| Wage and Salary Employment in Missouri, 1992-2002 |
| By County Within UM Extension Region |
| Wage and Salary Employment 1992-2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change, 1992-2002 | Percent of Total Employment | |||||
| 2002 | 1992 | Number | Percent | 1992 | 2002 | |
| Missouri Totals | ||||||
| Missouri | 2,829,881 | 2,469,417 | 360,464 | 14.6 | 82.9 | 81.4 |
| UM Extension Region: Central | ||||||
| Central | 229,882 | 188,365 | 41,517 | 22.0 | 79.4 | 78.9 |
| Audrain | 10,528 | 9,378 | 1,150 | 12.3 | 75.4 | 71.3 |
| Benton | 3,805 | 3,006 | 799 | 26.6 | 55.9 | 52.5 |
| Boone | 87,436 | 69,194 | 18,242 | 26.4 | 85.5 | 84.7 |
| Callaway | 14,973 | 12,678 | 2,295 | 18.1 | 77.2 | 74.9 |
| Carroll | 2,981 | 2,936 | 45 | 1.5 | 59.3 | 56.4 |
| Chariton | 2,366 | 2,250 | 116 | 5.2 | 51.7 | 46.7 |
| Cole | 55,839 | 44,223 | 11,616 | 26.3 | 87.7 | 87.2 |
| Cooper | 6,427 | 5,609 | 818 | 14.6 | 71.4 | 70.2 |
| Howard | 2,601 | 2,727 | -126 | -4.6 | 63.0 | 59.6 |
| Moniteau | 4,425 | 3,979 | 446 | 11.2 | 67.2 | 63.4 |
| Morgan | 4,888 | 3,996 | 892 | 22.3 | 62.7 | 69.2 |
| Osage | 3,661 | 3,067 | 594 | 19.4 | 55.8 | 58.4 |
| Pettis | 20,235 | 16,330 | 3,905 | 23.9 | 79.9 | 80.8 |
| Saline | 9,717 | 8,992 | 725 | 8.1 | 75.0 | 74.8 |
| UM Extension Region: East Central | ||||||
| East Central | 1,192,905 | 1,070,307 | 122,598 | 11.5 | 88.2 | 86.4 |
| Franklin | 36,963 | 30,103 | 6,860 | 22.8 | 78.9 | 78.6 |
| Jefferson | 46,685 | 35,462 | 11,223 | 31.6 | 74.5 | 71.2 |
| Lincoln | 10,243 | 6,758 | 3,485 | 51.6 | 67.0 | 68.1 |
| Montgomery | 3,844 | 3,531 | 313 | 8.9 | 65.3 | 61.9 |
| St. Charles | 110,989 | 73,158 | 37,831 | 51.7 | 82.3 | 82.4 |
| Ste. Genevieve | 6,046 | 5,534 | 512 | 9.3 | 77.0 | 77.9 |
| St. Francois | 21,290 | 16,867 | 4,423 | 26.2 | 80.4 | 80.1 |
| St. Louis | 684,844 | 601,060 | 83,784 | 13.9 | 88.9 | 87.3 |
| Warren | 7,015 | 5,649 | 1,366 | 24.2 | 72.1 | 72.9 |
| Washington | 4,660 | 3,581 | 1,079 | 30.1 | 70.1 | 69.3 |
| St. Louis City | 260,326 | 288,604 | -28,278 | -9.8 | 94.1 | 93.7 |
| UM Extension Region: Northeast | ||||||
| Northeast | 74,045 | 68,910 | 5,135 | 7.5 | 71.4 | 69.8 |
| Adair | 11,706 | 11,775 | -69 | -0.6 | 81.1 | 74.8 |
| Clark | 1,681 | 1,595 | 86 | 5.4 | 59.3 | 49.2 |
| Knox | 1,240 | 1,160 | 80 | 6.9 | 51.9 | 53.7 |
| Lewis | 3,224 | 2,598 | 626 | 24.1 | 63.5 | 67.1 |
| Linn | 5,353 | 5,508 | -155 | -2.8 | 71.8 | 69.9 |
| Macon | 5,315 | 5,362 | -47 | -0.9 | 66.7 | 64.8 |
| Marion | 14,683 | 13,309 | 1,374 | 10.3 | 82.5 | 79.6 |
| Monroe | 2,905 | 3,144 | -239 | -7.6 | 64.5 | 57.4 |
| Pike | 6,090 | 5,007 | 1,083 | 21.6 | 69.0 | 71.3 |
| Putnam | 1,155 | 1,207 | -52 | -4.3 | 52.1 | 45.7 |
| Ralls | 2,681 | 2,420 | 261 | 10.8 | 66.8 | 70.9 |
| Randolph | 10,738 | 9,217 | 1,521 | 16.5 | 79.1 | 79.0 |
| Schuyler | 870 | 792 | 78 | 9.8 | 46.8 | 48.1 |
| Scotland | 1,371 | 1,495 | -124 | -8.3 | 58.2 | 54.6 |
| Shelby | 2,109 | 2,175 | -66 | -3.0 | 61.0 | 63.5 |
| Sullivan | 2,924 | 2,146 | 778 | 36.3 | 59.9 | 66.8 |
| UM Extension Region: Northwest | ||||||
| Northwest | 93,173 | 81,986 | 11,187 | 13.6 | 73.4 | 72.9 |
| Andrew | 2,703 | 2,306 | 397 | 17.2 | 52.7 | 44.0 |
| Atchison | 2,121 | 2,117 | 4 | 0.2 | 61.5 | 63.1 |
| Buchanan | 46,947 | 41,184 | 5,763 | 14.0 | 86.4 | 86.1 |
| Caldwell | 1,702 | 1,851 | -149 | -8.0 | 52.6 | 36.5 |
| Clinton | 5,229 | 3,769 | 1,460 | 38.7 | 62.4 | 71.0 |
| Daviess | 1,992 | 1,703 | 289 | 17.0 | 48.9 | 48.6 |
| DeKalb | 3,026 | 2,400 | 626 | 26.1 | 60.7 | 68.2 |
| Gentry | 2,325 | 1,945 | 380 | 19.5 | 58.1 | 61.8 |
| Grundy | 3,921 | 3,803 | 118 | 3.1 | 70.6 | 67.9 |
| Harrison | 2,946 | 2,784 | 162 | 5.8 | 62.1 | 60.8 |
| Holt | 1,538 | 1,613 | -75 | -4.6 | 59.0 | 56.6 |
| Livingston | 6,918 | 6,196 | 722 | 11.7 | 74.9 | 75.2 |
| Mercer | 1,569 | 965 | 604 | 62.6 | 52.4 | 59.9 |
| Nodaway | 9,716 | 8,727 | 989 | 11.3 | 73.2 | 73.7 |
| Worth | 520 | 623 | -103 | -16.5 | 52.0 | 44.9 |
| UM Extension Region: South Central | ||||||
| South Central | 136,002 | 114,285 | 21,717 | 19.0 | 71.6 | 69.9 |
| Camden | 17,203 | 12,251 | 4,952 | 40.4 | 73.8 | 69.0 |
| Crawford | 6,615 | 5,695 | 920 | 16.2 | 69.3 | 62.3 |
| Dent | 4,279 | 4,190 | 89 | 2.1 | 65.3 | 60.2 |
| Douglas | 2,587 | 2,592 | -5 | -0.2 | 53.1 | 34.5 |
| Gasconade | 5,893 | 5,116 | 777 | 15.2 | 69.5 | 69.1 |
| Howell | 16,221 | 13,273 | 2,948 | 22.2 | 72.9 | 72.2 |
| Laclede | 14,342 | 10,547 | 3,795 | 36.0 | 72.3 | 75.7 |
| Maries | 1,650 | 1,369 | 281 | 20.5 | 45.8 | 32.2 |
| Miller | 7,530 | 6,589 | 941 | 14.3 | 68.9 | 69.2 |
| Oregon | 2,516 | 2,254 | 262 | 11.6 | 56.1 | 52.2 |
| Ozark | 1,808 | 1,578 | 230 | 14.6 | 48.6 | 49.6 |
| Phelps | 19,081 | 14,670 | 4,411 | 30.1 | 77.9 | 81.8 |
| Pulaski | 22,795 | 20,931 | 1,864 | 8.9 | 87.8 | 89.3 |
| Shannon | 2,098 | 1,843 | 255 | 13.8 | 58.5 | 58.1 |
| Texas | 6,465 | 6,088 | 377 | 6.2 | 63.6 | 67.1 |
| Wright | 4,919 | 5,299 | -380 | -7.2 | 64.9 | 62.5 |
| UM Extension Region: Southeast | ||||||
| Southeast | 146,868 | 128,612 | 18,256 | 14.2 | 78.5 | 77.8 |
| Bollinger | 2,098 | 1,968 | 130 | 6.6 | 53.1 | 44.2 |
| Butler | 19,344 | 15,127 | 4,217 | 27.9 | 80.4 | 80.3 |
| Cape Girardeau | 43,010 | 36,025 | 6,985 | 19.4 | 84.3 | 83.2 |
| Carter | 1,478 | 1,352 | 126 | 9.3 | 64.5 | 61.6 |
| Dunklin | 11,389 | 10,196 | 1,193 | 11.7 | 77.4 | 78.4 |
