Key Economic
and Social Indicators
for New York State
The Ten Largest States:
How Does New York Stack Up?
- Growth in private-sector employment, 1999-2000
- Change in manufacturing employment, 1999-2000
- Average annual pay, regions of New York, 1999
- Estimated state and local taxes per capita, 2000
- Property taxes per capita, 1997
The economy
1. Growth in private-sector employment, Sept. 1999-Sept. 2000
2. Change in manufacturing employment, Sept. 1999- Sept. 2000
4. Population change, 1990-2000
5. Net migration among states, 1990-99
6. Personal income per capita, 1999
8. Major new corporate facilities, 1999
10. Total value of product exports, 1999
11. Assets of commercial banks, 2000
13. Percent of households with computers, 2000
14. Energy consumption (BTUs) per capita, 1997
15. Science & engineering graduates per million residents, 1998
16. Expenditures for university research & development, 1998
17. Manufacturing capital investment, 1997-98
Taxes and spending
18. State and local taxes per capita, 2000
19. State and local taxes per $1,000 income, 1997
20. State-only taxes per capita, 1999
21. State personal income taxes per capita, 1999
22. State corporate income taxes per capita, 1999
23. State sales/gross receipts taxes on utilities, 1999
24. Property taxes per capita, 1997
25. State and local spending per capita, 1997
26. State and local government jobs per 10,000 residents, 1999
27. Average annual pay, state/local employees, 1999
28. State and local debt per capita, 1997
29. Interest payments on state and local debt, 1997
30. Federal taxes per capita, 2000
31. State/local government spending on health/hospitals, 1997
32. State/local government spending on public safety, 1997
The cost of creating jobs
33. Relative cost of doing business, 1998
34. Average industrial user cost for electricity, 1999
35. Average commercial user cost for electricity, 1999
36. Average natural gas price, 1997
37. Workers' compensation comparative costs, 2000
38. Average cost of permanent partial workers' compensation case, 1996-97
39. "Tort tax" per capita, 1996
40. Average premium for personal auto insurance, 1998
Health, education, welfare
41. Percent of population without health insurance, 1999
42. Medicaid cost per person served, 1998
43. Infant mortality rate, 1998
44. State & local welfare spending per capita, 1997
45. Public school costs per pupil, 1999
46. Pupil-teacher ratio in public schools, 1999
47. Average salary of public school teachers, 1998-99
48. Public school graduation rate, 1999
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