Percentage of Adults with a High School Degree or Higher Ages 25 and Older

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Percentage of Adults with a High School Degree
or Higher(Ages 25 and Older)
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Manufacturing Productivity 2002
Tennessee
2.05
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79,191
28
Virginia
2.87
2
111,829
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West Virginia
1.89
29
75,059
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Source Derived from data provided by the United
States Bureau of Economic Analysis -- Note
Current Dollars
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Automotive Industry Manufacturing Productivity
2002Motor Vehicle, Body, Trailer, and Parts
Manufacturing
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Percentage of Adults with a Bachelors (4 Years
of College Degree) or Higher(Ages 25 and Older)
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Correlation Between Educational Attainment and
Economic Prosperity in the United States
High School Education or Higher ( of Adults) and
Completed Bachelor's Degree or Higher ( of
Adults)
This graph/table measures the relationship
between annual average wages, per capita personal
income, and gross state product per capita
(productivity) in the 50 States and the District
of Columbia with educational attainment in each
of the corresponding states plus (D.C.).
Scale 1.0 Perfect Correlation 0.0 Perfect
Randomness -1.0 Inverse Correlation
0.800

0.700
0.600
Suggested Interpretation of Values 0.70 or
Higher High Correlation Marked
Relationship 0.40 to 0.70 Moderate Correlation
Substantial Relationship 0.20 to 0.40 Low
Correlation Small But Definite Relationship
Less Than 0.20 Slight Almost Negligible
Relationship Source Guilford's Interpretation
of Values
0.500
0.400
0.300
0.200
0.100
Per Capita Gross
Per Capita Personal
Wages and Salaries
Spearman's rho
State Product
Income
0.362
0.015
0.362
Adults with a High School
Education or Higher
0.622
0.673
0.747
Adults with a Bachelor's
Degree or Higher
Source Derived from data provided by the United
States Bureau of Economic Analysis and the United
States Census Bureau.
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Kentucky's New Economy Knowledge
Jobs Rankings by State 2002
Rank
1 Best Condition
Overall
Managerial,
Workforce
Information
Education
Knowledge
Professional
Education
Technology
Manufacturing
Jobs Ability
Technology
Ability
Jobs
Workforce
41
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Source 2002 State New Economy Index Progressive
Policy Institute
http//www.neweconomyindex.org/states/2002/kentuck
y.html
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2004 Top Ten States Competitiveness Of Existing
Businesses

• Competitiveness of Existing Businesses
• measuring the strength of a state's traded
  sector
• and whether businesses are being sustained
• Strength of Traded Sector
• Business Closings
• Manufacturing Investment and
• Industrial Diversity.

Source CFED 2004 Development Report Card for the
United States, http//www.cfed.org/home.m
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Per Capita Personal Income
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Average Annual Wage Salary
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Exports Per Capita 2003Kentucky and Kentuckys
Competitor States
MISSISSIPPI
2,558,258,802
2,881,281
888
47
VIRGINIA
10,852,980,547
7,386,330
1,469
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Source Derived form data provided by the United
States Bureau of Economic Analysis (2003
Population) and the "Origin of
Movement Series," 2003, Massachusetts Institute
of Social and Economic Research, University of
Massachusetts.
Note 50 States plus the District of Columbia.
Note 1 is the highest or best condition.
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Gross Property, Plant, Equipment Investments
(Non Bank)
2002 Foreign Direct Investment
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Direct Foreign Investment EmploymentJobs Per
Thousands in Population
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Total Gross State ProductCurrent Dollars in
Millions
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Motor Vehicle Gross State Product (Top States)
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