Changes in Full- and Part-time Employment among Missouri Counties and Regions 1992-2002
The statewide Missouri overview of full- and part-time employment change from 1988 to 2002 presented above shows there was a recession from 1990-1991 with a corresponding decline in employment. However, from 1992 through 2000 there was a steady increase in employment throughout most of the state. However, as the data reported below will show, there was a national recession and a corresponding decline in employment in 2001 and 2002.
To correspond with other BEA data tables in this section of regional profiles reporting changes in total personal income, per capita income and transfer payments from 1992 – 2002, BEA employment data reported in this article shows changes in full- and part-time employment for Missouri counties and regions from 1992-2002.
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Map 1 shows that all but 11 counties increased in total full- and part-time employment from 1992-2002. Six of those 11 counties are located in rural north Missouri with an additional three located in the rural southeast part of the state. The other two losing areas were Wright County and St. Louis City with a 9.5 percent loss in employment. As shown on the map, six of those 11 counties were in rural north Missouri with an additional three located in rural southeast part of the state. There were 41 counties which had an increase of less than 15 percent from 1992-2002. Those counties were generally scattered across the state. There were 29 additional counties having an increase in employment of between 15 and 25 percent and 34 counties having an increase of 25.0 percent or more. The greatest percentage increase in employment occurred in Christian County with a 72.2 percent increase – see Table 1. There were two reasons for such a large increase there: (1) the population of Christian County increased greatly during the 1990s with many people holding a job in another county moving to Christian County to live; (2) the great increase in population in the county also generated a demand for more local services also contributing to a significant boost in county employment. Maries County with an employment increase of 71.6 percent followed close behind Christian County. Most of the Maries County increase was attributable to Maries County residents holding a job outside the county.
In addition, to the 72 percent increases in Christian and Maries counties there were six additional counties having an increase of between 50 and 56 percent. Those counties included: Camden and Cass each with an increase of 50 percent; and, Douglas, Stone, Taney, and St. Charles each having an increase of between 52 and 55 percent. It is significant that four of those counties are adjacent to each other, e.g. Christian, Stone, Taney and Douglas. It is clear that that area south of Springfield has become a very significant labor market area.
It is also significant that many of the counties having the greatest increases in employment from 1992-2002 are to an important degree suburban counties with a large proportion of residents holding their job outside the county in which they live. This has been an important trend in Missouri over the past two decades.
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OSEDA Regional Grouping of Counties Many demographic factors vary by region within the state of Missouri. For the convenience of our user community, OSEDA prepares tables using three different regional groupings of counties: Extension, Economic Development and Transportation. For each of these groupings, one table summarizes the indicators by regional total and a second table shows values for each county grouped by region. Users may select the county grouping most helpful for their application and understanding. |
Changes in 1992-2002 Employment by Region
By UM Extension Regions
Table 2 shows that all eight Extension Regions experienced an increase in total employment from 1992-2002 with regional increases ranging from a low of 9.9 percent in the Northeast Region to a high of 28.1 percent in the Southwest Region. However, the greatest numerical increase occurred in the East Central Region which had a net employment increase of 167,426 from 1992 -2002 which accounted for one-third of the states total increase. The next greatest numerical increases were in the Southwest Region with an increase of 98,560 followed by the West Central Region with an increase of 94,882. Those two regions along with East Central accounted for more than 72 percent of Missouri total employment increase from 1992-2002.
Table 3 shows that in the Southwest Region ten of the 16 region counties had an employment increase of at least 25 percent from 1992-2002. No other region had more than five counties achieving an increase of 25 percent or more.
By Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) Regions
Table 4 shows that all 13 DED Regions had an increase in employment of at least 9 percent from 1992-2002. Table 4 also shows that six of the 13 DED regions had an increase in employment of more than 20 percent from 1992-2002 with the greatest increase (31.9 percent) occurring in the Springfield-Branson Region. The other five counties in that group had increases of between 20 and 24 percent.
