Economic and Demographic Characteristics of Pennsylvania’s Tenth Congressional District
March, 2006
Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District is currently represented by Don Sherwood (R-Tunkhannock.) He was elected to his fourth term in November 2004. The 10th District includes the counties of Bradford, Montour, Northumberland, Pike, Union, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming, and also parts of Lackawanna, Luzerne and Lycoming counties. the parts of Lackawanna County consisting of the City of Carbondale and the Townships of Abington, Benton, Carbondale, Clifton, Covington, Elmhurst, Fell, Glenburn, Greenfield, Jefferson, La Plume, Madison, Newton, North Abington, Ransom, Roaring Brook, Scott, South Abington, Spring Brook, Thornhurst and West Abington and the Boroughs of Archbald, Clarks Green, Clarks Summit, Dalton, Dickson City Wards 1 (Divisions 2, 3 and 4), 2 and 3, Jermyn, Jessup Wards 1, 2 and 3 (Divisions 2 and 3), Mayfield, Moscow, Olyphant Ward 1 and Vandling. part of Luzerne County consisting of the Townships of Dallas, Exeter, Fairmount, Franklin, Kingston, Lake, Lehman and Ross and the Boroughs of Dallas, Forty Fort, Harveys Lake, Kingston, Swoyersville Wards 1 and 2, West Wyoming and Wyoming. part of Lycoming County consisting of the City of Williamsport and the Townships of Cascade, Cogan House, Eldred, Franklin, Gamble, Hepburn, Jackson, Jordan, Lewis, Loyalsock, Lycoming, McIntyre, McNett, Mill Creek, Moreland, Muncy, Muncy Creek, Penn, Plunketts Creek, Shrewsbury, Upper Fairfield and Wolf and the Boroughs of Hughesville, Muncy and Picture Rocks.
County populations in district according to Census 2000:
COUNTY
pop in district
county pop
% county in district
% pop ofCD in county
Bradford County 62,761 62,761 100.00% 9.71% Lackawanna County (part) 84,976 213,295 39.84% 13.14% Luzerne County (part) 63,000 319,250 19.73% 9.74% Lycoming County (part) 72,809 120,044 60.65% 11.26% Montour County 18,236 18,236 100.00% 2.82% Northumberland County 94,556 94,556 100.00% 14.63% Pike County 46,302 46,302 100.00% 7.16% Snyder County 37,546 37,546 100.00% 5.81% Sullivan County 6,556 6,556 100.00% 1.01% Susquehanna County 42,238 42,238 100.00% 6.53% Tioga County (part) 128 41,373 0.31% 0.02% Union County 41,624 41,624 100.00% 6.44% Wayne County 47,722 47,722 100.00% 7.38% Wyoming County 28,080 28,080 100.00% 4.34% Total 646,534 100.00%
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%PA 5496599 5558076 741 718 38555 37314 -1.1% 3.3% -0.3% 0.8%PA 10 241394 243300 585 568 30397 29547 -0.8% 2.9% -0.2% 0.7%
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%PA 691843 925153 884 899 45953 46726 -25.2% -1.7% -7.0% -0.4%PA10 41794 53408 716 677 37225 35219 -21.7% 5.7% -5.9% 1.4%
Retail Trade Employees 2004 dollars 2004 2000 2004 2000
total 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%PA 663664 998419 439 361 22809 18787 -33.5% 21.4% -9.7% 5.0%PA10 87305 45690 469 306 24392 15892 91.1% 53.5% 17.6% 11.3%
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 Pennsylvania 9.5 10.6 16.6 18.4 11.2 13.2 13.1 14.9
Poverty rates, 1999-2000, 2003-2004 (percent) 1999-2000 2003-2004 United States 11.6 12.6 Pennsylvania 9.0 10.9
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 PA 7.09 14.01 29.54 7.43 14.42 30.76
Percentage of workers 18-64 with health insurance period period 1998-2000 2002-2004. US 55.7% 53.8% PA 59.3% 57.3%
Percentage of workers 18-64 covered by pension period period 1998-2000 2002-2004. US 48.5% 46.0% PA 53.5% 50.8%
