Northwest Region Data

The Northwest consists of 18 counties stretching two-thirds of the way across the state.  Its largest city is St. Joseph, birthplace of the Pony Express and Jesse James’ last home.  It also includes such gems as Amish Jamesport and sparkling Conception Abbey, Nodaway County.  Top industries include retail trade, farming, food services, and construction. The regional average wage was $660 per week in the 4th Quarter of 2009. The Northwest consists of 18 counties stretching two-thirds of the way across the state.  Its largest city is St. Joseph, birthplace of the Pony Express and Jesse James’ last home.  It also includes such gems as Amish Jamesport and sparkling Conception Abbey, Nodaway County.  Top industries include retail trade, farming, food services, and construction. The regional average wage was $660 per week in the 4th Quarter of 2009.

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Two-Year U.S. Consumer Price Index(CPI)
2009	2008	Percent Difference
214.5	215.3	-0.4%

(1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted)
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Area	Population 2009	Income 2008		Taxable Sales Revenue 1st Quarter 2010
		Total Personal Income	Per Capita Income
Andrew County	17,052	$671,715,000	$39,714	$21,572,946
Atchison County	6,036	$207,467,000	$34,492	$11,540,773
Buchanan County	89,856	$2,763,905,000	$30,990	$267,637,562
Caldwell County	9,160	$307,539,000	$33,468	$7,366,051
Clinton County	21,002	$690,446,000	$32,844	$20,739,512
Daviess County	8,078	$214,828,000	$26,717	$7,703,345
Dekalb County	12,112	$272,726,000	$22,389	$30,782,402
Gentry County	6,108	$208,298,000	$33,569	$11,705,054
Grundy County	10,047	$284,225,000	$28,189	$19,423,597
Harrison County	8,769	$237,231,000	$27,149	$20,951,025
Holt County	4,868	$163,451,000	$33,391	$6,599,147
Linn County	12,606	$360,726,000	$28,505	$26,246,661
Livingston County	14,235	$441,990,000	$31,296	$45,345,708
Mercer County	3,475	$92,959,000	$26,758	$5,861,780
Nodaway County	22,130	$564,649,000	$25,618	$46,856,134
Putnam County	4,759	$123,031,000	$25,430	$7,043,857
Sullivan County	6,835	$215,796,000	$31,591	$10,961,673
Worth County	2,014	$53,344,000	$26,526	$2,805,778
Northwest Region Summary	259,142	$7,874,326,000	$30,468	$571,143,005

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics July 2010
Area	Civilian Labor Force	Employment	Unemployment	Unemployment Rate
Andrew County	10,427	9,683	744	7.1%
Atchison County	3,142	2,844	298	9.5%
Buchanan County	51,044	46,968	4,076	8%
Caldwell County	4,294	3,890	404	9.4%
Clinton County	10,492	9,397	1,095	10.4%
Daviess County	3,655	3,311	344	9.4%
Dekalb County	5,417	4,928	489	9%
Gentry County	3,795	3,536	259	6.8%
Grundy County	4,674	4,285	389	8.3%
Harrison County	4,526	4,177	349	7.7%
Holt County	2,755	2,531	224	8.1%
Linn County	6,370	5,721	649	10.2%
Livingston County	7,398	6,839	559	7.6%
Mercer County	1,615	1,468	147	9.1%
Nodaway County	11,826	10,903	923	7.8%
Putnam County	2,328	2,149	179	7.7%
Sullivan County	3,589	3,367	222	6.2%
Worth County	1,097	1,007	90	8.2%
Northwest Region Summary	138,444	127,004	11,440	8.3%

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Top 10 High Growth Industries (2-digit sector) 4th Quarter 2009
Industry	Number of Firms	Average Employment	Total Wages	Average Weekly Wage	Percentage Growth from Prior Year
22 - Utilities	29	560	$7,721,352	$1,061	0%
23 - Construction	676	3,988	$58,743,401	$1,133	0%
62 - Health care and social assistance	548	12,713	$132,117,979	$799	0%
81 - Other services, except public administra	1,076	3,281	$15,787,129	$370	0%
42 - Wholesale trade	330	3,329	$35,812,581	$828	-100%
44 - Retail Trade	868	12,181	$66,767,077	$422	-100%
31 - Manufacturing	248	16,662	$171,303,457	$791	-100%
56 - Administrative and waste services	238	2,944	$17,045,050	$445	-100%
61 - Educational services	30	173	$1,881,043	$836	-100%
55 - Management of companies and enterprises	42	723	$8,639,385	$919	-100%

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Top 10 High Growth Industries (3-digit sub-sector) 4th Quarter 2009
Industry	Number of Firms	Average Employment	Total Wages	Average Weekly Wage	Percentage Growth from Prior Year
448 - Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores	66	592	$1,846,368	$240	0%
442 - Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores	43	225	$1,466,987	$501	0%
445 - Food and Beverage Stores	74	2,046	$8,967,174	$337	0%
113 - Forestry and logging	7	17	$278,630	$1,261	0%
446 - Health and personal care stores	61	551	$4,521,963	$632	0%
221 - Utilities	29	560	$7,721,352	$1,061	0%
624 - Social Assistance	133	1,673	$7,300,682	$336	0%
451 - Sporting Goods/Hobby/Book/Music Stores	23	276	$847,707	$237	0%
111 - Crop production	60	273	$2,466,946	$694	0%
115 - Agriculture and forestry support activit	25	131	$1,393,128	$816	0%

