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Measuring Michigan's Performance

Performance Key:

Performance improving
No Change Performance staying about the same
Getting Worse Performance declining

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Value for Money Government
	Prior	Current	Progress
Credit rating:
- Moody's	Aa2 (Stable) (2012)	Aa2 (Positive) (2013)
- S & P	AA- (Stable) (2012)	AA- (Positive) (2013)
- Fitch	AA- (Positive) (2012)	AA (Stable) (2013)
Government debt burden per capita	$762 (2010)	$785 (2011)
State government operating cost as a percent of GDP	15.4% (2009)	15.1% (2010)
State and local government operating cost as a percent of GDP	24.7% (2009)	24.7% (2010)
Access to state government - number of online services	385 (2011)	410 (2012)

Quality of Life
	Prior	Current	Progress
State park popularity - annual visits per capita	2.36 (2011)	2.60 (2012)
Population change (ages 25-34)	-1.2% (2009-10)	-.7% (2010-11)
Clean and safe water resources - water quality index	85 (2008)	85 (2010)

Public Safety
	Prior	Current	Progress
Violent crime rates (per 100,000 population)	493.0 (2010)	445.3 (2011)
Property crime rates (per 100,000 population)	2,748.8 (2010)	2,612.1 (2011)
Individuals fatally or seriously injured in traffic accidents	6,595 (2011)	6,612 (2012)

Economic Strength
	Prior	Current	Progress
Monthly unemployment rate*	9.0% (March 2012)	8.5% (March 2013)
Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)	4.9% (2010)	2.3% (2011)
Percent of structurally deficient bridges	11.76% (2011)	12.31% (2012)
Real personal income per capita	$27,107 (2010)	$27,762 (2011)
Children living in poverty	23% (2010)	25% (2011)

Health and Education
	Prior	Current	Progress
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)	7.7 (2011)	7.4 (2012)
Obesity in the population (adult)**	n/a	31.3% (2011)	n/a
Third grade reading proficiency	67.7% (2011-12)	68.1% (2012-13)
ACT college readiness benchmarks	17.3% (2010-11)	17.7% (2011-12)
Population with bachelor's degree or higher (25+ years old)	25.2% (2010)	25.6% (2011)

* "Prior" represents the same month of the previous year, and "current" represents the current month for which data are available.
** Due to CDC BRFSS methods changes, Prior and Current data cannot be compared.

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