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Friday, December 16, 2005: Page updated at 6 p.m.

Washington by the numbers

Unemployment rate, October 2005: 5.6%
Unemployment rate, November 2005: 5.6%
Gasoline prices: $2.188
House price appreciation: 15.64%
Exports: $31,019,098,222
Export growth: 11.44%

Data sorted by exports.
(Click on another column header to sort by that data.)

Location	Unemployment rate, October 2005 ¹	Unemployment rate, November 2005 ²	Gasoline prices ³	House price appreciation ⁴	Exports ⁵	Export growth ⁶
United States	5.0%	5.0%	$2.185	12.02%	$745,944,468,898	10.26%
Texas	5.2%		$2.136	5.32%	$106,472,061,568	9.72%
California	5.2%		$2.277	19.26%	$95,937,042,773	5.06%
New York	4.9%		$2.343	11.86%	$41,469,187,177	14.23%
Michigan	6.1%		$2.178 (Midwest average) ¹³	4.01%	$31,078,883,494	4.98%
Washington	5.6%	5.6%	$2.188	15.64%	$31,019,098,222	11.44%
Illinois	5.5%		$2.178 (Midwest average)	8.12%	$29,660,430,918	19.33%
Ohio	5.9%		$2.209	4.47%	$28,913,292,311	12.86%
Florida	3.4%		$2.214	25.18%	$27,279,202,454	14.51%
Pennsylvania	4.6%		$2.217 (Central Atlantic average) ¹⁰	11.54%	$18,277,812,997	19.09%
Massachusetts	4.8%		$2.128	8.02%	$18,195,006,823	-0.73%
Indiana	5.4%		$2.178 (Midwest average)	4.95%	$17,905,673,159	12.15%
New Jersey	3.9%	4.6%	$2.217 (Central Atlantic average)	13.73%	$17,347,216,479	8.90%
Georgia	5.5%		$2.157 (Lower Atlantic average) ¹¹	6.13%	$17,337,947,748	7.97%
North Carolina	5.3%		$2.157 (Lower Atlantic average)	6.93%	$16,116,586,109	5.69%
Louisiana	11.3%		$2.144 (Gulf Coast average) ⁷	6.60%	$16,020,639,444	0.28%
Tennessee	5.6%		$2.178 (Midwest average)	7.20%	$15,802,150,302	18.92%
Kentucky	6.0%		$2.178 (Midwest average)	6.31%	$12,327,090,993	16.26%
Wisconsin	4.5%		$2.178 (Midwest average)	7.31%	$12,249,969,316	17.09%
Arizona	4.9%		$2.221 (West Coast average) ⁸	30.33%	$12,115,594,556	6.39%
Minnesota	3.7%	3.9%	$2.169	7.52%	$12,059,324,814	16.70%
South Carolina	6.9%		$2.157 (Lower Atlantic average)	8.55%	$11,847,564,238	6%
Oregon	6.0%	5.8%	$2.221 (West Coast average)	16.92%	$10,157,152,260	8.34%
Virginia	3.4%		$2.157 (Lower Atlantic average)	18.66%	$10,137,514,459	4.97%
Alabama	4.5%		$2.144 (Gulf Coast average)	8.07%	$8,571,661,189	15.60%
Missouri	5.0%		$2.178 (Midwest average)	6.58%	$8,521,424,212	13.89%
Connecticut	5.3%		$2.171 (New England average) ⁹	10.62%	$7,968,227,141	11.58%
Iowa	4.5%		$2.178 (Midwest average)	5.57%	$6,125,433,918	16%
Maryland	4.1%		$2.217 (Central Atlantic average)	19.29%	$5,926,100,573	25.66%
Colorado	4.9%		$2.147	5.55%	$5,578,339,906	1.48%
Kansas	5.0%		$2.178 (Midwest average)	5.05%	$5,433,406,992	34.85%
Utah	4.5%	4.0%	$2.105 (Rocky Mountain average) ¹²	11.37%	$5,063,753,976	29.27%
Vermont	4.0%		$2.171 (New England average)	12.40%	$3,539,863,850	30.10%
Oklahoma	4.3%		$2.178 (Midwest average)	6.38%	$3,450,246,207	34.15%
Mississippi	9.6%		$2.144 (Gulf Coast average)	5.66%	$3,345,672,968	24.64%/td>
Alaska	6.2%		$2.221 (West Coast average)	11.64%	$3,260,709,752	13.78%
Nevada	4.1%		$2.221 (West Coast average)	17.59%	$3,196,249,015	39.75%
Arkansas	4.9%	4.8%	$2.144 (Gulf Coast average)	8.57%	$3,093,163,706	11.96%
Idaho	3.6%	3.6%	$2.105 (Rocky Mountain average)	15.08%	$2,674,628,556	11.96%
West Virginia	5.2%	4.9%	$2.157 (Lower Atlantic average)	10.69%	$2,605,902,966	-6.92%
Nebraska	3.7%		$2.178 (Midwest average)	4.83%	$2,513,124,065	31.09%
New Hampshire	3.9%	3.8%	$2.171 (New England average)	9.53%	$2,076,127,450	10.32%
New Mexico	5.4%		$2.144 (Gulf Coast average)	12.65%	$2,047,932,346	15.08%
Delaware	4.2%		$2.217 (Central Atlantic average)	15.31%	$2,047,682,690	18.48%
Maine	5.2%		$2.171 (New England average)	10.56%	$1,879,843,392	-9.15%
Rhode Island	5.4%		$2.171 (New England average)	11.73%	$1,042,717,644	-4.99%
North Dakota	3.5%		$2.178 (Midwest average)	9.45%	$984,214,243	21.05%
Hawaii	2.7%		$2.221 (West Coast average)	21.33%	$790,137,604	129.66%
South Dakota	4.0%		$2.178 (Midwest average)	7.46%	$779,596,173	13.72%
D.C.	6.1%		$2.217 (Central Atlantic average)	20.53%	$661,434,408	-35.64%
Montana	4.3%		$2.105 (Rocky Mountain average)	11.78%	$602,663,160	27.79%
Wyoming	4.1%		$2.105 (Rocky Mountain average)	12.03%	$554,789,611	1.29%

Notes
1. Seasonally adjusted. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2. Seasonally adjusted. November figures currently available only for select states. Source: individual state agencies.
3. Regular unleaded; average retail price including all taxes, as of Dec. 12. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
4. Percent change, third quarter 2005 v. third quarter 2004. Source: U.S. Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
5. January-October 2005. Source: WISERTrade via World Trade Center Tacoma
6. Percent change, January-October 2005 v. January-October 2004. Source: WISERTrade via World Trade Center Tacoma
7. Gulf Coast includes Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas.
8. West Coast includes Arizona, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Hawaii. West Coast figures do not include California.
9. New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
10. Central Atlantic includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
11. Lower Atlantic includes Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
12. Rocky Mountain includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.
13. Midwest includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin.