Congressional District report NC 11

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Economic and Demographic Characteristics of
North Carolina’s Eleventh Congressional District
March, 2006
North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District is currently represented by Charles Taylor, who has offices in
Asheville, NC 28801
Hendersonville, NC 28791
Murphy, NC 28906
Waynesville, NC 28786
Sylva, NC 28779
Franklin, NC 28734
Spindale, NC 28160
County populations in district according to Census 2000:
COUNTY
Buncombe
County
Cherokee
County
Clay County
Graham
County
Haywood
County
Henderson
County
Jackson
County
McDowell
County
Macon
County
Madison
County
Polk County
Rutherford
County
(part)
Swain
County
Transylvania
County
Yancey
County
Total
county
pop
%
county
in
district
% pop of
CD in
county
206,330
206,330
100.00%
33.32%
24,298
8,775
24,298
8,775
100.00%
100.00%
3.92%
1.42%
7,993
7,993
100.00%
1.29%
54,033
54,033
100.00%
8.73%
89,173
89,173
100.00%
14.40%
33,121
33,121
100.00%
5.35%
42,151
42,151
100.00%
6.81%
29,811
29,811
100.00%
4.81%
19,635
18,324
19,635
18,324
100.00%
100.00%
3.17%
2.96%
25,457
62,899
40.47%
4.11%
12,968
12,968
100.00%
2.09%
29,334
29,334
100.00%
4.74%
17,774
619,177
17,774
100.00%
2.87%
100.00%
pop
in
district
Employment:
All Employees
US
NC
NC 11
All emp 04
129278176
3777872
250301
All emp 00
129877063
3862782
252296
Manufacturing Employees
US
NC
NC11
Mfg emp 04
14257380
579908
38301
total change
2000 2000-2004
2004 dollars
Mfg emp 00
18420144
783479
51742
Retail Trade Employees
2004 2000
Av Week
Wage
757
745
669
655
549
553
2004
Avg Annual
Pay
39354
38749
34791
34081
28545
28759
All
emp
-0.5%
-2.2%
-0.8%
2004 dollars
2004
Av Week
Wage
920
802
691
2000
2004
945
781
681
Avg Annual
47861
41727
35920
2004 dollars
2000
Pay
49118
40592
35407
Wk
Wage
1.6%
2.1%
-0.7%
avg yrly chg
2000-2004
All
emp
-0.1%
-0.6%
-0.2%
Wk
Wage
0.4%
0.5%
-0.2%
total change
2000-2004
avg yrly chg
2000-2004
Mfg
emp
-22.6%
-26.0%
-26.0%
Mfg
emp
-6.2%
-7.2%
-7.2%
Wk
Wage
-2.6%
2.8%
1.5%
Wk
Wage
-0.6%
0.7%
0.4%
US
NC
NC11
retail emp
04
15060686
436156
32657
retail emp
00
23298757
694209
51295
2004
2000
Av Week
Wage
470
389
432
368
407
336
2004
Avg Annual
24415
22474
21142
total change
2000 2000-2004
Pay
20217
19129
17468
retail
emp
-35.4%
-37.2%
-36.3%
Wk
Wage
20.8%
17.5%
21.0%
Child-poverty
rates, 2000, 2003
(percent)
United States
North Carolina
All ages
2000 2003
11.3
12.5
11.7
13.4
Age 0-4
2000 2003
18.7
20.3
18.9
23.7
Age 5-17
2000 2003
14.6
16.1
14.8
16.7
Age 0-17
2000 2003
16.2
17.6
16.5
19.1
Poverty rates, 19992000, 2003-2004
(percent)
United States
North Carolina
1999-2000
11.6
13.1
2003-2004
12.6
15.1
Hourly wage distribution, 1998-2000 and 2003-2005
(Wage percentiles in constant $2005)
1998-2000
10th
50th
90th
US
7.156666667
13.81333333 30.25
NC
7.18
12.89 27.26
Percentage of workers 18-64 with health insurance
period
period
1998-2000
2002-2004.
US
55.7%
53.8%
NC
58.9%
54.3%
Percentage of workers 18-64 covered by pension
period
period
1998-2000
2002-2004.