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Top 10 Occupations by Earnings 2009
Occupation	Employment	Hourly Wage				Annual Wage
		Mean	Median	Entry	Experienced	Mean	Median	Entry	Experienced
291069 - Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	NA	$83.97	NA	$46.94	$102.4	$174,661	NA	$97,644	$213,169
291021 - Dentists, General	30	$76.97	$78.6	$45.96	$92.47	$160,088	$163,490	$95,600	$192,332
291062 - Family and General Practitioners	130	$69.02	$72.51	$32.28	$87.39	$143,559	$150,824	$67,152	$181,763
291066 - Psychiatrists	30	$65.97	$69.13	$42.75	$77.58	$137,211	$143,785	$88,915	$161,358
291041 - Optometrists	10	$59.32	$61.9	$36.7	$70.63	$123,381	$128,743	$76,335	$146,903
291051 - Pharmacists	170	$54.62	$55	$46.44	$58.71	$113,614	$114,401	$96,591	$122,126
231011 - Lawyers	100	$53.81	$39.96	$25.7	$67.86	$111,920	$83,122	$53,457	$141,152
111011 - Chief Executives	240	$51.24	$48.63	$27.9	$62.92	$106,585	$101,160	$58,028	$130,864
113031 - Financial Managers	90	$47.89	$42.46	$28.54	$57.57	$99,612	$88,315	$59,354	$119,741
172071 - Electrical Engineers	40	$44.41	$41.64	$27.61	$52.81	$92,376	$86,605	$57,426	$109,851

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Top 10 Occupations by Projected Growth
Occupation	Employment		Change		Annual Average Openings	Outlook
	Estimated 2008	Projected 2018	Numeric	Percent
151032 - Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software	96	124	28	29.2%	4	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
191042 - Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	75	95	20	26.7%	4	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
499062 - Medical Equipment Repairers	31	39	8	25.8%	2	54 - Above Average B+
132052 - Personal Financial Advisors	74	93	19	25.7%	3	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
499021 - Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mecha	144	179	35	24.3%	6	54 - Above Average B+
151031 - Computer Software Engineers, Applications	222	271	49	22.1%	7	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
253021 - Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	188	223	35	18.6%	7	54 - Above Average B+
519023 - Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, an	392	464	72	18.4%	14	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
312021 - Physical Therapist Assistants	50	59	9	18%	2	54 - Above Average B+
131071 - Employment, Recruitment & Placement Specialists	117	138	21	17.9%	5	53 - Well Above Avg. A-

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Two-Year U.S. Consumer Price Index(CPI)
2009	2008	Percent Difference
214.5	215.3	-0.4%

(1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted)
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Area	Population 2009	Income 2008		Taxable Sales Revenue 1st Quarter 2010
		Total Personal Income	Per Capita Income
Andrew County	17,052	$671,715,000	$39,714	$21,572,946
Atchison County	6,036	$207,467,000	$34,492	$11,540,773
Buchanan County	89,856	$2,763,905,000	$30,990	$267,637,562
Caldwell County	9,160	$307,539,000	$33,468	$7,366,051
Clinton County	21,002	$690,446,000	$32,844	$20,739,512
Daviess County	8,078	$214,828,000	$26,717	$7,703,345
Dekalb County	12,112	$272,726,000	$22,389	$30,782,402
Gentry County	6,108	$208,298,000	$33,569	$11,705,054
Grundy County	10,047	$284,225,000	$28,189	$19,423,597
Harrison County	8,769	$237,231,000	$27,149	$20,951,025
Holt County	4,868	$163,451,000	$33,391	$6,599,147
Linn County	12,606	$360,726,000	$28,505	$26,246,661
Livingston County	14,235	$441,990,000	$31,296	$45,345,708
Mercer County	3,475	$92,959,000	$26,758	$5,861,780
Nodaway County	22,130	$564,649,000	$25,618	$46,856,134
Putnam County	4,759	$123,031,000	$25,430	$7,043,857
Sullivan County	6,835	$215,796,000	$31,591	$10,961,673
Worth County	2,014	$53,344,000	$26,526	$2,805,778
Northwest Region Summary	259,142	$7,874,326,000	$30,468	$571,143,005

