West Central Region Data

The West Central region consists of 13 counties and the historic towns of Sedalia, Warrensburg and Marshall.  Its three major lakes – Truman, Stockton and Pomme de Terre – offer tranquility, while Whiteman Air Force Base, home of the B-2 Stealth bomber, offers protection.  Top industries are retail trade, farming, construction, food services and federal/military. The regional average wage was $495 per week in the 2nd Quarter of 2009.

Consumer Price Index Population, Income and State Revenue Local Area Unemployment Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Occupational Employment Statistics High Growth Occupational Projections

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Two-Year U.S. Consumer Price Index(CPI)
2009	2008	Percent Difference
214.537	215.303	-0.4%

(1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted)
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Area	Population 2008	Income 2007		Taxable Sales Revenue 3rd Quarter 2009
		Total Personal Income	Per Capita Income
Bates County	17,075	$465,215,000	$27,362	$25,332,485
Benton County	18,349	$436,266,000	$23,663	$39,137,052
Carroll County	9,756	$260,863,000	$26,470	$15,737,195
Cedar County	13,652	$313,430,000	$22,866	$23,358,071
Chariton County	7,740	$217,411,000	$27,795	$12,757,246
Henry County	22,179	$600,608,000	$26,876	$57,947,402
Hickory County	9,048	$178,027,000	$19,546	$12,096,187
Johnson County	52,016	$1,311,326,000	$25,267	$101,872,076
Lafayette County	32,913	$1,039,563,000	$31,823	$54,471,338
Pettis County	41,006	$1,106,086,000	$27,145	$136,205,008
Saline County	22,505	$652,878,000	$28,871	$46,126,781
St. Clair County	9,270	$205,429,000	$21,863	$11,266,525
Vernon County	20,009	$508,410,000	$25,436	$39,369,498
West Central Region Summary	275,518	$7,295,512,000	$26,472	$575,676,864

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics December 2009
Area	Civilian Labor Force	Employment	Unemployment	Unemployment Rate
Bates County	7,860	6,945	915	11.6%
Benton County	7,760	6,951	809	10.4%
Carroll County	4,857	4,317	540	11.1%
Cedar County	5,950	5,414	536	9%
Chariton County	3,895	3,471	424	10.9%
Henry County	10,574	9,485	1,089	10.3%
Hickory County	3,221	2,797	424	13.2%
Johnson County	25,747	23,538	2,209	8.6%
Lafayette County	16,313	14,562	1,751	10.7%
Pettis County	19,803	18,181	1,622	8.2%
St. Clair County	4,109	3,657	452	11%
Saline County	11,558	10,705	853	7.4%
Vernon County	8,512	7,842	670	7.9%
West Central Region Summary	130,159	117,865	12,294	9.4%

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Top 10 High Growth Industries (2-digit sector) 2nd Quarter 2009
Industry	Number of Firms	Average Employment	Total Wages	Average Weekly Wage	Percentage Growth from Prior Year
22 - Utilities	28	524	$9,121,763	$1,339	5%
62 - Health care and social assistance	529	9,248	$56,566,594	$471	4.4%
55 - Management of companies and enterprises	27	411	$3,276,229	$613	4.3%
61 - Educational services	23	598	$4,264,022	$548	1.9%
54 - Professional and technical services	397	1,633	$13,223,129	$623	1.1%
81 - Other services, except public administra	959	2,492	$10,662,371	$329	0.4%
42 - Wholesale trade	278	2,722	$21,172,047	$598	-1.7%
44 - Retail Trade	908	10,779	$54,577,520	$389	-3.3%
72 - Accommodation and food services	492	6,862	$17,794,035	$199	-3.7%
23 - Construction	710	2,819	$23,049,357	$629	-15.7%

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Top 10 High Growth Industries (3-digit sub-sector) 2nd Quarter 2009
Industry	Number of Firms	Average Employment	Total Wages	Average Weekly Wage	Percentage Growth from Prior Year
492 - Couriers and Messengers	5	192	$2,119,081	$850	25.5%
311 - Food manufacturing	35	3,832	$35,830,478	$719	23.6%
814 - Private Households	593	801	$1,351,730	$130	17.8%
485 - Transit and Ground Passenger Transport	21	301	$1,012,528	$259	13.6%
115 - Agriculture and forestry support activit	20	387	$2,856,031	$568	8.7%
624 - Social Assistance	132	2,018	$8,218,417	$313	8.1%
512 - Motion Picture & Sound Recording Ind	8	94	$183,348	$150	5.6%
212 - Mining, except oil and gas	19	138	$1,305,641	$728	4.6%
451 - Sporting Goods/Hobby/Book/Music Stores	34	181	$524,533	$223	4.6%
623 - Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	106	3,879	$17,740,398	$352	4.6%

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Top 10 Occupations by Earnings
Occupation	Employment	Hourly Wage				Annual Wage
		Mean	Median	Entry	Experienced	Mean	Median	Entry	Experienced
291067 - Surgeons	40	$93.02	NA	NA	NA	$193,486	NA	NA	NA
291062 - Family and General Practitioners	80	$72.02	$65.66	$43.95	$86.05	$149,794	$136,575	$91,410	$178,986
231023 - Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	30	$50.73	$47.81	$36.91	$57.64	$105,521	$99,436	$76,778	$119,892
291051 - Pharmacists	120	$49.73	$51.97	$41.03	$54.07	$103,428	$108,093	$85,341	$112,472
111011 - Chief Executives	190	$49.5	$39.66	$26.17	$61.16	$102,951	$82,486	$54,434	$127,209
113031 - Financial Managers	100	$49.26	$40.15	$27.88	$59.95	$102,456	$83,512	$57,980	$124,694
414011 - Sales Representatives, Wholesale & Manufacturing	NA	$46.25	$36.52	$26.65	$56.05	$96,201	$75,971	$55,440	$116,582
119041 - Engineering Managers	20	$40.14	$38.02	$31.45	$44.49	$83,500	$79,089	$65,419	$92,541
172199 - Engineers, All Other	70	$37.81	$38.26	$30.43	$41.5	$78,653	$79,586	$63,301	$86,329
112022 - Sales Managers	40	$36.95	$33.56	$21.05	$44.9	$76,865	$69,813	$43,793	$93,401

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Top 10 Occupations by Projected Growth
Occupation	Employment		Change		Annual Average Openings	Outlook
	Estimated 2006	Projected 2016	Numeric	Percent
151081 - Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts	100	130	30	30%	5	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
151031 - Computer Software Engineers, Applications	144	178	34	23.6%	5	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
172112 - Industrial Engineers	114	137	23	20.2%	5	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
312021 - Physical Therapist Assistants	38	45	7	18.4%	2	54 - Above Average B+
151061 - Database Administrators	50	59	9	18%	2	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
392011 - Animal Trainers	50	59	9	18%	2	54 - Above Average B+
253021 - Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	135	159	24	17.8%	3	54 - Above Average B+
251121 - Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	75	88	13	17.3%	2	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
251122 - Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	35	41	6	17.1%	2	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
251081 - Education Teachers, Postsecondary	53	62	9	17%	2	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.