US
48.5%
46.0%
NC
49.5%
43.5%
2003-2005
10th
50th
7.293333333 14.42666667
7.43
13.07
90th
31.64333333
28.67
avg yrly chg
2000-2004
retail
emp
-10.3%
-11.0%
-10.7%
Wk
Wage
4.8%
4.1%
4.9%
Bankruptcy filing rate per 1000
2000
2004
Change
20002004
2.25
3.12
38.7%
NC
3.3
4.23
28.2%
US
4.32
5.32
23.1%
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OASDI beneficiaries with benefits in current-payment status and avg. monthly benefits, December 2004
Average monthly benefits
(dollars)
Number of beneficiaries
All
beneficiaries
Retired
workers
Number of
beneficiaries
aged 65 or
older
Widow(er)s
Retired
workers a
Disabled
workers
Widow(er)s
Total
b
Spouses c
Children d
47,687,693
29,952,474
6,198,271
4,828,972
2,721,657
3,986,319
872
955
897
33,696,001
1,468,728
912,634
237,925
131,280
58,287
128,602
853
934
828
977,811
156,349
101,211
22,279
14,505
8,297
10,057
851
921
841
110,307
b
All
areas
e
NC
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Recipients of federally administered SSI payments and avg. monthly benefits, December 2004
Average monthly benefits
(dollars)
Number of recipients
Number of recipients
Total
Aged
Blind
Disabled
Total
Aged
Blind
Disabled
With
OASDI a
Aged 65
or older
6,987,845
1,211,167
75,924
5,700,754
461
352
473
484
2,441,374
1,977,610
195,805
26,566
1,886
167,353
399
190
378
432
82,310
49,958
15,343
2,472
148
12,723
384
183
385
423
7,211
4,561
All areas
b
North
Carolina
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Elderly and estimated dependence on Social Security
Census 2000
Total
NC11
619,177
50-64
113,916
% 50-64
18.4%
65 and
over
110,142
% 65 &
over
17.8%
(over 65)
(over 65)
SS more than
SS more
than
50% of
income
71,592
% of tot
pop
90% of
income
12%
Educational Attainment:
Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed High School:
US Census 2000: 80.4
North Carolina Census 2000: 78.1
NC 11: 78.5
Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree:
US Census 2000: 24.4
North Carolina Census 2000: 22
NC 11: 20.5
36,347
% of tot
pop
6%
NAEP Reading Grade 4 2005
US
North Carolina
Basic & above
63%
62%
NAEP Reading Grade 8 2005
US
North Carolina
Basic & above
71%
69%
NAEP Mathematics Grade 4 2005
US
North Carolina
Basic & above
79%
83%
NAEP Mathematics Grade 8 2005
US
North Carolina
Basic & above
68%
72%
Elementary & Secondary
Education Finance 2002-3
Fed.Rev.- Subtotal
Total Expenditures for Elem &
2ndary Ed
Fed Rev as % of Total
Expenditure
Total Students (Fall 2003)
Fed Rev per student
Total Expenditure per student
Proficient &
above
30%
30%
Proficient &
above
29%
27%
Proficient &
above
35%
40%
Proficient &
above
29%
32%
US avg
North Carolina
$
735,606,062
$
899,044,831
$ 8,690,171,765
$
9,823,412,206
$
$
8.5%
9.2%
951,778
773
9,130
1,360,209
661
7,222
$
$
Trends in College Cost and Aid (College Board)
change
constant 2004 dollars
94-5 to 99-0
1994-95
Public 4yr tuition/fee
Public 4yr tuition/fee/room/bd
$3,407
1999-00
99-0 to 04-5
94-5 to 04-5
2004-05
$3,766
$5,132
10.5%
36.3%
50.6%
$8,338
$9,051
$11,354
8.6%
25.4%
36.2%
Private 4yr tuition/fee
$14,761
$17,384
$20,082
17.8%
15.5%
36.0%
Private 4yr tuition/fee/rm/bd
$20,780
$24,057
$27,516
15.8%
14.4%
32.4%
$2,965
$3,721
$4,479
25.5%
20.4%
51.1%
Grant Aid per FTE
Loans per FTE
$3,204
$3,856
$4,916
20.3%
27.5%
53.4%
Avg aid per FTE
$6,261
$8,167
$10,119
30.4%
23.9%
61.6%
Grant Aid per FTE/ public t/f/r/b
36%
41%
39%
15.6%
-4.0%
10.9%
Grant aid per FTE/ private t/f/r/b
14%
15%
16%
8.4%
5.2%
14.1%
Avg Aid per FTE/ public t/f/r/b
75%
90%
89%
20.2%
-1.2%
18.7%
Avg aid per FTE/ private t/f/r/b
30%
34%
37%
12.7%
8.3%
22.1%
99–00
04–05
10 yr $
10 yr %
Tuition/fees by Coll. Board
region
94–95
National
4-yr public
4-yr private
South
4-yr public
4-yr private
$3,407
$14,761
$3,766
$17,384
change
change
$5,132
$1,725
51%
$20,082
$5,321
36%
$2,843
$12,724
$3,063
$14,773
$4,143
$17,317
$1,300
$4,593
46%
36%
2005 Federal aid per undergrad
North Carolina
380,293,285
Fed Postsecondary Education
Programs
Total Fall Enrollment - Undergraduate
Fed aid per undergrad
417,786
910
$
Corporate Taxes 2001-3
Change in pre-tax corporate profits, 2001-3
Change in corporate tax payments, 2001-3
Nominal corporate tax rate, 2001-3
Average effective corporate tax rate, 2001*
Average effective corporate tax rate, 2002-3
Average effective corporate tax rate, 2001-3
+26%
-21%
35%
21.4%
17.2%
18.4%
Effective Corporate Tax Rates for 275 Corporations by Industry, 2001–03
($-millions)
Industry & Company
Aerospace & defense
Transportation
Industrial and farm equipment
Telecommunications
Three-Year Totals
Profit
Tax
2003
Rate
Profit
$17,684
$285
1.6%
$4,448
14,309
619
4.3%
4,612
2001
Tax
Rate
$–1,337
–30.0%
78
Profit
1.7%
Tax
Rate
$6,754
$893
13.20%
4,551
372
8.20%
6,489
406
6.2%
2,007
78
3.9%
2,488
351
14.10%
73,203
5,465
7.5%
22,531
507
2.3%
26,424
5,718
21.60%
Electronics, electrical equipment
47,023
5,095
10.8%
13,958
1,773
12.7%
17,002
2,922
17.2%
Petroleum & pipelines
42,530
5,652
13.3%
19,613
2,603
13.3%
15,065
2,609
17.3%
Miscellaneous services
61,378
8,855
14.4%
23,950
2,702
11.3%
16,861
3,111
18.4%
Utilities, gas and electric
Computers, office equip, software,
data
53,794
7,767
14.4%
18,229
354
1.9%
18,211
5,191
28.5%
74,904
11,949
16.0%
29,927
4,987
16.7%
22,838
3,127
13.7%
7,814
1,362
17.4%
2,986
305
10.2%
2,180
463
21.2%
285,589
56,222
19.7%
117,802
22,486
19.1%
79,456
16,262
20.5%
19.9%
Metals & metal products
Financial
Chemicals
5,424
1,129
20.8%
1,780
402
22.6%
1,763
351
Pharmaceuticals & medical products
71,010
15,339
21.6%
25,977
5,561
21.4%
20,819
4,437
21.3%
Miscellaneous manufacturing
27,319
6,043
22.1%
10,068
2,345
23.3%
8,053
2,026
25.2%
Health care
25,432
5,674
22.3%
11,468
2,614
22.8%
6,022
1,213
20.1%
Publishing, printing
11,103
2,551
23.0%
4,488
1,088
24.2%
2,742
656
23.9%
25.2%
Motor vehicles and parts
6,097
1,418
23.3%
2,287
456
19.9%
1,630
411
Food & beverages & tobacco
74,024
17,589
23.8%
23,916
5,786
24.2%
23,166
5,829
25.2%
Household & personal products
19,354
4,688
24.2%
7,485
2,085
27.9%
5,241
1,327
25.3%
132,558
36,692
27.7%
51,741
13,877
26.8%
36,597
10,598
29.0%
$1,057,038
$194,799
18.4%
$399,274
$68,749
17.2%
$317,861
$67,866
21.4%
Retail & wholesale trade
ALL INDUSTRIES
* (all "effective tax rates" above are from CTJ/ITEP survey of 275 profitable Fortune 500 corporations, see reference in sources, below)
Top 25 Corporate Tax Break Recipients, 2001-03 ($-mill.)
