Changes in Full- and Part-time Employment among Missouri Counties and Regions 1993-2003
Trends in Full- and Part-time employment 1988-2003
Table 1 shows total full- and part-time employment in Missouri each year from 1988 through 2003 – employment increased from 2,904,603 in 1988 to as much as 3,497,220 in 2000. During those 15 years, however, there were two short periods of recession when employment declined. The first of these was in 1991-1992 when a recession caused employment to decline from 2.99 million in 1990 to 2.961 in 1991 and to 2.977 in 1992 before it increased to 3.061 million in 1993. From 1993 employment increased each year to 2000 when it reached a peak of 3.497 million. However, as the data reported below will show, there was a national recession and a corresponding decline in employment from the peak of 3.497 million in 2000 to 3.476 million in 2001, 3.478 million in 2002 and 3.480 million in 2003, but still below the peak of 2000.
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Changes in Full- and Part-Time Employment in Missouri Counties and Regions 1993-2003
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 1993 – 2003, BEA employment data reported in Table 2 shows changes in full- and part-time employment for Missouri counties and regions from 1993-2003.
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Map 1 shows that all but 15 counties increased in total full- and part-time employment from 1993-2003. Eight of those 15 counties are located in rural north Missouri with an additional six located in the rural south central and the southeast corner. St. Louis City was the only metropolitan county to lose employment. By far the largest percentage declines were in Wright County (-16.5 percent), Reynolds County (-14.5 percent) and St. Louis City (-12.9 percent).
Significantly, there were 26 counties which each had an increase in full- and part-time employment of greater than 25 percent from 1993-2003. Most of those counties have either had recent large employment growth within the county generated by some unique economic activity such as recreation/tourism which occurred in Taney, Stone and Douglas counties (Branson) and Camden and Benton counties (Lake of the Ozarks); poultry processing which became prominent in Barry and McDonald counties; and growth in state government employment at the state capital in Cole County (Jefferson City).
Virtually all the remaining 17 counties having employment growth of greater than 25 percent from 1993 to 2003 could be described as commuter counties because they are adjacent to a large employment center. Typical of these are the six counties with 25 percent or greater employment growth which are suburbs of the Kansas City Metro Area including Platte, Clay, Cass, Caldwell, Ray and Johnson counties. Similarly, employment in three St. Louis Metropolitan Counties, St. Charles, Lincoln and Jefferson, each increased by more than 25 percent from 1993 to 2003.
In addition, there were seven relatively small population counties which had an increase of more than 25 percent in employment because they are adjacent to a smaller employment center. These include Dade and Dallas counties adjacent to Greene County; Bollinger County adjacent to Cape Girardeau; Clark County adjacent to Keokuk, Iowa; Andrew County adjacent to Buchanan County; and Maries County which borders Cole and Camden counties.
The greatest percentage increase in employment occurred in Christian County with a 66.9 percent increase. Reasons for such a large increase include: (1) the population of Christian County increased greatly during the 1990s and early 2000s as many people holding a job in another county have been moving to Christian County to live while retaining their job outside the county; (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. Following close behind Christian County, Maries County had an employment increase of 66.1 percent from 1993-2003. Most of the Maries County increase was attributable to Maries County residents commuting to a job outside the county. This has been conducive to growth since Maries County borders Cole County (Jefferson City), Miller County (Lake of Ozarks), Pulaski County (Fort Leonard Wood) and Phelps County (Rolla). Each of those centers of employment has been increasing in recent years.
In addition, to the 66 percent increases in Christian and Maries Counties there were six additional counties which had an employment 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.
Changes in Full- and Part-Time Employment by Region 1993-2003
By UM Extension Regions
Table 3 shows that all eight Extension Regions experienced an increase in total employment from 1993-2003 with regional increases ranging from a low of 7.0 percent in the Northeast Region to a high of 22.4 percent in the Southwest Region. However, the greatest numerical increase occurred in the East Central Region which had a net employment increase of 138,936 from 1993 -2003 which accounted for one-third of Missouri’s total increase.
The next greatest numerical increase was in the Southwest Region with an increase of 83,249 followed by the West Central Region with an increase of 73,611. Those two regions, along with East Central, accounted for more than 71 percent of Missouri total employment increase from 1993-2003.
Table 4 shows that in the Southwest Region ten of the 16 region counties had an employment increase of at least 20 percent from 1993-2003. No other region had more than six counties achieving an increase of 25 percent or more.
By Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) Regions Table 5 shows that 11 DED Regions had an increase in employment of at least 10 percent from 1993-2003. Table 5 also shows that five of the 13 DED regions had an increase in employment of 18 percent or more from 1993-2003 with the greatest increase (25.2 percent) occurring in the Springfield-Branson Region. It reinforces the economic importance of tourism and recreation that employment in the Lake Ozark-Rolla Region increased by nearly the same – 24.3 percent.
Numerically, the greatest gain in employment occurred in the St. Louis MSA which had a net increase of 130,630 – nearly one-third of the state’s total increase. The second largest increase (64,862) occurred in the Kansas City MSA Region followed by an increase of 57,856 in the Springfield-Branson Region.
Table 6 shows the Springfield-Branson Region also had five of the seven region counties having an increase of greater than 20 percent; three of the counties had an increase of greater than 38 percent. In the Kansas City MSA, four of the seven counties had an increase of greater than 27 percent. There were three of the seven in the St. Louis MSA having an increase of greater than 35 percent.
By Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) Districts
Table 7 shows that nine of the 10 MODOT Districts had an increase in employment of at least 10 percent from 1993-2003. Table 7 also shows that two of the 10 Districts had an increase in employment of more than 23 percent from 1993-2003 with the greatest increase (23.6 percent) occurring in the Central/Jefferson City District. The second greatest percentage increase (23.4 percent) occurred in the Springfield District followed by a 17.2 percent increase in the Joplin District.
Numerically, the greatest gain in employment (123.903) occurred in the St. Louis District followed by increases of 71,135 in the Kansas City District and 62,029 in the Springfield District. Together, those three districts accounted for 61percent of Missouri total employment increase from 1993-2003.
Table 8 shows there were six of the 12 counties in the Springfield District whose employment increased by greater than 20 percent from 1993-2003. There was, however, seven of the 11 counties in the Joplin District whose employment increased by more than 18 percent from 1993-2003. Following close behind, six of the 13 counties in the Jefferson City District had an increase of greater than 22 percent.
By Regional Planning Commission Areas (RPCs)
Table 9 shows that employment increased by more than 10 percent between 1993 and 2003 in 13 of the RPC Areas. Table 9 also shows that five of the 19 areas had an increase of greater than 21 percent in employment from 1993-2003. The greatest percentage increase (30.4 percent) occurred in the three counties Boonslick RPC located on the periphery of the St. Louis MSA. Following Boonslick, the next greatest percentage increase (24.1 percent) occurred in the 10 counties Southwest Missouri Council of Governments.
Following those two, there were six 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 18 and 25 percent.
Numerically, the greatest gain in employment (123,903) occurred in the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council Area, followed by 63,737 in the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments and 62,901 in the Mid-America RPC. Those three areas, which together account for 20 counties (17 percent of all counties in Missouri), generated 60 percent of Missouri’s total employment growth from 1993-2003.
Table 10 shows that seven of the 10 counties included in the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments had an employment increase of greater than 20 percent from 1993-2003. Four of the five counties in the Mid-America RPC had increases of greater than 27 percent. All four of the counties in the Harry Truman Coordinating Council had increases of greater than 16 percent.
| Detailed Tables of Full-time and Part-time Employment, 1993-2003 | ||
The following links provide detailed tables of Full-time and Part-time Employment in Missouri, 1992-2003. They are available in both HTML and Adobe Acrobat(PDF) formats. All Missouri Counties |
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| Missouri Full-time and Part-time Employment, 1993-2003 - By County with State Totals | HTML | |
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Missouri Full-time and Part-time Employment, 1993-2003 - By UM Extension Region |
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| Missouri Full-time and Part-time Employment, 1993-2003 - By County Within UM Extension Region | HTML | |
| DED Regions | ||
| Missouri Full-time and Part-time Employment, 1993-2003 - By DED Region | HTML | |
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Missouri Full-time and Part-time Employment, 1993-2003 - By County Within DED Region |
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| MoDOT Regions | ||
| Missouri Full-time and Part-time Employment, 1993-2003 - By DOT District | HTML | |
| Missouri Full-time and Part-time Employment, 1993-2003 - By County Within DOT District | HTML | |
| RPC Regions | ||
| Missouri Full-time and Part-time Employment, 1993-2003 - By RPC | HTML | |
| Missouri Full-time and Part-time Employment, 1993-2003 - By County Within RPC | HTML | |
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