| Iron | 3,258 | 3,179 | 79 | 2.5 | 74.2 | 72.5 |
| Madison | 3,383 | 3,053 | 330 | 10.8 | 71.0 | 70.1 |
| Mississippi | 4,232 | 4,495 | -263 | -5.9 | 78.3 | 75.7 |
| New Madrid | 8,336 | 8,030 | 306 | 3.8 | 84.0 | 83.7 |
| Pemiscot | 6,726 | 6,263 | 463 | 7.4 | 80.5 | 80.0 |
| Perry | 8,961 | 7,552 | 1,409 | 18.7 | 78.0 | 77.2 |
| Reynolds | 1,819 | 1,986 | -167 | -8.4 | 69.2 | 69.3 |
| Ripley | 2,779 | 2,416 | 363 | 15.0 | 62.4 | 59.8 |
| Scott | 16,007 | 14,230 | 1,777 | 12.5 | 79.3 | 79.3 |
| Stoddard | 11,404 | 9,912 | 1,492 | 15.1 | 74.4 | 75.6 |
| Wayne | 2,644 | 2,828 | -184 | -6.5 | 70.7 | 67.1 |
| UM Extension Region: Southwest | ||||||
| Southwest | 342,812 | 268,929 | 73,883 | 27.5 | 76.7 | 76.3 |
| Barry | 16,032 | 12,766 | 3,266 | 25.6 | 73.5 | 70.3 |
| Barton | 5,855 | 4,748 | 1,107 | 23.3 | 71.2 | 69.4 |
| Cedar | 3,352 | 3,183 | 169 | 5.3 | 59.8 | 51.3 |
| Christian | 14,301 | 8,439 | 5,862 | 69.5 | 59.2 | 58.3 |
| Dade | 2,583 | 1,820 | 763 | 41.9 | 52.1 | 57.9 |
| Dallas | 3,303 | 2,538 | 765 | 30.1 | 50.5 | 45.7 |
| Greene | 153,588 | 122,900 | 30,688 | 25.0 | 83.5 | 83.5 |
| Hickory | 1,239 | 1,195 | 44 | 3.7 | 49.1 | 44.6 |
| Jasper | 59,833 | 51,825 | 8,008 | 15.5 | 84.4 | 81.1 |
| Lawrence | 8,949 | 8,313 | 636 | 7.7 | 63.9 | 64.5 |
| McDonald | 6,483 | 4,731 | 1,752 | 37.0 | 64.1 | 65.7 |
| Newton | 19,760 | 14,796 | 4,964 | 33.5 | 73.1 | 78.1 |
| Polk | 8,336 | 6,422 | 1,914 | 29.8 | 63.1 | 68.8 |
| Stone | 7,226 | 5,305 | 1,921 | 36.2 | 59.5 | 52.1 |
| Taney | 25,404 | 14,503 | 10,901 | 75.2 | 77.2 | 87.4 |
| Webster | 6,568 | 5,445 | 1,123 | 20.6 | 59.2 | 61.1 |
| UM Extension Region: West Central | ||||||
| West Central | 614,194 | 548,023 | 66,171 | 12.1 | 85.1 | 83.2 |
| Bates | 4,047 | 3,924 | 123 | 3.1 | 60.6 | 51.1 |
| Cass | 21,951 | 13,819 | 8,132 | 58.8 | 63.5 | 67.1 |
| Clay | 92,196 | 73,459 | 18,737 | 25.5 | 84.4 | 81.3 |
| Henry | 8,567 | 7,129 | 1,438 | 20.2 | 71.6 | 73.8 |
| Jackson | 405,243 | 382,963 | 22,280 | 5.8 | 89.2 | 88.1 |
| Johnson | 20,036 | 16,700 | 3,336 | 20.0 | 78.0 | 69.9 |
| Lafayette | 9,916 | 9,088 | 828 | 9.1 | 69.2 | 68.8 |
| Platte | 36,458 | 27,721 | 8,737 | 31.5 | 82.1 | 82.0 |
| Ray | 5,346 | 4,036 | 1,310 | 32.5 | 59.7 | 53.8 |
| St. Clair | 2,576 | 2,046 | 530 | 25.9 | 56.4 | 61.2 |
| Vernon | 7,858 | 7,138 | 720 | 10.1 | 69.6 | 69.5 |
| Source: USDC, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Information System Prepared by the University of Missouri Extension, Office of Social & Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA) Report generated on 24MAY2005 by setup in moco_beaemp_wagsal_1992_2002 |
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