Numerically the greatest gain in employment occurred in the St. Louis MSA which had a net increase of 158,811 – nearly one-third of the total increase in the state. The second largest increase (84,228) occurred in the Kansas City MSA Region followed by an increase of 68,064 in the Springfield-Branson Region.
Table 5 shows the Springfield-Branson Region also had five of the seven region counties having an increase of greater than 25 percent; four of the counties had an increase of greater than 44 percent. In the Kansas City MSA there were four of the seven counties having an increase of greater than 30 percent and, there were three of the seven in the St. Louis MSA having an increase of greater than 30 percent.
By Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) Districts
Table 6 shows that all 10 of the MODOT Districts had an increase in employment of at least 9 percent from 1992-2002. Table 6 also shows that three of the 10 Districts had an increase in employment of more than 20 percent from 1992-2002 with the greatest increase (30.6 percent) occurring in the Springfield District. The second greatest percentage increase (26.6 percent) occurred in the Jefferson District followed by a 21.4 percent increase in the Joplin District.
Numerically the greatest gain in employment (152,059) occurred in the St. Louis District followed by increases of 91,808 in the Kansas City District and 75,466 in the Springfield District. Together those three districts accounted for 2/3 of Missouri total employment increase from 1992-2002.
Table 7 shows there were seven of the 12 counties in the Springfield District whose employment increased by greater than 25 percent from 1992-2002. There was however 8 of the 11 counties in the Joplin District whose employment increased by more than 20 percent from 1992-2002. Following close behind seven of the 13 counties in the Jefferson City District had an increase of greater than 20 percent.
By Regional Planning Commission Areas (RPCs)
Table 8 shows that employment increased by more than 12 percent between 1992 and 2002 in 16 of the RPC Areas. Table 8 also shows that 8 of the 19 areas had an increase of greater than 20 percent from 1992-2002. The greatest percentage increase (32.4 percent) occurred in the three county Boonslick RPC located on the periphery of the St. Louis MSA. Following Boonslick the next greatest increase occurred in the 10 county Southwest Missouri Council of Governments. Following those two there were 6 RPC Areas (SEMO Regional Planning Commission, Pioneer Trails RPC, Harry S Truman Coordinating Council, Mid-Missouri RPC, Meramec RPC and Lake of Ozarks Council of Governments) having an increase of between 20 and 25 percent.
Numerically, the greatest gain in employment (152,089) occurred in the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council Area, followed by 81,610 in the Mid-America RPC and 75,324 in the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments. Those three areas which together account for 20 counties (17 percent of all counties in Missouri) generated 62 percent of Missouri’s total employment growth from 1992-2002.
Table 9 shows that seven of the 10 counties included in the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments had an employment increase of greater than 25 percent from 1992-2002. Four of the five counties in the Mid-America RPC had increases of greater than 30 percent. All four of the counties in the Harry Truman Coordinating Council had increases of greater than 20 percent.
| Detailed Tables of Total Employment in Missouri 1992-2002 | ||
The following links provide detailed tables of Total Employment in Missouri 1992-2002. They are available in both HTML and Adobe Acrobat(PDF) formats. |
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| Total Employment in Missouri, 1992-2002 - By County with State Totals | HTML | |
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Total Employment in Missouri, 1992-2002 - By UM Extension Region |
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| Total Employment in Missouri, 1992-2002 - By County Within UM Extension Region | HTML | |
| DED Regions | ||
| Total Employment in Missouri, 1992-2002 - By DED Region | HTML | |
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Total Employment in Missouri, 1992-2002 - By County Within DED Region |
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| MoDOT Regions | ||
| Total Employment in Missouri, 1992-2002 - By DOT District | HTML | |
| Total Employment in Missouri, 1992-2002 - By County Within DOT District | HTML | |
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| Total Employment in Missouri, 1992-2002 - By RPC | HTML | |
| Total Employment in Missouri, 1992-2002 - By County Within RPC | HTML | |
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