Bankruptcy filing rate per 1000
2000 2004
Change 2000-2004
PA10 2.79 3.84 37.7%
PA 3.47 4.69 35.2%
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
PA 2,400,110 1,552,128 276,173 264,129 134,057 173,623 906 983 946 1,768,950
PA10 142,161 92,478 17,485 13,996 7,305 10,897 865 933 896 101,634
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 65or 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
Pennsylvania 317,079 31,809 2,304 282,966 470 291 421 491 98,292 63,443
PA10 14,297 1,498 101 12,698 420 214 366 445 5,666 2,755
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
PA10 646,534 109,468 16.9% 107,239 16.6% 69,705 11%
35,389 5%
Educational Attainment: Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed High School: US Census 2000: 80.4 Pennsylvania Census 2000: 81.9 PA 10: 81.6 Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree: US Census 2000: 24.4 Pennsylvania Census 2000: 22.4 PA 10: 17.1
NAEP Reading Grade 4 2005 Basic & above Proficient & above
US 63% 30% Pennsylvania 69% 36%
NAEP Reading Grade 8 2005 Basic & above Proficient & above
US 71% 29% Pennsylvania 77% 36%
NAEP Mathematics Grade 4 2005 Basic & above Proficient & above
US 79% 35% Pennsylvania 82% 41%
NAEP Mathematics Grade 8 2005 Basic & above Proficient & above
US 68% 29% Pennsylvania 72% 31%
Elementary & Secondary Education Finance 2002-3 US avg Pennsylvania Fed.Rev.- Subtotal $ 735,606,062 $ 1,453,198,060 Total Expenditures for Elem & 2ndary Ed
$ 8,690,171,765 $ 18,590,008,605
Fed Rev as % of Total Expenditure
8.5% 7.8%
Total Students (Fall 2003) 951,778 1,821,146 Fed Rev per student $ 773 $ 798 Total Expenditure per student $ 9,130 $ 10,208
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%Middle States 4-yr public $4,437 $5,051 $6,300 $1,863 42%4-yr private $15,781 $18,529 $21,439 $5,658 36%
2005 Federal aid per undergrad
Pennsylvania Fed Postsecondary Education Programs
531,556,156
Total Fall Enrollment - Undergraduate 571,322 Fed aid per undergrad $ 930
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 Pennsylvania 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
Pennsylvania 111 4.8% 813 376
(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
PA10 15 Carbondale Pugliese, George A. Staff Sergeant 28-Sep-05
Carbondale Brown, Oliver J. Private 1st Class 28-Sep-05
Dallas Cleary, Michael J. 1st Lieutenant 20-Dec-05
Greenfield Township Slebodnik, Eric W. Sergeant 28-Sep-05
Hallstead Evans, William L. Specialist 19-Sep-05
Hallstead Wiegand, Lee A. Specialist 28-Sep-05
Liberty Ostrom, Ryan S. Staff Sergeant 9-Aug-05
Middlebury Campbell, Jeremy M. Specialist 11-Sep-05
Milford Allen, Louis E. 1st Lieutenant 8-Jun-05
Milton Long, Zachariah W. Specialist 30-May-03
Montrose Arnold, Daniel L. Staff Sergeant 28-Sep-05
Northumberland Co. Swank, Brett D. Sergeant 24-Jan-05
Pleasant Mount Brown, Andrew W. Sergeant 8-Oct-04
Shamokin Sandri, Matthew J. Specialist 20-Mar-04
Watsontown Lloyd, Dale Thomas Sergeant 19-Jul-04
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
Pennsylvania 12,281,054 4.36 7,549,598,296 10,953,463,424
20,990,501,621 43,639,296,509
87,278,593,018
PA10 646,534 0.23 397,447,319 576,643,220
1,105,041,389 2,297,383,346
4,594,766,692
Campaign Finance: 2006 RACE: PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT 10 All Candidates Don Sherwood (R) * Chris Carney (D) Sector Total Don Sherwood (R)* Agribusiness $21,237
Communic/Electronics $4,000
Construction $17,750
Defense $15,000
Energy/Nat Resource $13,000
Finance/Insur/RealEst $13,600
Health $24,575
