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Wisconsin
Labor Market May 08 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 4.4 8.5 8.6 8.9 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 2,882.7 2,772.6 2,752.3 2,750.2

-0.1

-4.6
Mfg. Employment (1,000) 496.1 451.7 441.8 434.6 -1.6 -12.4
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 17.96 17.87 18.16 18.03 -0.7 0.4
Economic Activity May 08 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 1,855 599 790 1,023 -- -44.9
Per-Capita Income ($) 1998
26,175

2005
32,706

2006
34,461

2007
36,272

2008
37,314

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Med. Household Income ($) 2003-05
49,928
2004-06
50,260
2005-07
50,619
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2004
205,916
2005
214,821

2006
224,918

2007
233,406
2008
240,429
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Total Exports (1,000$) 2004
12,705,394
2005
14,961,410
2006
17,173,628
2007
18,825,489
2008
20,552,773
9.2
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 Fiscal 07 --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 30,237 31,554 33,749 34,561 38,177 --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 5,525 5,728 6,091 6,202 6,815 --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 30,898 32,786 36,961

NA

NA

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Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 5,646 5,951 6,671 NA NA --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 0.86 0.85 0.88 NA NA --
Demographics 1980 1998 2007 2008 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 4,706 5,222 5,599 5,628 0.5 7.8
Poverty Rate (%) 2003-05
10.8
2004-06
10.9
2005-07
10.4
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Educational Attainment
Census 2000 (%)

High
School

Bachelor
Degree
-- -- -- --
85.1 22.4 -- -- -- --
Age Groups 0-17 18-24 25-64 65+ -- --
Age Distributions (total, 2007) 1,312,530 560,926 2,959,016 724,034 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2007) 23.62 10.09 53.25 13.03 -- --
NA=Not yet available.

U.S. Census Bureau State Profile of Wisconsin
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