Pretax
Tax
Profits
Breaks
Rank Company
1
General Electric
$36,809
9,481
SBC
Communications
2
30,321
9,032
3
Citigroup
42,968
4,626
4
IBM
13,935
4,617
5
Microsoft
29,455
4,599
6
AT&T
13,453
4,572
7
ExxonMobil
21,388
4,268
8
Verizon
12,264
4,234
9
JPMorgan Chase
10,885
3,929
10
Pfizer
14,517
3,889
11
Altria (Philip Morris)
29,192
3,341
12
Wachovia
12,846
3,259
13
Boeing
5,688
3,058
14
Bank of America
38,574
2,959
15
Time Warner
6,229
2,637
16
Wells Fargo
23,885
2,459
17
ConocoPhillips
7,906
1,985
18
Intel
9,895
1,972
19
Merrill Lynch
8,893
1,966
20
Prudential Financial
2,264
1,838
21
Viacom
9,523
1,812
22
United Technologies
5,155
1,750
23
BellSouth
12,663
1,632
24
Allstate
6,396
1,631
25
American Express
7,282
1,541
$
Total these 25
$412,387 87,089
$
All 275 companies
$1,057,038 175,164
Breaks cut taxes
by
–74%
–85%
–31%
–95%
–45%
–97%
–57%
–99%
–103%
–77%
–33%
–72%
–154%
–22%
–121%
–29%
–72%
–57%
–63%
–232%
–54%
–97%
–37%
–73%
–60%
–60%
–47%
US deaths and est. wounded in Iraq for North Carolina as of 2/28/06
Deaths as of
2/28/06
US
# of total
wounded (est.
for state)
share of
deaths
2296
100
51
2.2%
North Carolina
# of badly
wounded *
(est. for state)
16824
7777
374
173
(as of 2/13/06)
(as of 2/13/06)
*badly wounded = did not return to duty in 72 hours
Iraq deaths by CD, as of 1/20/06
Total
NC11
City
2
Name
Rank
Date
Hendersonville
Kinzer Jr., William S.
26-Jan-05
Nebo
Whitener, Joey D.
Sergeant
Private 1st
Class
15-Nov-03
Financial Cost of Iraq War
US mil to date
Cong approp to date
CBO 10 year projection
Stiglitz low end (10yr)
Stiglitz high (10yr)
Cost of War by Area
Total
$173,000,000,000
$251,000,000,000
$481,000,000,000
$1,000,000,000,000
$2,000,000,000,000
Per U.S. person
$
583.65
$
846.80
$ 1,622.75
$ 3,373.70
$ 6,747.40
Share of war costs, dollars
Area
Population,
Census
2000
% of
US
US mil to date
Cong approp to date
North
Carolina
8,049,313
2.86
4,948,197,419
7,179,176,603
13,757,704,963
28,602,297,221
57,204,594,443
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619,177
0.22
380,630,003
552,243,531
1,058,283,419
2,200,173,429
4,400,346,859
Campaign Finance:
2006 RACE: NORTH CAROLINA DISTRICT 11
Candidates:
Charles H. Taylor (R) *
Heath Shuler (D)
Sector Total
Charles H. Taylor (R)*
Agribusiness
$54,636
Communic/Electronics
$12,500
Construction
$26,950
Defense
$1,500
Energy/Nat Resource
$25,900
Finance/Insur/RealEst
$15,450
Health
$17,700
Lawyers & Lobbyists
$35,890
Transportation
$5,000
Misc Business
$75,975
Labor
$3,000
Ideology/Single-Issue
$7,500
Other
$28,695
CBO 10 yr
Stiglitz low 10 yr
Stiglitz high 10 yr
Heath Shuler (D)
Agribusiness
$1,500
Construction
$31,150
$28,650
Health
$300
Lawyers & Lobbyists
$700
Transportation
$1,000
Misc Business
$4,350
Labor
$7,500
$33,600
Other
$21,100
Top Industries
Casinos/Gambling
$44,035
Retired
$25,545
Lobbyists
$25,290
Forestry & Forest Products
$18,436
Misc Energy
$12,200
Agricultural Services/Products
$11,200
Lawyers/Law Firms
$10,600
Crop Production & Basic Processing
$10,500
Health Professionals
$9,950
General Contractors
$9,750
Misc Business
$9,390
Telephone Utilities
$9,000
Construction Services
$7,500
Real Estate
$7,450
Electric Utilities
$6,750
Building Materials & Equipment
$6,000
Commercial Banks
$5,450
Food & Beverage
$5,000
Livestock
$5,000
Tobacco
$4,000
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing
$4,000
Heath Shuler (D)
General Contractors
$26,100
Candidate Committees
$16,500
Leadership PACs
$14,000
Retired