Lawyers & Lobbyists $22,600
Transportation $25,500
Misc Business $29,150
Labor $14,500
Ideology/Single-Issue $35,500
Other $23,050
Chris Carney (D) Defense $200
Finance/Insur/RealEst $3,350
Lawyers & Lobbyists $500
Misc Business $1,250
Ideology/Single-Issue $2,500
Other $5,900
Top Industries Don Sherwood (R)*
Leadership PACs $28,500
Retired $22,550
Automotive $15,000
Hospitals/Nursing Homes $13,575
Lobbyists $11,750
Electric Utilities $11,500
Building Trade Unions $11,500
Lawyers/Law Firms $10,850
Dairy $9,500
Building Materials & Equipment $9,000
Defense Electronics $7,000
Defense Aerospace $7,000
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $7,000
Health Professionals $6,000
Human Rights $6,000
Insurance $5,850
Beer, Wine & Liquor $5,000
General Contractors $4,500
Air Transport $4,500
Forestry & Forest Products $4,037
Chris Carney (D) Retired $5,900
Leadership PACs $2,500
Commercial Banks $2,100
Accountants $1,000
Misc Business $1,000
Lawyers/Law Firms $500
Business Services $250
Real Estate $250
Defense Electronics $200
Top Contributors
Don Sherwood (R)* National Community Action Foundation $6,000
Automotive Free International Trade PAC $5,000
Carpenters & Joiners Union $5,000
Dairy Farmers of America $5,000
Every Republican is Crucial PAC $5,000
Freedom Project $5,000
Keep Our Majority PAC $5,000
Lockheed Martin $5,000
National Auto Dealers Assn $5,000
National Beer Wholesalers Assn $5,000
Rely on Your Beliefs $5,000
Together for Our Majority $5,000
American Hospital Assn $4,700
American Health Care Assn $4,500
General Dynamics $4,000
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn $4,000
American Continental Group $3,000
American Maritime Officers $3,000
Asher's Candies $3,000
Exelon Corp $3,000
General Motors $3,000
Harleysville Mutual Insurance $3,000
PPL Corp $3,000
Chris Carney (D) AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America $2,500
Bank of New York $2,100
2004 RACE: PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT 10 Sector Total Don Sherwood (R)* Agribusiness $46,225
Communic/Electronics $16,500
Construction $49,625
Defense $22,500
Energy/Nat Resource $31,431
Finance/Insur/RealEst $67,050
Health $64,900
Lawyers & Lobbyists $50,201
Transportation $68,025
Misc Business $78,700
Labor $39,625
Ideology/Single-Issue $20,082
Other $61,095
Top Industries Don Sherwood (R)* Retired $54,345
Automotive $37,325
Lawyers/Law Firms $32,450
Health Professionals $30,900
Building Trade Unions $28,000
Dairy $23,000
Building Materials & Equipment $21,250
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $20,825
Insurance $20,750
Electric Utilities $19,681
Lobbyists $17,751
General Contractors $17,050
Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $15,000
Misc Finance $14,300
Defense Aerospace $14,000
Real Estate $13,250
Hospitals/Nursing Homes $12,750
Air Transport $12,500
Commercial Banks $11,050
Retail Sales $9,750
Top Contributors Don Sherwood (R)* Automotive Free International Trade PAC $10,000
Carpenters & Joiners Union $10,000
Laborers Union $10,000
National Auto Dealers Assn $10,000
National Community Action Foundation $9,000
General Dynamics $8,000
Dairy Farmers of America $7,000
PPL Corp $6,000
Pride Mobility Products $6,000
United Parcel Service $5,500
American Bankers Assn $5,000
American Hospital Assn $5,000
American Maritime Officers $5,000
Blank Rome LLP $5,000
Exelon Corp $5,000
Lockheed Martin $5,000
National Assn of Realtors $5,000
National Beer Wholesalers Assn $5,000
Wal-Mart Stores $5,000
Associated Milk Producers $4,500
