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

pop in district

county pop

% county in district

% pop ofCD in county

Buncombe County 206,330 206,330 100.00% 33.32% Cherokee County 24,298 24,298 100.00% 3.92% Clay County 8,775 8,775 100.00% 1.42% Graham County 7,993 7,993 100.00% 1.29% Haywood County 54,033 54,033 100.00% 8.73% Henderson County 89,173 89,173 100.00% 14.40% Jackson County 33,121 33,121 100.00% 5.35% McDowell County 42,151 42,151 100.00% 6.81% Macon County 29,811 29,811 100.00% 4.81% Madison County 19,635 19,635 100.00% 3.17% Polk County 18,324 18,324 100.00% 2.96% Rutherford County (part) 25,457 62,899 40.47% 4.11% Swain County 12,968 12,968 100.00% 2.09% Transylvania County 29,334 29,334 100.00% 4.74% Yancey County 17,774 17,774 100.00% 2.87% Total 619,177 100.00%

Employment: All Employees 2004 dollars 2004 2000 2004 2000

total change 2000-2004

avg yrly chg 2000-2004

All emp 04 All emp 00 Av Week Wage

Avg Annual Pay

All emp

Wk Wage

All emp

Wk Wage

US 129278176 129877063 757 745 39354 38749 -0.5% 1.6% -0.1% 0.4%NC 3777872 3862782 669 655 34791 34081 -2.2% 2.1% -0.6% 0.5%NC 11 250301 252296 549 553 28545 28759 -0.8% -0.7% -0.2% -0.2%

Manufacturing Employees 2004 dollars 2004 2000 2004 2000

total change 2000-2004

avg yrly chg 2000-2004

Mfg emp 04 Mfg emp 00 Av Week Wage Avg Annual Pay

Mfg emp

Wk Wage

Mfg emp

Wk Wage

US 14257380 18420144 920 945 47861 49118 -22.6% -2.6% -6.2% -0.6%NC 579908 783479 802 781 41727 40592 -26.0% 2.8% -7.2% 0.7%NC11 38301 51742 691 681 35920 35407 -26.0% 1.5% -7.2% 0.4%

Retail Trade Employees 2004 dollars

2004 2000 2004 2000total change 2000-2004

avg yrly chg 2000-2004

retail emp 04

retail emp 00

Av Week Wage Avg Annual Pay

retail emp

Wk Wage

retail emp

Wk Wage

US 15060686 23298757 470 389 24415 20217 -35.4% 20.8% -10.3% 4.8%NC 436156 694209 432 368 22474 19129 -37.2% 17.5% -11.0% 4.1%NC11 32657 51295 407 336 21142 17468 -36.3% 21.0% -10.7% 4.9%

Child-poverty rates, 2000, 2003 (percent) All ages Age 0-4 Age 5-17 Age 0-17 2000 2003 2000 2003 2000 2003 2000 2003 United States 11.3 12.5 18.7 20.3 14.6 16.1 16.2 17.6 North Carolina 11.7 13.4 18.9 23.7 14.8 16.7 16.5 19.1

Poverty rates, 1999-2000, 2003-2004 (percent) 1999-2000 2003-2004 United States 11.6 12.6 North Carolina 13.1 15.1

Hourly wage distribution, 1998-2000 and 2003-2005 (Wage percentiles in constant $2005) 1998-2000 2003-2005 10th 50th 90th 10th 50th 90th US 7.156666667 13.81333333 30.25 7.293333333 14.42666667 31.64333333 NC 7.18 12.89 27.26 7.43 13.07 28.67

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%

Bankruptcy filing rate per 1000

2000 2004

Change 2000-2004

NC11 2.25 3.12 38.7%

NC 3.3 4.23 28.2%

US 4.32 5.32 23.1%

OASDI beneficiaries with benefits in current-payment status and avg. monthly benefits, December 2004

Number of beneficiaries Average monthly benefits

(dollars)

