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Labor Market May 08 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 5.2 7.8 7.7 8.2 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 8,808.1 8,642.4 8,627.5 8,609.6 -0.2 -2.3
Mfg. Employment (1,000) 537.0 502.6 500.5 495.4 -1.0 -7.7
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 18.49 18.24 18.51 18.51 0.0 0.1
Economic Activity May 08 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 5,775 1,140 1,420 1,317 -- -77.2
Per-Capita Income ($) 1998
31,555

2005
40,781

2006
43,724

2007
46,364

2008
48,076

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Med. Household Income ($) 2003-05
49,118
2004-06
49,569
2005-07
49,546
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2004
896,422
2005
956,378

2006
1,034,087

2007
1,105,020
2008
1,144,481
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Total Exports (1,000$) 2004
45,638,716
2005
51,840,965
2006
59,131,682
2007
71,115,801
2008
79,596,240
11.9
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 Fiscal 07 --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 137,898 143,903 144,876 152,934 157,789 --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 7,186 7,484 7,521 7,931 8,177 --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 144,712 152,260 168,710

NA

NA

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Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 7,541 7,919 8,758 NA NA --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 0.84 0.84 0.82 NA NA --
Demographics 1980 1998 2007 2008 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 17,558 18,159 19,429 19,490 0.3 7.3
Poverty Rate (%) 2003-05
14.6
2004-06
14.5
2005-07
14.4
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Educational Attainment
Census 2000 (%)

High
School

Bachelor
Degree
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79.1 27.4 -- -- -- --
Age Groups 0-17 18-24 25-64 65+ -- --
Age Distributions (total, 2007) 4,514,342 1,939,099 10,330,056 2,522,686 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2007) 23.28 10.04 53.51 13.07 -- --
 

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