Genesis Health Ventures $4,500
Operating Engineers Union $4,500
Sanofi-Aventis $4,500
2002 RACE: PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT 10 Sector Total Don Sherwood (R)* Agribusiness $27,753
Communic/Electronics $16,000
Construction $34,125
Defense $32,300
Energy/Nat Resource $24,805
Finance/Insur/RealEst $62,223
Health $44,076
Lawyers & Lobbyists $31,000
Transportation $62,585
Misc Business $92,200
Labor $31,850
Ideology/Single-Issue $7,200
Other $55,930
Top Industries Don Sherwood (R)* Retired $47,730
Automotive $35,575
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $24,100
Lawyers/Law Firms $22,500
Building Trade Unions $22,500
Insurance $21,700
Health Professionals $19,700
Defense Aerospace $16,250
Accountants $13,873
General Contractors $12,500
Real Estate $11,950
Building Materials & Equipment $11,875
Business Services $11,550
Misc Defense $11,050
Beer, Wine & Liquor $10,500
Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $10,183
Hospitals/Nursing Homes $10,000
Misc Transport $9,500
Electric Utilities $9,355
Retail Sales $9,300
Top Contributors Don Sherwood (R)*
Automotive Free International Trade PAC $10,000
Carpenters & Joiners Union $10,000
National Auto Dealers Assn $10,000
National Beer Wholesalers Assn $10,000
Laborers Union $7,500
Lockheed Martin $6,750
Cigna Corp $6,000
General Dynamics $6,000
Medico Industries $6,000
PricewaterhouseCoopers $5,973
Duchossois Industries $5,500
Ellis Managment Corp $5,500
Lewis Eckert Robb & Co $5,250
GlaxoSmithKline $5,183
98 Main Street Assoc $5,000
Aventis $5,000
United Parcel Service $5,000
Wal-Mart Stores $5,000
Pennsylvania Power & Light $4,355
Diamond Manufacturing Co $4,000
Frank Martz Coach Co $4,000
Genesis Health Ventures $4,000
2000 RACE: PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT 10 Sector Total Don Sherwood (R)* Agribusiness $120,116
Communic/Electronics $36,630
Construction $109,472
Defense $61,150
Energy/Nat Resource $61,950
Finance/Insur/RealEst $194,224
Health $71,800
Lawyers & Lobbyists $60,510
Transportation $142,000
Misc Business $201,553
Labor $15,200
Ideology/Single-Issue $297,408
Other $144,159
Top Industries Don Sherwood (R)* Leadership PACs $170,880
Retired $113,852
Candidate Committees $79,600
Automotive $70,200
Accountants $46,036
Insurance $42,823
General Contractors $41,850
Food & Beverage $38,725
Health Professionals $37,450
Lawyers/Law Firms $36,600
Forestry & Forest Products $36,596
Food Processing & Sales $36,270
Real Estate $34,840
Securities & Investment $32,375
Air Transport $30,300
Building Materials & Equipment $29,922
Business Associations $28,878
Oil & Gas $28,250
Republican/Conservative $27,391
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $27,150
Top Contributors Don Sherwood (R)* Outback Steakhouse $15,000
National Assn of Realtors $13,000
Verizon Communications $11,750
General Dynamics $11,100
Taylor Packing $10,750
Americans for a Republican Majority $10,000
Americans for Free International Trade $10,000
Associated Builders & Contractors $10,000
Cmte for the Preservation of Capitalism $10,000
Exxon Mobil Corp $10,000
FedEx Corp $10,000
Freedom Project $10,000
International Paper $10,000
Majority Leader's Fund $10,000
National Auto Dealers Assn $10,000
National Beer Wholesalers Assn $10,000
National Fedn of Independent Business $10,000
United Parcel Service $10,000
Keep Our Majority PAC $9,999
National Rifle Assn $9,900
2004: Shuster (Incumbent) 184,320 70% Politis 80,787 30%
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.