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Vermont
Labor Market Mar 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 4.0 5.2 4.3 4.6 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 307.7 307.8 308.2 308.0 -0.1 0.1
Mfg. Employment (1,000) 36.2 35.7 36.0 35.7 -0.8 -1.4
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 16.42 16.41 16.36 16.43 0.4 0.1
Economic Activity Mar 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 253 62 58 138 -- -45.5
Per-Capita Income ($) 1996
21,964
2003
30,321
2004
31,959
2005
32,833
2006
34,871
--
Med. Household Income ($) 2002-04
51,622
2003-05
50,104
2004-06
48,712
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2002
19,553
2003
20,575
2004
22,002
2005
23,056
2006
24,213
--
Total Exports (1,000$) 2003
2,626,922
2004
3,283,135
2005
4,239,667
2006
3,816,784
2007
3,434,557
-10.0
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 -- --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 4,443 4,633 4,645 5,274 -- --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 7,176 7,456 7,495 8,496 -- --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 3,481 3,693 4,085

NA

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Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 5,623 5,943 6,592 NA -- --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 1.13 1.11 1.09 NA -- --
Demographics 1980 1997 2006 2007 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 511 589 621 621 0.1 5.5
Poverty Rate (%) 2002-04
8.8
2003-05
8.0
2004-06
7.7
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Educational Attainment
Census 2000 (%)

High
School

Bachelor
Degree
-- -- -- --
86.4 29.4 -- -- -- --
Age Groups 0-17 18-24 25-64 65+ -- --
Age Distributions (total, 2006) 133,389 62,215 345,338 82,966 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2006) 21.38 9.97 55.35 13.30 -- --

NA=Not yet available.

U.S. Census Bureau State Profile of Vermont
Bureau of Economic Analysis Data on Vermont
Vermont Manufacturing Profile
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