$13,150
Real Estate
$10,100
Insurance
$8,900
Education
$6,950
Accountants
$5,200
Building Trade Unions
$5,000
Commercial Banks
$3,450
Democratic/Liberal
$3,100
Transportation Unions
$2,500
Construction Services
$2,300
Special Trade Contractors
$2,000
Lodging/Tourism
$2,000
Misc Business
$1,850
Agricultural Services/Products
$1,000
Misc Finance
$1,000
Automotive
$1,000
Civil Servants/Public Officials
$1,000
Top Contributors
FuelCell Energy
$10,000
Livingston Group
$7,500
American Defense International
$5,000
National Restaurant Assn
$5,000
Progress Energy
$4,750
BellSouth Corp
$4,000
Genesis Construction
$4,000
National Cattlemen's Beef Assn
$4,000
Reynolds American
$4,000
Ferguson Group
$3,500
American Maritime Officers
$3,000
Citizens Telephone
$3,000
CropLife America
$3,000
National Rifle Assn
$3,000
American Forest Resources Council
$2,500
Help America's Leaders
$2,500
North Carolina Farm Bureau
$2,500
Bank of America
$2,250
Barbour, Griffith & Rogers
$2,250
Alex Lee Inc
$2,000
American Dental Assn
$2,000
American Hospital Assn
$2,000
Blue Ridge X-Ray
$2,000
Brisco Inc
$2,000
Caterpillar Inc
$2,000
CH2M Hill
$2,000
Country Curtains
$2,000
Coward & Coward
$2,000
Drjohnson Co
$2,000
Freres Lumber Co
$2,000
General Electric
$2,000
Georgia-Pacific Corp
$2,000
Hardwood Federation
$2,000
Lone Timber Co
$2,000
Milliken & Co
$2,000
Mountain Air Country Club
$2,000
Murray, Montgomery & Odonnell
$2,000
National Mining Assn
$2,000
National Rural Water Assn
$2,000
Parton Lumber Co
$2,000
Seneca Jones Timber
$2,000
Superior Lumber
$2,000
Weyerhaeuser Co
$2,000
Heath Shuler (D)
Phillips & Jordan
$15,300
AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America
$10,000
Rivercrest Llc
$9,900
Collins & Shuler Management
$6,700
Avisco Inc
$6,200
University of Tennessee
$5,950
Don Hill Enterprises
$5,200
Ironworkers Union
$5,000
Pentecost, Glenn & Rudd
$4,700
Barbra C Simpson CPA
$4,200
Medical Supplies Co
$4,200
Total Works
$4,200
Horne Properties Inc
$4,100
Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte
$3,100
Crowley for Congress
$3,000
New Millennium PAC
$3,000
United Transportation Union
$2,500
Court of Criminal Appeals Tn
$2,100
Blalock & Sons Construction
$2,000
Buncombe County, Nc
$2,000
Chamberlain Drywall
$2,000
Cheoah
$2,000
Citizens National Bank
$2,000
Mike Ross for Congress Cmte
$2,000
Mike Thompson for Congress
$2,000
Quantum Environmental & Engineering
$2,000
Rangel for Congress 2000
$2,000
Southland Realty
$2,000
Sector Total
Agribusiness
$67,019
$47,744
Construction
$38,280
Defense
$13,000
Energy/Nat Resource
$57,731
$100,120
Health
$43,960
Lawyers & Lobbyists
$60,124
Transportation
$8,200
Misc Business
$150,833
Labor
$4,000
$58,324
Other
$93,212
Top Industries
Retired
$71,707
Casinos/Gambling
$50,183
Leadership PACs
$41,100
Real Estate
$40,870
Misc Business
$39,775
$32,510
Lawyers/Law Firms
$31,835
Electric Utilities
$29,031
Lobbyists
$28,289
Telephone Utilities
$22,950
$20,344
Oil & Gas
$20,000
$19,450
Commercial Banks
$18,050
Misc Finance
$16,925
Crop Production & Basic Processing
$15,675
Insurance
$15,600
$12,255
Beer, Wine & Liquor
$12,000
General Contractors
$11,730
Top Contributors
Citizens Telephone Co
$12,450
National Assn of Realtors
$11,000
Help America's Leaders
$10,000
Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors
$10,000
Progress Energy
$9,250
National Indian Gaming Assn
$8,983
General Electric
$8,250
Greenberg, Traurig et al
$8,000
Reynolds American
$8,000
