| Pennsylvania |
 |
|
| Labor
Market |
May 08 |
Mar 09 |
Apr 09 |
May 09 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Unemployment
Rate (%) |
5.1 |
7.8 |
7.8 |
8.2 |
-- |
-- |
|
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) |
5,815.6 |
5,672.1 |
5,648.3 |
5,630.6 |
-0.3 |
-3.2 |
| Mfg.
Employment (1,000) |
649.4 |
589.4 |
581.6 |
576.2 |
-0.9 |
-11.3 |
| Mfg.
Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) |
15.72 |
15.98 |
16.02 |
16.02 |
0.0 |
1.9 |
| Economic
Activity |
May 08 |
Mar 09 |
Apr 09 |
May 09 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Housing
Permits* |
2,423 |
1,360 |
1,471 |
1,253 |
-- |
-48.3 |
| Per-Capita
Income ($) |
1998
26,961
|
2005
34,774
|
2006
36,800
|
2007
38,793
|
2008
40,265
|
-- |
| Med.
Household Income ($) |
2003-05
48,663 |
2004-06
49,147 |
2005-07
49,155 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Gross
Domestic Product (millions$) |
2004
459,932
|
2005
481,957
|
2006
509,006
|
2007
533,212
|
2008
553,301
|
-- |
| Total
Exports (1,000$) |
2004
18,539,007
|
2005
22,333,839
|
2006
26,358,528
|
2007
29,195,435
|
2008
34,448,471
|
18.0 |
| Government
Spending |
Fiscal
03 |
Fiscal
04 |
Fiscal
05 |
Fiscal
06 |
Fiscal
07 |
-- |
| Fed.
Spending (millions$) |
90,350 |
94,900 |
99,503 |
103,265 |
117,151 |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Spending ($) |
7,307 |
7,649 |
8,046 |
8,326 |
9,423 |
-- |
| Total
Tax Burden (millions$) |
73.822 |
78,331 |
87,940 |
NA |
NA |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Tax Burden ($) |
5,970 |
6,314 |
7,111 |
NA |
NA |
-- |
| Return
on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) |
1.08 |
1.07 |
1.08 |
NA |
NA |
-- |
| Demographics |
1980 |
1998 |
2007 |
2008 |
Annual
%Change |
Decade
%Change |
| Population
(1,000) |
11,864 |
12,002 |
12,420 |
12,448 |
0.2 |
3.7 |
| Poverty
Rate (%) |
2003-05
11.0 |
2004-06
11.3 |
2005-07
11.0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Educational
Attainment
Census 2000 (%) |
High
School |
Bachelor
Degree |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 81.9 |
22.4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Groups |
0-17 |
18-24 |
25-64 |
65+ |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (total, 2007) |
2,804,873 |
1,198,898 |
6,551,527 |
1,885,323 |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (%, 2007) |
22.55 |
9.64 |
52.66 |
15.15 |
-- |
-- |
*The
Census Bureau has encountered periodic difficulties
collecting housing permit data for Pennsylvania from
third-party providers and consequently the year-to-year
change in that state’s permits may reflect data collection
issues rather than actual variations.
|
NA=Not yet available.
U.S.
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of Economic Analysis Data on Pennsylvania
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Profile
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