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New Hampshire
Labor Market Mar 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.9 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 645.5 654.3 653.1 655.0 0.3 1.5
Mfg. Employment (1,000) 77.8 77.9 77.9 77.9 0.0 0.1
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 17.06 17.37 17.46 17.33 -0.7 1.6
Economic Activity Mar 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 350 346 180 225 -- -35.7
Per-Capita Income ($) 1996
26,427
2003
34,554
2004
36,460
2005
37,557
2006
39,753
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Med. Household Income ($) 2002-04
60,489
2003-05
60,138
2004-06
61,187
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2002
46,188
2003
48,198
2004
51,656
2005
54,119
2006
56,276
--
Total Exports (1,000$) 2003
1,931,412
2004
2,285,589
2005
2,548,041
2006
2,810,960
2007
2,910,358
3.5
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 -- --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 7,349 7,959 8,331 8,875 -- --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 5,707 6,125 6,393 6,765 -- --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 9,220 9,659 10,649

NA

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Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 7,160 7,433 8,172 NA -- --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 0.70 0.73 0.75 NA -- --
Demographics 1980 1997 2006 2007 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 921 1,173 1,312 1,316 0.3 12.2
Poverty Rate (%) 2002-04
5.7
2003-05
5.6
2004-06
5.5
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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, 2006) 297,625 120,050 734,591 162,629 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2006) 22.63 9.13 55.87 12.37 -- --

NA=Not yet available.

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