Southwest Region


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Population
Age Demographics
Ethnic Demographics
Employment Statistics
Industry Employment
Establishments by Size
Farms
Personal Income
Per Capita Personal Income

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Southwest Region Population
  2004 Population 1990 Population 2000 Population Change 1990-2004 Change 2000-2004
Barry 35,314 27,547 34,010 28.2% 3.8%
Barton 13,070 11,312 12,541 15.5% 4.2%
Cedar 13,894 12,093 13,733 14.9% 1.2%
Dade 7,829 7,449 7,923 5.1% -1.2%
Jasper 109,460 90,465 104,686 21.0% 4.6%
Lawrence 36,710 30,236 35,204 21.4% 4.3%
McDonald 22,363 16,938 21,681 32.0% 3.1%
Newton 54,775 44,445 52,636 23.2% 4.1%
Vernon 20,383 19,041 20,454 7.0% -0.3%
Region Total 313,798 259,526 302,868 20.9% 3.6%

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Southwest Region Demographics
  2003 Females 2003 Males Population Age
< 25		 Population Age
25-44		 Population Age
> 44		 2002 Pop. In Poverty
Barry 17,436 17,193 11,900 9,140 13,589 5,163
Barton 6,624 6,375 4,697 3,443 4,859 1,652
Cedar 7,047 6,791 4,408 3,210 6,220 2,293
Dade 3,968 3,877 2,458 1,876 3,511 1,033
Jasper 55,476 52,636 39,489 31,308 37,315 15,410
Lawrence 18,516 17,910 12,909 9,991 13,526 5,113
McDonald 10,803 11,170 8,322 6,311 7,340 3,955
Newton 27,495 26,538 19,135 14,626 20,272 6,777
Vernon 10,486 9,797 7,316 5,210 7,757 3,008
Region Total 157,851 152,287 110,634 85,115 114,389 44,404
Percent 50.9% 49.1% 35.7% 27.4% 36.9% 14.3%

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2003 Southwest Region Demographics
  White Black Asian Other Hispanic
Barry 33,720 67 318 524 2,005
Barton 12,647 42 104 206 150
Cedar 13,464 46 100 228 137
Dade 7,679 25 59 82 69
Jasper 101,769 1,752 1,461 3,130 4,585
Lawrence 35,479 153 294 500 1,412
McDonald 20,599 55 610 709 2,226
Newton 50,984 407 1,166 1,476 1,392
Vernon 19,688 154 187 254 193
Region Total 296,029 2,701 4,299 7,109 12,169
Percent 95.5% 0.9% 1.4% 2.3% 3.9%
Source: US Census Bureau

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2004 Southwest Region Employment Statistics

Labor Force Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate
Barry 16,801 15,936 865 5.1%
Barton 6,701 6,369 332 5.0%
Cedar 6,306 5,921 385 6.1%
Dade 3,854 3,656 198 5.1%
Jasper 55,909 53,055 2,854 5.1%
Lawrence 18,448 17,561 887 4.8%
McDonald 12,079 11,493 586 4.9%
Newton 28,275 26,790 1,485 5.3%
Vernon 10,135 9,593 542 5.3%
Region Total 158,508 150,374 8,134 5.1%
Source: 2004 Local Area Unemployment Statistics

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2004 Southwest Region Industry Employment

Natural Resources & Mining Const. Manu. Trade, Trans. & Utilities Info. Financial Activities Prof. & Business Services Education & Health Services Leisure & Hospitality Other Services Govt
Barry 384 427 5,719 2,225 129 456 1,429 1,020 1,017 309 385
Barton 116 193 1,983 814 30 202 269 335 537 45 165
Cedar 12 105 380 744 67 118 66 447 268 137 122
Dade ND ND 194 333 ND 55 230 27 38 ND 27
Jasper 412 1,895 11,845 15,185 873 2,194 3,919 6,464 5,097 1,699 1,570
Lawrence 282 411 1,525 1,967 128 312 411 636 690 151 305
McDonald 225 292 2,798 1,039 34 125 255 225 273 53 196
Newton 234 760 4,439 3,471 184 488 812 3,986 1,582 336 386
Vernon 241 188 1,146 1,305 85 376 228 1,015 508 236 265
Region Total 1,906 4,271 30,029 27,083 1,530 4,326 7,619 14,155 10,010 2,966 3,421
Percent 1.8% 4.0% 28.0% 25.2% 1.4% 4.0% 7.1% 13.2% 9.3% 2.8% 3.2%
Source: 2004 QCEW, NAICS supersectors, ND = Not Disclosable

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2003 Number of Southwest Region Establishments by Size
Employees 1-4 5-9 10-19 20-49 50-99 100-249 250-499 500-999 1000+ County Total
Barry 511 186 83 53 18 11 4 4 2 872
Barton 170 53 37 17 6 4 2 0 1 290
Cedar 263 63 45 15 6 3 0 0 0 395
Dade 107 26 10 9 3 3 0 0 0 158
Jasper 1,735 662 447 273 79 45 13 10 3 3,267
Lawrence 388 133 71 47 17 8 1 0 0 665
McDonald 204 64 42 19 6 2 0 0 2 339
Newton 659 189 113 71 25 12 2 1 2 1,074
Vernon 372 96 55 36 7 2 3 1 0 572
Region Total 4,409 1,472 903 540 167 90 25 16 10 7,632
Percent 57.8% 19.3% 11.8% 7.1% 2.2% 1.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 100.0%
Source: 2003 US Census Bureau

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Southwest Region Farms
  1997 2002 % Change
Barry 1,776 1,669 -6.0%
Barton 985 960 -2.5%
Cedar 962 952 -1.0%
Dade 883 893 1.1%
Jasper 1,547 1,390 -10.1%
Lawrence 1,925 1,852 -3.8%
McDonald 1,217 1,113 -8.5%
Newton 1,832 1,752 -4.4%
Vernon 1,408 1,399 -0.6%
Region Total 12,535 11,980 -4.4%
US Department of Agriculture

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Southwest Region Personal Income ($000)

1993 2002 2003 % Change 1993-2003 % Change 2002-2003
Barry $430,320 $730,007 $759,640 76.5% 4.1%
Barton $180,237 $261,571 $283,077 57.1% 8.2%
Cedar $166,901 $263,922 $276,438 65.6% 4.7%
Dade $110,558 $160,556 $173,122 56.6% 7.8%
Jasper $1,624,052 $2,513,373 $2,615,543 61.1% 4.1%
Lawrence $449,104 $689,145 $718,565 60.0% 4.3%
McDonald $235,873 $429,653 $448,666 90.2% 4.4%
Newton $765,990 $1,221,177 $1,270,569 65.9% 4.0%
Vernon $310,287 $428,623 $456,474 47.1% 6.5%
Region Total $4,273,322 $6,698,027 $7,002,094 63.9% 4.5%


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Southwest Region Per Capita Personal Income

1993 2002 2003 % Change 1993-2003 % Change 2002-2003
Barry $14,596 $21,250 $21,819 49.5% 2.7%
Barton $15,409 $20,294 $21,703 40.8% 6.9%
Cedar $13,541 $18,979 $19,925 47.1% 5.0%
Dade $14,488 $20,280 $22,003 51.9% 8.5%
Jasper $17,181 $23,513 $24,176 40.7% 2.8%
Lawrence $14,225 $19,055 $19,725 38.7% 3.5%
McDonald $12,974 $19,774 $20,395 57.2% 3.1%
Newton $16,286 $22,948 $23,489 44.2% 2.4%
Vernon $16,086 $21,130 $22,475 39.7% 6.4%
Region Total $14,976 $20,803 $21,746 45.2% 4.5%
Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis

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