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics July 2010
Area	Civilian Labor Force	Employment	Unemployment	Unemployment Rate
Andrew County	10,427	9,683	744	7.1%
Atchison County	3,142	2,844	298	9.5%
Buchanan County	51,044	46,968	4,076	8%
Caldwell County	4,294	3,890	404	9.4%
Clinton County	10,492	9,397	1,095	10.4%
Daviess County	3,655	3,311	344	9.4%
Dekalb County	5,417	4,928	489	9%
Gentry County	3,795	3,536	259	6.8%
Grundy County	4,674	4,285	389	8.3%
Harrison County	4,526	4,177	349	7.7%
Holt County	2,755	2,531	224	8.1%
Linn County	6,370	5,721	649	10.2%
Livingston County	7,398	6,839	559	7.6%
Mercer County	1,615	1,468	147	9.1%
Nodaway County	11,826	10,903	923	7.8%
Putnam County	2,328	2,149	179	7.7%
Sullivan County	3,589	3,367	222	6.2%
Worth County	1,097	1,007	90	8.2%
Northwest Region Summary	138,444	127,004	11,440	8.3%

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Top 10 High Growth Industries (2-digit sector) 4th Quarter 2009
Industry	Number of Firms	Average Employment	Total Wages	Average Weekly Wage	Percentage Growth from Prior Year
22 - Utilities	29	560	$7,721,352	$1,061	0%
23 - Construction	676	3,988	$58,743,401	$1,133	0%
62 - Health care and social assistance	548	12,713	$132,117,979	$799	0%
81 - Other services, except public administra	1,076	3,281	$15,787,129	$370	0%
42 - Wholesale trade	330	3,329	$35,812,581	$828	-100%
44 - Retail Trade	868	12,181	$66,767,077	$422	-100%
31 - Manufacturing	248	16,662	$171,303,457	$791	-100%
56 - Administrative and waste services	238	2,944	$17,045,050	$445	-100%
61 - Educational services	30	173	$1,881,043	$836	-100%
55 - Management of companies and enterprises	42	723	$8,639,385	$919	-100%

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Top 10 High Growth Industries (3-digit sub-sector) 4th Quarter 2009
Industry	Number of Firms	Average Employment	Total Wages	Average Weekly Wage	Percentage Growth from Prior Year
448 - Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores	66	592	$1,846,368	$240	0%
442 - Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores	43	225	$1,466,987	$501	0%
445 - Food and Beverage Stores	74	2,046	$8,967,174	$337	0%
113 - Forestry and logging	7	17	$278,630	$1,261	0%
446 - Health and personal care stores	61	551	$4,521,963	$632	0%
221 - Utilities	29	560	$7,721,352	$1,061	0%
624 - Social Assistance	133	1,673	$7,300,682	$336	0%
451 - Sporting Goods/Hobby/Book/Music Stores	23	276	$847,707	$237	0%
111 - Crop production	60	273	$2,466,946	$694	0%
115 - Agriculture and forestry support activit	25	131	$1,393,128	$816	0%

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Top 10 Occupations by Earnings 2009
Occupation	Employment	Hourly Wage				Annual Wage
		Mean	Median	Entry	Experienced	Mean	Median	Entry	Experienced
291069 - Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	NA	$83.97	NA	$46.94	$102.4	$174,661	NA	$97,644	$213,169
291021 - Dentists, General	30	$76.97	$78.6	$45.96	$92.47	$160,088	$163,490	$95,600	$192,332
291062 - Family and General Practitioners	130	$69.02	$72.51	$32.28	$87.39	$143,559	$150,824	$67,152	$181,763
291066 - Psychiatrists	30	$65.97	$69.13	$42.75	$77.58	$137,211	$143,785	$88,915	$161,358
291041 - Optometrists	10	$59.32	$61.9	$36.7	$70.63	$123,381	$128,743	$76,335	$146,903
291051 - Pharmacists	170	$54.62	$55	$46.44	$58.71	$113,614	$114,401	$96,591	$122,126
231011 - Lawyers	100	$53.81	$39.96	$25.7	$67.86	$111,920	$83,122	$53,457	$141,152
111011 - Chief Executives	240	$51.24	$48.63	$27.9	$62.92	$106,585	$101,160	$58,028	$130,864
113031 - Financial Managers	90	$47.89	$42.46	$28.54	$57.57	$99,612	$88,315	$59,354	$119,741
172071 - Electrical Engineers	40	$44.41	$41.64	$27.61	$52.81	$92,376	$86,605	$57,426	$109,851

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Top 10 Occupations by Projected Growth
Occupation	Employment		Change		Annual Average Openings	Outlook
	Estimated 2008	Projected 2018	Numeric	Percent
151032 - Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software	96	124	28	29.2%	4	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
191042 - Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	75	95	20	26.7%	4	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
499062 - Medical Equipment Repairers	31	39	8	25.8%	2	54 - Above Average B+
132052 - Personal Financial Advisors	74	93	19	25.7%	3	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
499021 - Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mecha	144	179	35	24.3%	6	54 - Above Average B+
151031 - Computer Software Engineers, Applications	222	271	49	22.1%	7	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
253021 - Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	188	223	35	18.6%	7	54 - Above Average B+
519023 - Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, an	392	464	72	18.4%	14	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
312021 - Physical Therapist Assistants	50	59	9	18%	2	54 - Above Average B+
131071 - Employment, Recruitment & Placement Specialists	117	138	21	17.9%	5	53 - Well Above Avg. A-

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Consumer Price Index by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); all other tables produced by MERIC in cooperation with BLS.