BellSouth Corp
$7,500
National Beer Wholesalers Assn
$7,000
Duke Energy
$6,000
Exxon Mobil
$6,000
National Assn of Home Builders
$6,000
Hardin Manufacturing
$5,500
Holland & Knight
$5,250
State of North Carolina
$5,025
Alex Lee Inc
$5,000
American Crystal Sugar
$5,000
American Medical Assn
$5,000
BB&T Corp
$5,000
Cmte for the Preservation of Capitalism
$5,000
Congressional Majority Cmte
$5,000
Every Republican is Crucial PAC
$5,000
Keep Our Majority PAC
$5,000
Leadership PAC 2004
$5,000
Livingston Group
$5,000
National Cable & Telecommunications Assn
$5,000
Sector Total
Agribusiness
$41,150
$30,640
Construction
$26,425
Defense
$4,500
Energy/Nat Resource
$16,850
$57,040
Health
$35,350
Lawyers & Lobbyists
$31,821
Transportation
$11,700
Misc Business
$66,267
Labor
$2,000
$13,582
Other
$62,715
Top Industries
Retired
$48,825
Real Estate
$24,690
Lawyers/Law Firms
$24,364
$22,050
Telephone Utilities
$18,250
Casinos/Gambling
$17,000
$14,750
$12,400
Commercial Banks
$10,625
Insurance
$9,060
Misc Business
$8,350
Beer, Wine & Liquor
$8,000
Dairy
$7,750
Electric Utilities
$7,500
Lobbyists
$7,457
$7,190
Leadership PACs
$7,100
$7,100
Misc Finance
$6,940
Automotive
$6,675
Top Contributors
Harrah's Entertainment
$10,000
$10,000
BellSouth Corp
$8,750
$8,000
Hardin Manufacturing
$7,200
$6,750
Americans for a Republican Majority
$5,000
GlaxoSmithKline
$5,000
National Hardwood Lumber Assn
$5,000
Progress Energy
$5,000
North Carolina Republican Executive Cmte
$4,498
RJ Reynolds Tobacco
$4,000
Cleaveland Realty
$3,750
Natl Assn Insurance & Financial Advisors
$3,600
National Auto Dealers Assn
$3,500
Farm Credit Council
$3,250
Biltmore Dairy Farms
$3,000
Dairy Farmers of America
$3,000
Livingston Group
$3,000
$3,000
Sector Total
Agribusiness
$53,550
$23,750
Construction
$27,200
Defense
Energy/Nat Resource
$4,000
$26,000
$54,245
Health
$41,368
Lawyers & Lobbyists
$17,700
Transportation
$22,000
Misc Business
$71,850
Labor
$2,250
$43,679
Other
$62,174
Top Industries
Retired
$52,074
$30,425
$30,280
Real Estate
$20,800
Telephone Utilities
$15,750
Leadership PACs
$14,079
$14,050
Lawyers/Law Firms
$13,950
Commercial Banks
$13,000
Electric Utilities
$12,500
Misc Business
$11,275
Republican/Conservative
$10,700
Oil & Gas
$10,500
Gun Rights
$10,450
Insurance
$10,225
$8,600
Tobacco
$8,500
Railroads
$8,500
Education
$7,700
Pharmaceuticals/Health Products
$7,338
Top Contributors
National Rifle Assn
$8,450
$7,000
Progress Energy
$7,000
Trinity Industries
$6,500
$6,250
$6,000
BASF Corp
$5,500
Branch Banking & Trust Co
$5,000
Exxon Mobil Corp
$5,000
Majority Leader's Fund
$5,000
$5,000
National Fedn of Independent Business
$5,000
Natl Assn Insurance & Financial Advisors
$5,000
United Seniors PAC
$5,000
Willamette Industries
$5,000
Glaxo Wellcome Inc
$4,838
BellSouth Corp
$4,500
Philip Morris
$4,500
Verizon Communications
$4,500
Banco Inc
$4,050
2004 District Results
Charles Taylor (R): 54.9%
Patsy Keever (D): 45.1%
2002 District Results
Charles Taylor (R): 56%
Sam Neill (D): 43%
The data for this report were prepared by John Schmitt and Robert Naiman with the assistance of Dean Baker.
Sources:
For Reading and Math scores: “The Nation’s Report Card: Reading 2005,” National Assessment of Educational
Progress, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2005/2006451.pdf and
“The Nation’s Report Card: Mathematics 2005,” National Assessment of Educational Progress,
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2005/2006453.pdf.