Total Retired

workers a Disabled workers

Widow(er)s b Spouses c Children d

Allbeneficiaries

Retired workers

Widow(er)s b

Number ofbeneficiaries

aged 65 or older

All areas e 47,687,693 29,952,474 6,198,271 4,828,972 2,721,657 3,986,319 872 955 897 33,696,001

NC 1,468,728 912,634 237,925 131,280 58,287 128,602 853 934 828 977,811

NC11 156,349 101,211 22,279 14,505 8,297 10,057 851 921 841 110,307

Recipients of federally administered SSI payments and avg. monthly benefits, December 2004

Number of recipients Average monthly benefits

(dollars) Number of recipients

Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With

OASDI a Aged 65 or older

All areas b 6,987,845 1,211,167 75,924 5,700,754 461 352 473 484 2,441,374 1,977,610 North Carolina 195,805 26,566 1,886 167,353 399 190 378 432 82,310 49,958

NC11 15,343 2,472 148 12,723 384 183 385 423 7,211 4,561

Elderly and estimated dependence on Social Security (over 65) (over 65)

Census 2000 SS more than SS more than

Total 50-64 % 50-64 65 and over

% 65 & over

50% of income

% of tot pop

90% of income

% of tot pop

NC11 619,177 113,916 18.4% 110,142 17.8% 71,592 12%

36,347 6% 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

NAEP Reading Grade 4 2005 Basic & above Proficient & above

US 63% 30% North Carolina 62% 30%

NAEP Reading Grade 8 2005 Basic & above Proficient & above

US 71% 29% North Carolina 69% 27%

NAEP Mathematics Grade 4 2005 Basic & above Proficient & above

US 79% 35% North Carolina 83% 40%

NAEP Mathematics Grade 8 2005 Basic & above Proficient & above

US 68% 29% North Carolina 72% 32%

Elementary & Secondary Education Finance 2002-3 US avg North Carolina Fed.Rev.- Subtotal $ 735,606,062 $ 899,044,831 Total Expenditures for Elem & 2ndary Ed

$ 8,690,171,765 $ 9,823,412,206

Fed Rev as % of Total Expenditure

8.5% 9.2%

Total Students (Fall 2003) 951,778 1,360,209 Fed Rev per student $ 773 $ 661 Total Expenditure per student $ 9,130 $ 7,222

Trends in College Cost and Aid (College Board) change

constant 2004 dollars 94-5 to 99-0 99-0 to 04-5 94-5 to 04-5

1994-95 1999-00 2004-05

Public 4yr tuition/fee $3,407 $3,766 $5,132 10.5% 36.3% 50.6%

Public 4yr tuition/fee/room/bd $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%

Grant Aid per FTE $2,965 $3,721 $4,479 25.5% 20.4% 51.1%

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% Tuition/fees by Coll. Board region 94–95 99–00 04–05 10 yr $ 10 yr %

National change change 4-yr public $3,407 $3,766 $5,132 $1,725 51%4-yr private $14,761 $17,384 $20,082 $5,321 36%South 4-yr public $2,843 $3,063 $4,143 $1,300 46%4-yr private $12,724 $14,773 $17,317 $4,593 36%

2005 Federal aid per undergrad

North Carolina Fed Postsecondary Education Programs

380,293,285

Total Fall Enrollment - Undergraduate 417,786 Fed aid per undergrad $ 910

Corporate Taxes 2001-3 Change in pre-tax corporate profits, 2001-3 +26%Change in corporate tax payments, 2001-3 -21%Nominal corporate tax rate, 2001-3 35%Average effective corporate tax rate, 2001* 21.4%Average effective corporate tax rate, 2002-3 17.2%Average effective corporate tax rate, 2001-3 18.4%

