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FACTBOX: Pennsylvania's economy to weigh in Democrat race
(Reuters) - Economic concerns will play a major role in the outcome of next week's Democratic presidential primary election in Pennsylvania between White House hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Following are several of the latest economic statistics on Pennsylvania provided by the state's Department of Labor and Industry, the state's Department of Community and Economic Development, the U.S. Commerce Department and the U.S. Census Bureau:
* Gross domestic product....$510.3 billion (2006)
* Seasonally adjusted civilian workforce...6.3 million (February 08)
* Total nonfarm payroll jobs...............5.8 million (February 08)
* Unemployment rate.........4.9 percent (February 08)
* Annual per capita income.........$24,694 (2006)
* Annual exports............$29.3 billion (2007)
* Annual venture capital investments.......$661.0 million (2006)
* Travel & tourism revenues.$138.0 million (2006)
(Reporting by David Morgan, editing by Vicki Allen)
(For more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at blogs.reuters.com/trail08/)
