| 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
|
-- |
| Med.
Household Income ($) |
2002-04
48,874 |
2003-05
48,551
|
2004-06
50,328 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Gross
Domestic Product (millions$) |
2002
188,600
|
2003
195,904
|
2004
208,269
|
2005
216,985
|
2006
227,230
|
-- |
| 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 |
-- |
-- |
| 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 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Educational
Attainment
Census 2000 (%) |
High
School |
Bachelor
Degree |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 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 |
-- |
-- |
| |
NA=Not yet available.
U.S.
Census Bureau State Profile of Wisconsin
Bureau
of Economic Analysis Data on Wisconsin
Wisconsin Manufacturing
Profile
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