Effective Corporate Tax Rates for 275 Corporations by Industry, 2001–03

($-millions) Three-Year Totals 2003 2001 Industry & Company Profit Tax Rate Profit Tax Rate Profit Tax Rate Aerospace & defense $17,684 $285 1.6% $4,448 $–1,337 –30.0% $6,754 $893 13.20% Transportation 14,309 619 4.3% 4,612 78 1.7% 4,551 372 8.20% Industrial and farm equipment 6,489 406 6.2% 2,007 78 3.9% 2,488 351 14.10% Telecommunications 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 53,794 7,767 14.4% 18,229 354 1.9% 18,211 5,191 28.5% Computers, office equip, software, data 74,904 11,949 16.0% 29,927 4,987 16.7% 22,838 3,127 13.7% Metals & metal products 7,814 1,362 17.4% 2,986 305 10.2% 2,180 463 21.2% Financial 285,589 56,222 19.7% 117,802 22,486 19.1% 79,456 16,262 20.5% Chemicals 5,424 1,129 20.8% 1,780 402 22.6% 1,763 351 19.9% 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% Motor vehicles and parts 6,097 1,418 23.3% 2,287 456 19.9% 1,630 411 25.2% 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% Retail & wholesale trade 132,558 36,692 27.7% 51,741 13,877 26.8% 36,597 10,598 29.0% ALL INDUSTRIES $1,057,038 $194,799 18.4% $399,274 $68,749 17.2% $317,861 $67,866 21.4% * (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.)

Rank Company Pretax Profits

Tax Breaks

Breaks cut taxes by

1 General Electric $36,809 9,481 –74%

2 SBC Communications 30,321 9,032 –85%

3 Citigroup 42,968 4,626 –31% 4 IBM 13,935 4,617 –95% 5 Microsoft 29,455 4,599 –45% 6 AT&T 13,453 4,572 –97% 7 ExxonMobil 21,388 4,268 –57% 8 Verizon 12,264 4,234 –99% 9 JPMorgan Chase 10,885 3,929 –103%

10 Pfizer 14,517 3,889 –77% 11 Altria (Philip Morris) 29,192 3,341 –33% 12 Wachovia 12,846 3,259 –72% 13 Boeing 5,688 3,058 –154% 14 Bank of America 38,574 2,959 –22% 15 Time Warner 6,229 2,637 –121% 16 Wells Fargo 23,885 2,459 –29% 17 ConocoPhillips 7,906 1,985 –72% 18 Intel 9,895 1,972 –57% 19 Merrill Lynch 8,893 1,966 –63% 20 Prudential Financial 2,264 1,838 –232% 21 Viacom 9,523 1,812 –54% 22 United Technologies 5,155 1,750 –97% 23 BellSouth 12,663 1,632 –37% 24 Allstate 6,396 1,631 –73% 25 American Express 7,282 1,541 –60%

Total these 25 $412,387 $ 87,089 –60%

All 275 companies $1,057,038 $ 175,164 –47%

US deaths and est. wounded in Iraq for North Carolina as of 2/28/06

Deaths as of 2/28/06

share of deaths

# of total wounded (est. for state)

# of badly wounded * (est. for state)

US 2296 100 16824 7777

North Carolina 51 2.2% 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 City Name Rank Date

NC11 2 Hendersonville Kinzer Jr., William S. Sergeant 26-Jan-05

Nebo Whitener, Joey D. Private 1st Class 15-Nov-03

Financial Cost of Iraq War Total Per U.S. person US mil to date $173,000,000,000 $ 583.65 Cong approp to date $251,000,000,000 $ 846.80 CBO 10 year projection $481,000,000,000 $ 1,622.75 Stiglitz low end (10yr) $1,000,000,000,000 $ 3,373.70 Stiglitz high (10yr) $2,000,000,000,000 $ 6,747.40

Cost of War by Area Share of war costs, dollars

Area

Population, Census 2000

% of US US mil to date Cong approp to date CBO 10 yr Stiglitz low 10 yr Stiglitz high 10 yr

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

NC11 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

Heath Shuler (D) Agribusiness $1,500

Construction $31,150

Finance/Insur/RealEst $28,650

Health $300

Lawyers & Lobbyists $700

Transportation $1,000

Misc Business $4,350

Labor $7,500

Ideology/Single-Issue $33,600

Other $21,100

Top Industries Charles H. Taylor (R)* 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 Charles H. Taylor (R)* 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

