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Minnesota unemployment rate, December 2011:	5.70%	Unemployment rate in right-to-work states*:	7.50%
Minnesota median weekly earnings, full-time workers, 2009:	$801	Median weekly earnings in right-to-work states:	$680
Minnesota median household income, 2009:	$56,090	Median household income in right-to-work states:	$46,238
Minnesota poverty rate, 2009:	11%	Average poverty rate in right-to-work states:	15%

*Data on “right to work” states excludes Indiana, which enacted that policy on Feb. 2.

Sources: Bureau of Labor Education, University of Maine; Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.