total, 2007) 297,625 120,050 734,591 162,629 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2007) 22.63 9.13 55.87 12.37 -- --

NA=Not yet available.

U.S. Census Bureau State Profile of New Hampshire
Bureau of Economic Analysis Data on New Hampshire
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