2004 RACE: NORTH CAROLINA DISTRICT 11 Sector Total Charles H. Taylor (R)* Agribusiness $67,019

Communic/Electronics $47,744

Construction $38,280

Defense $13,000

Energy/Nat Resource $57,731

Finance/Insur/RealEst $100,120

Health $43,960

Lawyers & Lobbyists $60,124

Transportation $8,200

Misc Business $150,833

Labor $4,000

Ideology/Single-Issue $58,324

Other $93,212

2004 RACE: NORTH CAROLINA DISTRICT 11 Top Industries Charles H. Taylor (R)* Retired $71,707

Casinos/Gambling $50,183

Leadership PACs $41,100

Real Estate $40,870

Misc Business $39,775

Health Professionals $32,510

Lawyers/Law Firms $31,835

Electric Utilities $29,031

Lobbyists $28,289

Telephone Utilities $22,950

Forestry & Forest Products $20,344

Oil & Gas $20,000

Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $19,450

Commercial Banks $18,050

Misc Finance $16,925

Crop Production & Basic Processing $15,675

Insurance $15,600

Civil Servants/Public Officials $12,255

Beer, Wine & Liquor $12,000

General Contractors $11,730

Top Contributors Charles H. Taylor (R)* 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

2002 RACE: NORTH CAROLINA DISTRICT 11 Sector Total Charles H. Taylor (R)*

Agribusiness $41,150

Communic/Electronics $30,640

Construction $26,425

Defense $4,500

Energy/Nat Resource $16,850

Finance/Insur/RealEst $57,040

Health $35,350

Lawyers & Lobbyists $31,821

Transportation $11,700

Misc Business $66,267

Labor $2,000

Ideology/Single-Issue $13,582

Other $62,715

Top Industries Charles H. Taylor (R)* Retired $48,825

Real Estate $24,690

Lawyers/Law Firms $24,364

Health Professionals $22,050

Telephone Utilities $18,250

Casinos/Gambling $17,000

Forestry & Forest Products $14,750

Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $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

Civil Servants/Public Officials $7,190

Leadership PACs $7,100

Special Trade Contractors $7,100

Misc Finance $6,940

Automotive $6,675

Top Contributors Charles H. Taylor (R)* Harrah's Entertainment $10,000

National Assn of Realtors $10,000

BellSouth Corp $8,750

National Beer Wholesalers Assn $8,000

Hardin Manufacturing $7,200

Citizens Telephone Co $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

National Assn of Home Builders $3,000

2000 RACE: NORTH CAROLINA DISTRICT 11 Sector Total Charles H. Taylor (R)* Agribusiness $53,550

Communic/Electronics $23,750

Construction $27,200

Defense $4,000

Energy/Nat Resource $26,000

Finance/Insur/RealEst $54,245

Health $41,368

Lawyers & Lobbyists $17,700

Transportation $22,000

Misc Business $71,850

Labor $2,250

Ideology/Single-Issue $43,679

Other $62,174

Top Industries Charles H. Taylor (R)* Retired $52,074

Forestry & Forest Products $30,425

Health Professionals $30,280

Real Estate $20,800

Telephone Utilities $15,750

Leadership PACs $14,079

Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $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

Special Trade Contractors $8,600

Tobacco $8,500

Railroads $8,500

Education $7,700

Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $7,338

Top Contributors

Charles H. Taylor (R)* National Rifle Assn $8,450

National Assn of Realtors $7,000

Progress Energy $7,000

Trinity Industries $6,500

Citizens Telephone Co $6,250

National Assn of Home Builders $6,000

BASF Corp $5,500

Branch Banking & Trust Co $5,000

Exxon Mobil Corp $5,000

Majority Leader's Fund $5,000

National Beer Wholesalers Assn $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. (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state) 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 (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state) 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 (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state) 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/. (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state) 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.