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SOUTH DAKOTA
LOCAL CONDITIONS INDICATORS

(% Change Like Period Previous Year)

                Housing      Employment/2   Taxable
                Starts/1                    Sales/3

Aberdeen            14.9        -0.1          5.6%
Belie Fourche                    2.6          3.8%
Brookings


18.7 4.3 22.9% Canton 3.4 12.5% Chamberlain -7.7 7.3% Deadwood 2.9 1.7% De Smet -5.5 13.4% Elk Point 0.6 16.7% Hot Springs -1.2 -2.0% Huron -25.8 1.0 16.1% Lead 2.9 7.1% Madison -0.8 6.0% Milbank 2.4 -6.0% Mitchell 5.8 -0.2 -2.3% Mobridge 0.4 5.8% Pierre -22.9 2.2 0.8% Rapid City -12.4 2.8 4.7% Sioux Fati 4.7 3.4 3.6% Spearfish -49.5 2.9 4.8% Sturgis 2.8 -3.4% Vermillion 71.3 0.0 17.3% Watertown 20.8 1.8 2.8% Winner -4.9 5.7% Yankton 2.0 -0.2 2.3% 1/ Percentage change for January-September 2006 and January-September 2007, Data represents estimated housing start value 2/ Percentage change for September 2006-September 2007 based on county employment data 3/ Percentage change for January-September 2006 and January-September 2007. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX* United States January-September 2007 (1982-1984=100), unless otherwise noted Jan Feb Mar April May June All Items 202.4 203.5 205.4 206.7 207.9 208.4 Food & beverages 199.2 200.4 200.9 201.3 202.2 202.9 Food 198.8 200.0 200.4 200.8 201.8 202.4 Alcoholic beverages 203.0 204.4 205.7 206.2 206.6 207.4 Housing 206.1 207.2 208.1 208.5 208.9 210.6 Shelter 236.5 238.0 239.0 239.7 239.9 241.0 Rent of primary 230.8 231.8 232.5 233.0 233.5 234.1 residence Owners equiv.rent 243.3 244.0 244.6 245.0 245.2 245.7 of residence Fuels and utilities 194.4 194.9 196.4 196.4 198.6 206.2 Household Energy 175.7 176.1 177.6 177.5 179.8 188.0 Fuel oil and other 227.9 231.8 236.9 240.1 241.7 241.6 fuels Gas (piped) & 181.1 181.2 182.6 182.3 184.7 193.9 electricity Household furn. & 127.1 127.5 127.7 127.4 127.3 127.4 operations Apparel 116.0 119.0 122.6 122.9 121.5 117.2 Transportation 174.5 174.8 180.3 185.2 190.0 189.1 Private 170.6 170.8 176.5 181.5 186.4 185.2 transportation Public transportation 221.4 224.0 225.9 227.6 228.3 233.4 Medical care 343.5 346.5 347.2 348.2 349.1 349.5 Recreation (2) 111.0 111.2 111.2 111.5 111.7 111.6 Education and 117.8 118.0 118.2 118.3 118.8 118.7 Communication (2) Other goods and 329.2 330.5 331.1 331.7 332.8 333.4 July Aug Sept Jan-Sept All Items 208.3 207.9 208.5 3.0 Food & beverages 203.5 204.3 205.3 3.1 Food 203.1 203.9 204.9 3.1 Alcoholic beverages 207.6 208.3 208.4 2.7 Housing 211.3 211.1 210.9 2.3 Shelter 242.1 242.2 242.0 2.3 Rent of primary 234.7 235.3 236.1 2.3 residence Owners equiv.rent 246.1 246.8 247.5 1.7 of residence Fuels and utilities 206.1 204.3 204.3 5.1 Household Energy 187.6 185.5 185.3 5.5 Fuel oil and other 245.7 246.5 252.6 10.8 fuels Gas (piped) & 193.2 190.7 190.2 5.0 electricity Household furn. & 126.9 126.5 126.2 0.7 operations Apparel 113.5 114.4 119.5 3.0 Transportation 187.7 184.5 184.5 5.7 Private 183.6 180.4 180.6 5.9 transportation Public transportation 235.8 233.1 230.7 4.2 Medical care 351.6 353.0 353.7 3.0 Recreation (2) 111.3 111.1 111.4 0.4 Education and 119.0 120.3 121.3 2.9 Communication (2) Other goods and 333.4 333.3 334.8 1.7 * Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (unadjusted indexes) services 2: Indexes on a December 1997=100 base Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor

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