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06/01/2023

Economic Indicators

Indicators
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Economic Indicators is designed to help gauge America’s current economic health and performance. Using public data, and with the oversight of our Research Advisory Council, we assembled a database of key economic indicators that are useful for understanding current and future economic conditions.

Economic Health

Labor Force Participation Rate (sa)

CURRENT

Trend

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SELECTED

54.5%

LOW

Mississippi

70.6%

HIGH

Washington D.C.

Ranking

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SELECTED

54.5%

LOW

Mississippi

70.6%

HIGH

Washington D.C.

Comparison

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Alabama

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Arizona

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California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

East North Central

East South Central

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Middle Atlantic

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Mountain

Nebraska

Nevada

New England

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pacific California

Pacific Contiguous

Pacific Non Contiguous

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Atlantic

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

United States

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Washington D.C.

West North Central

West South Central

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

California Breakdown

INDICATOR

Economic Health

Jobs & Wages

Public Finance

Business Conditions

Population

Economic Opportunity

Cost of Living

Energy

Labor Force

Workforce Preparedness

Quality of Life

Economic Disparity

Economic Health

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Construction

New Residential Permits Cost (US Census Bureau)

Total value for all residential units covered by building permits, from Census estimates with imputations for survey nonresponders.

New Residential Permits: MFR (US Census Bureau)

Number of multi-family units covered by building permits, from Census estimates with imputations for survey nonresponders.

New Residential Permits: SFR (US Census Bureau)

Number of building permits for single family homes, from Census estimates with imputations for survey nonresponders.

New Residential Permits: Total (US Census Bureau)

Total number of residential units covered by building permits, from Census estimates with imputations for survey nonresponders.

Employment

Employment: Manufacturing (QCEW)

Quarterly count of wage and salary jobs from Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages.

Employment: Manufacturing (CES)

Monthly estimate of wage and salary jobs from the Current Employment Survey.

Employment: Private (QCEW)

Quarterly count of wage and salary jobs from Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages.

Employment: Total Private (CES)

Monthly estimate of wage and salary jobs from the Current Employment Survey.

Labor Force Participation Rate (Seasonally Adjusted)

The number within the Labor Force as a percentage of the total Noninstitutional Civilian Population.

Change in Private Jobs (CEWNSA)

Calculated as change in total private employment from the prior month.

Change in Private Jobs (QCEW)

Calculated as change in total private jobs from the same quarter in the prior year.

Total Civilian Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)

Includes all individuals who worked at least one hour for a wage or salary, self-employed, or working at least 15 unpaid hours in a family business or on a family farm.

GDP

Annual Gross Domestic Product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced within an area, All Industry Total. GDP by state and county measures its "value added," equivalent to gross output (sales or receipts and other operating income, commodity taxes, and inventory change) minus intermediate inputs (consumption of goods and services purchased from other U.S. industries or imported).

Annual Real GDP

GDP value in chained 2012 dollars.

Real GDP

GDP value in chained 2009 dollars.

Gross Domestic Product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced within an area, All Industry Total.

Income

Personal Income: Annual

Total annual personal income consisting of income that persons receive in return for their provision of labor, land, and capital used in current production as well as other income, such as personal current transfer receipts.

Personal Income: Quarterly

Total quarterly personal income consisting of income that persons receive in return for their provision of labor, land, and capital used in current production as well as other income, such as personal current transfer receipts.

Labor Force

Labor Force (Seasonally Adjusted)

Sum of civilian employment and civilian unemployment.

Production

Total Farm Output

Annual value of agricultural sector production including crop production, animal and products production, and farm-related income.

Patents Issued: Foreign

Number of US Utility Patents (inventions) issued to persons in other countries.

Natural Gas Production

Average natural gas production in million cubic feet produced per month, calculated as a running 12-month average.

Crude Oil Production

Average barrels of oil produced per day, calculated as a running 12-month average.

Patents Issued

As an indicator entrepreneurship and STEM activities, the number of US Utility Patents (inventions) issued by origin.

Trade

Trade through State Ports: Exports

Total exports of goods through all ports within the geographic area, from HS Port-level Data.

Trade through State Ports: Imports

Total imports of goods through all ports within the geographic area, from HS Port-level Data.

Trade through State Ports: Total

Combined total of imports and exports of goods through all ports within the geographic area, from HS Port-level Data.

Trade through State Ports: US Share

Share of total US imports and exports of goods, 12-month moving average, as an indicator of the relative competitiveness of each state's ports and the related trade-movement jobs base.

Exports

Total exports of goods from within the geographic area, from Origin of Movement (NAICS) State Export Data.

Exports: US Share

Share of total US exports of goods from within the geographic area, 12-month moving average, from Origin of Movement (NAICS) State Export Data.

Imports

Total imports of goods to the geographic area, from State of Destination (NAICS) State Import Data.

Unemployment

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Number of initial claims for unemployment insurance, not seasonally adjusted.

Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted)

The number of unemployed as a percentage of the Labor Force. Seasonally adjusted.

Avg. Annual Wage

Avg. Annual Wage: Accommodation & Food Services