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Wisconsin
Labor Market Mar 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Unemployment Rate (%) 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8 -- --
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) 2,881.0 2,869.6 2,869.1 2,872.4 0.1 -0.3
Mfg. Employment (1,000) 502.0 493.8 492.7 493.1 0.1 -1.8
Mfg. Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) 17.12 17.65 17.90 17.99 0.5 5.1
Economic Activity Mar 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Monthly
%Change
Annual
%Change
Housing Permits 1,592 807 888 1,014 -- -36.3
Per-Capita Income ($) 1996
23,273
2003
30,705
2004
31,697
2005
32,829
2006
34,405
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Med. Household Income ($) 2002-04
48,874
2003-05
48,551
2004-06
50,328
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Gross Domestic Product (millions$) 2002
188,600
2003
195,904
2004
208,269
2005
216,985
2006
227,230
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Total Exports (1,000$) 2003
11,509,835
2004
12,706,343
2005
14,923,487
2006
17,169,113
2007
19,185,670
11.7
Government Spending Fiscal 03 Fiscal 04 Fiscal 05 Fiscal 06 -- --
Fed. Spending (millions$) 30,237 31,554 33,749 34,561 -- --
Per-Capita Spending ($) 5,525 5,728 6,091 6,202 -- --
Total Tax Burden (millions$) 30,898 32,786 36,961

NA

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Per-Capita Tax Burden ($) 5,646 5,951 6,671 NA -- --
Return on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) 0.86 0.85 0.88 NA -- --
Demographics 1980 1997 2006 2007 Annual
%Change
Decade
%Change
Population (1,000) 4,706 5,200 5,573 5,602 0.5 7.7
Poverty Rate (%) 2002-04
10.2
2003-05
10.8
2004-06
10.9
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Educational Attainment
Census 2000 (%)

High
School

Bachelor
Degree
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85.1 22.4 -- -- -- --
Age Groups 0-17 18-24 25-64 65+ -- --
Age Distributions (total, 2006) 1,312,530 560,926 2,959,016 724,034 -- --
Age Distributions (%, 2006) 23.62 10.09 53.25 13.03 -- --
 

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