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Labor Market Mar 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 4.4 5.0 4.4 4.8 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 8,709.4 8,785.6 8,778.4 8,778.2 0.0 0.8
Mfg. Employment (1,000) 557.8 544.4 543.2 541.1 -0.4 -3.0
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 18.59 18.10 18.22 18.32 0.5 -1.5
Economic Activity Mar 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 5,311 3,022 2,259 2,038 -- -61.6
Per-Capita Income ($) 1996
28,424
2003
36,107
2004
38,423
2005
41,016
2006
44,027
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Med. Household Income ($) 2002-04
48,201
2003-05
47,763
2004-06
47,200
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2002
821,577
2003
850,243
2004
908,308
2005
961,385
2006
1,021,944
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Total Exports (1,000$) 2003
39,180,708
2004
44,400,729
2005
50,492,176
2006
57,369,299
2007
69,333,647
20.9
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 -- --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 137,898 143,903 144,876 152,934 -- --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 7,186 7,484 7,521 7,931 -- --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 144,712 152,260 168,710

NA

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Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 7,541 7,919 8,758 NA -- --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 0.84 0.84 0.82 NA -- --
Demographics 1980 1997 2006 2007 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 17,558 18,143 19,282 19,298 0.1 6.4
Poverty Rate (%) 2002-04
14.4
2003-05
14.6
2004-06
14.5
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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, 2006) 4,514,342 1,939,099 10,330,056 2,522,686 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2006) 23.28 10.04 53.51 13.07 -- --
 

NA=Not yet available.

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