(See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)
For Elementary & Secondary Education Finance and number of students: State Education Data Profiles,
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, nces.ed.gov, from "National Public
Education Financial Survey," 2002-3 and 2003-4.
For higher education costs and student aid: “Trends in College Pricing: 2004,” College Board,
http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/press/cost04/041264TrendsPricing2004_FINAL.pdf and
“Trends in Student Aid: 2005,” College Board,
http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/press/cost05/trends_aid_05.pdf
For federal spending on higher education:
Fiscal Year 2001-2007 State Tables for the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Education,
http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/index.html
For Undergraduate Enrollment:
For Elementary & Secondary Education Finance and number of students: State Education Data Profiles,
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, nces.ed.gov, from Integrated
Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2004-5, http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/.
For Child Poverty by State: US Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates,
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/tables.html, accessed, February 21, 2006.
(See Excel spreadsheet: state_child_poverty)
For Poverty rates: Data for 1999-2000 from: US Census Bureau, Poverty in the United States: 2001, Report
P60-219, Table 4, p. 10, September 2002. Data for 2003- 2004: from US Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and
Health Insurance in the United States: 2004, Table 10, p. 25, August 2005.
(See Excel spreadsheet: state_poverty_rates)
For Health and Pension Coverage: CEPR analysis of March CPS data, 1980-2005.
(See Excel spreadsheet: districts_health_pensions)
For Wage Distribution: Analysis of CEPR extracts of the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group.
(See Excel spreadsheet: state_wage_dist)
For Campaign Finance: “Congressional Races,” Center for Responsive Politics, http://opensecrets.org.
Cost of Iraq War: For deaths by state and national wounded: “Iraq Coalition Casualty Count”
http://icasualties.org/oif/, “Honor the Fallen,” http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html (US military
press), and CEPR corrections based on press reports. (There is a map of deaths by hometown through October
26 at http://www.militarycity.com/2000casualties/kia_map.php.) Wounded by state estimated by assigning to
each state the same proportion of wounded as their proportion of deaths. Deaths assigned to Congressional
District if a substantial part of soldier’s hometown is in the Congressional District. Split cities are marked with
an asterisk in the list of deaths.
For Congressional appropriations, “The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security Since 9/11,”
Amy Belasco, Congressional Research Service, October 7, 2005. (The National Priorities Project has a website
where one can calculate the cost of war by state using the CRS $251 billion figure for Congressional
appropriations; one can compare the cost in terms of forgone expenditures, like children’s health care.
http://costofwar.com). For Stiglitz estimates: “The Economic Costs of the Iraq War,” Linda Bilmes and Joseph
Stiglitz, January 2006, http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz/Cost_of_War_in_Iraq.pdf. They try to
estimate other costs besides direct appropriations, such as the cost of long-term health care for disabled
veterans. For state population numbers: U.S. Census, http://fastfacts.census.gov.
(See Excel spreadsheet: cost_of_Iraq_war)
For Corporate Taxes: “Corporate Income Taxes in the Bush Years,” Robert S. McIntyre, Citizens for Tax
Justice, T.D. Coo Nguyen, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, September 2004,
http://www.ctj.org/corpfed04an.pdf.
(See Excel spreadsheet: corporate_taxes)
For Social Security Beneficiaries: Congressional Statistics, December 2004 (released June 2005), Social
Security Online, Office of Policy Data, Social Security Administration,
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/factsheets/cong_stats/. Average monthly benefits calculated by dividing total
monthly benefits by number of recipients in each category. For elderly population: “Fast Facts for Congress,”
Census 2000, http://fastfacts.census.gov. For estimates of elderly population dependent on Social Security for a
particular share of income: CEPR estimate using proportions for national population.
(See Excel spreadsheet: social_security)
For Bankruptcy Filing Rates by County and State: “Regional Economic Conditions (RECON),” FDIC,
http://www2.fdic.gov/recon/. CD estimates for filing rates constructed by weighted average of county filing
rates.For absolute number of bankruptcies by state, see: Annual Business and Non-business Filings by State
(2000-2004), American Bankruptcy Institute
http://www.abiworld.org/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm?ContentID=17661
(See Excel spreadsheet: bankruptcy)
For Employment and Wages: CEPR calculatations from Bureau of Labor Statistics Data, Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages, www.bls.gov. CD estimtes are constructed from county data by weighting by
population.

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