1997 South Dakota Manufacturers Register

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This digital document is an article from South Dakota Business Review, published by The Business Research Bureau on June 1, 1998. The length of the article is 3746 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Estimates of total personal income (PI) revealed the industrial growth and productivity of the US and the state of South Dakota in 1997. PI was denoted as the compensation received by persons from all sectors including the government calculated prior to deduction of taxes while disposable PI (DPI) excluded nontax payments such as donations, tuition and fees remitted to government-run schools and hospitals. South Dakota was rated as the second lowest state in terms of per capita DPI in the Plains States. The agriculture sector predominantly affected the state's economy and PI rates.

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Title: South Dakota personal income update. (1997)
Author: Nancy Nelson
Publication: South Dakota Business Review (Newsletter)
Date: June 1, 1998
Publisher: The Business Research Bureau
Volume: v56 Issue: n4 Page: p1(9)

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South Dakota, 1997 (Census of Retail Trade, Final Reports, Geographic Area Series)

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County Business Patterns South Dakota 1997 (County Business Patterns. South Dakota, 1997)

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1997 angler use, sport fish harvest, and fish community surveys for Lakes Louise, Rosehill, Jones, and Dakotah, Hand County, South Dakota (Progress report)

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1997 canola disease survey in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota (Extension report)

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1997 census of agriculture (SuDoc A 92.53/41:AC 97-A-41)

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Two books in one - one that i loved!.......2007-01-23

I find the book is divided in two books:
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