| McLean County vs. North Dakota Comparative Trends Analysis: Total Employment Growth and Change, 1969-2022 Introduction McLean County: 2022 Jobs = 5,823 2022 Percent of State = 0.99% North Dakota: 2022 Jobs = 587,819 2022 Percent of U.S. = 0.28% Employment numbers remain the most popular and frequently cited statistics used for tracking local area economic conditions and trends. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) employment estimates reported measure the number of full- and part-time wage and salary employees, plus the number of proprietors of unincorporated businesses. People holding more than one job are counted in the employment estimates for each job they hold. This means BEA employment estimates represent a job count, not a people count. Also, BEA employment is by place-of-work, rather than by place-of-residence. Jobs held by neighboring county residents who commute to McLean County to work are included in the employment count for McLean County. Data Definition: The BEA employment series for states and local areas comprises estimates of the number of jobs, full-time plus part-time, by place of work. Full-time and part-time jobs are counted at equal weight. Employees, sole proprietors, and active partners are included, but unpaid family workers and volunteers are not included. Proprietors employment consists of the number of sole proprietorships and the number of partners in partnerships. The description "by place of work" applies to the wage and salary portion of the series and, with relatively little error, to the entire series. The proprietors employment portion of the series, however, is more nearly by place of residence because, for nonfarm sole proprietorships, the estimates are based on IRS tax data that reflect the address from which the proprietor's individual tax return is filed, which is usually the proprietor's residence. The nonfarm partnership portion of the proprietors employment series reflects the tax-filing address of the partnership, which may be either the residence of one of the partners or the business address of the partnership. The employment estimates are designed to be consistent with the estimates of wages and salaries and proprietors' income that are part of the personal income series. The employment estimates are based on the same sets of source data as the corresponding earnings estimates and are prepared with parallel methodologies. Two forms of proprietors' income-the income of limited partnerships and the income of tax-exempt cooperatives-have no corresponding employment estimates. Figure 1. Figure 1 tracks McLean County's annual total employment for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate total employment patterns over time. During this 54-year period, McLean County's total employment rose from 4,649 in 1969 to 5,823 in 2022, for a net gain of 1,174, or 25.25%. Figure 2. Figure 2 traces North Dakota's annual total employment for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate total employment patterns over time. During this 54-year period, North Dakota's total employment rose from 273,930 in 1969 to 587,819 in 2022, for a net gain of 313,889, or 114.59%. Figure 3. Another interesting and insightful way of comparing the total employment growth of McLean County is to compare its individual percentage contributions to North Dakota's statewide total employment over time, as shown in Figure 3. A rising share means a region's total employment grew faster, or declined less, than North Dakota's total employment, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly. In 1969, McLean County's total employment totaled 1.70% of North Dakota's total employment, while in 2022 it comprised 0.99% thereby yielding a -0.71% share-shift. | | | | Total Employment Share-Shift 2022 vs. 1969 | Share- Shift* | | 2022 | vs. | 1969 | | -0.71% | = | 0.99% | - | 1.70% |
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Figure 4. Figure 4 shows the short-run pattern of McLean County's total employment growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also illustrated on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average. On average, McLean County's total employment grew at an annual rate of 0.51% over 1970-2022. The county posted its highest growth in 1978 (15.46%) and recorded its lowest growth in 1980 (-11.37%). In 2022, McLean County's total employment grew by 3.46% Figure 5. Over the past five decades some counties have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 5 again shows the annual percent change in McLean County's total employment since 1970, but this time they are overlayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022. During the 1970s, McLean County's annual total employment growth rate averaged 3.25%. It averaged -2.28% throughout the 1980s, 0.41% during the 1990s, 1.03% in the 2000s, 0.01% during the 2010s, 0.88% thus far this decade (2020-2022). Figure 6. To highlight trends in a local job ratio relative to nationwide trends, Figure 6 tracks McLean County's, North Dakota's job ratio as a percent of the national job ratio over 1969-2022. Tip: To augment your analysis click on the column headers in the following table to rank and/or sort the data. | | | | McLean County: Total Employment, 1969-2022 | | | | | | | | | 1969 | | 4,649 | 100.0 | N | 1.70 | 0.40 | 88.98 | 1970 | | 4,730 | 101.7 | 1.74 | 1.68 | 0.42 | 93.28 | 1971 | | 4,662 | 100.3 | -1.44 | 1.64 | 0.40 | 91.33 | 1972 | | 4,540 | 97.7 | -2.62 | 1.58 | 0.40 | 89.12 | 1973 | | 4,689 | 100.9 | 3.28 | 1.56 | 0.42 | 90.41 | 1974 | | 4,719 | 101.5 | 0.64 | 1.53 | 0.43 | 91.13 | 1975 | | 4,683 | 100.7 | -0.76 | 1.49 | 0.42 | 91.79 | 1976 | | 5,059 | 108.8 | 8.03 | 1.55 | 0.45 | 96.44 | 1977 | | 5,730 | 123.3 | 13.26 | 1.73 | 0.50 | 105.07 | 1978 | | 6,616 | 142.3 | 15.46 | 1.92 | 0.56 | 113.01 | 1979 | | 6,278 | 135.0 | -5.11 | 1.78 | 0.51 | 101.34 | 1980 | | 5,564 | 119.7 | -11.37 | 1.57 | 0.45 | 89.79 | 1981 | | 5,411 | 116.4 | -2.75 | 1.51 | 0.44 | 88.49 | 1982 | | 5,414 | 116.5 | 0.06 | 1.51 | 0.44 | 89.68 | 1983 | | 5,535 | 119.1 | 2.23 | 1.52 | 0.44 | 89.65 | 1984 | | 5,384 | 115.8 | -2.73 | 1.47 | 0.43 | 84.11 | 1985 | | 5,198 | 111.8 | -3.45 | 1.43 | 0.43 | 83.00 | 1986 | | 4,931 | 106.1 | -5.14 | 1.38 | 0.43 | 80.89 | 1987 | | 5,192 | 111.7 | 5.29 | 1.43 | 0.46 | 85.83 | 1988 | | 4,973 | 107.0 | -4.22 | 1.36 | 0.45 | 82.24 | 1989 | | 4,937 | 106.2 | -0.72 | 1.33 | 0.46 | 82.80 | 1990 | | 4,934 | 106.1 | -0.06 | 1.32 | 0.48 | 85.79 | 1991 | | 4,852 | 104.4 | -1.66 | 1.27 | 0.48 | 87.65 | 1992 | | 4,849 | 104.3 | -0.06 | 1.25 | 0.49 | 90.17 | 1993 | | 4,916 | 105.7 | 1.38 | 1.24 | 0.50 | 91.51 | 1994 | | 5,009 | 107.7 | 1.89 | 1.22 | 0.51 | 93.03 | 1995 | | 5,087 | 109.4 | 1.56 | 1.22 | 0.52 | 93.43 | 1996 | | 5,151 | 110.8 | 1.26 | 1.21 | 0.53 | 94.67 | 1997 | | 5,181 | 111.4 | 0.58 | 1.21 | 0.54 | 94.93 | 1998 | | 5,136 | 110.5 | -0.87 | 1.18 | 0.54 | 93.47 | 1999 | | 5,142 | 110.6 | 0.12 | 1.18 | 0.54 | 94.08 | 2000 | | 5,050 | 108.6 | -1.79 | 1.15 | 0.54 | 91.70 | 2001 | | 5,236 | 112.6 | 3.68 | 1.18 | 0.57 | 97.34 | 2002 | | 5,123 | 110.2 | -2.16 | 1.16 | 0.56 | 97.54 | 2003 | | 4,939 | 106.2 | -3.59 | 1.11 | 0.54 | 94.92 | 2004 | | 5,035 | 108.3 | 1.94 | 1.11 | 0.56 | 97.58 | 2005 | | 5,162 | 111.0 | 2.52 | 1.12 | 0.59 | 100.41 | 2006 | | 5,244 | 112.8 | 1.59 | 1.11 | 0.60 | 101.48 | 2007 | | 5,406 | 116.3 | 3.09 | 1.12 | 0.61 | 102.94 | 2008 | | 5,548 | 119.3 | 2.63 | 1.13 | 0.62 | 105.98 | 2009 | | 5,680 | 122.2 | 2.38 | 1.15 | 0.64 | 113.26 | 2010 | | 5,605 | 120.6 | -1.32 | 1.11 | 0.62 | 111.36 | 2011 | | 5,670 | 122.0 | 1.16 | 1.07 | 0.62 | 110.06 | 2012 | | 5,765 | 124.0 | 1.68 | 1.02 | 0.61 | 107.00 | 2013 | | 5,932 | 127.6 | 2.90 | 1.01 | 0.62 | 107.62 | 2014 | | 6,080 | 130.8 | 2.49 | 1.00 | 0.63 | 107.49 | 2015 | | 5,932 | 127.6 | -2.43 | 0.99 | 0.60 | 101.91 | 2016 | | 5,812 | 125.0 | -2.02 | 1.01 | 0.59 | 98.82 | 2017 | | 5,778 | 124.3 | -0.58 | 1.01 | 0.58 | 97.20 | 2018 | | 5,754 | 123.8 | -0.42 | 0.99 | 0.59 | 96.44 | 2019 | | 5,675 | 122.1 | -1.37 | 0.98 | 0.58 | 95.34 | 2020 | | 5,727 | 123.2 | 0.92 | 1.02 | 0.59 | 99.65 | 2021 | | 5,628 | 121.1 | -1.73 | 0.99 | 0.57 | 94.10 | 2022 | | 5,823 | 125.3 | 3.46 | 0.99 | 0.59 | 92.99 |
Source: Calculations by the North Dakota Regional Economic Analysis Project (ND-REAP) with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis November 2023 REAP_PI_CA1400_1000_PSN | | | | |
Tip: To augment your analysis click on the column headers in the following table to rank and/or sort the data. | | | | North Dakota: Total Employment, 1969-2022 | | | | | | | | | 1969 | | 273,930 | 100.0 | N | 0.30 | 0.44 | 97.52 | 1970 | | 281,458 | 102.7 | 2.75 | 0.31 | 0.45 | 101.55 | 1971 | | 283,811 | 103.6 | 0.84 | 0.31 | 0.45 | 102.28 | 1972 | | 288,138 | 105.2 | 1.52 | 0.31 | 0.46 | 101.34 | 1973 | | 300,252 | 109.6 | 4.20 | 0.31 | 0.47 | 101.95 | 1974 | | 308,009 | 112.4 | 2.58 | 0.31 | 0.49 | 103.49 | 1975 | | 313,546 | 114.5 | 1.80 | 0.32 | 0.49 | 106.98 | 1976 | | 325,944 | 119.0 | 3.95 | 0.32 | 0.51 | 108.17 | 1977 | | 330,976 | 120.8 | 1.54 | 0.32 | 0.51 | 106.67 | 1978 | | 345,094 | 126.0 | 4.27 | 0.31 | 0.53 | 107.39 | 1979 | | 353,425 | 129.0 | 2.41 | 0.31 | 0.54 | 107.56 | 1980 | | 354,849 | 129.5 | 0.40 | 0.31 | 0.54 | 108.10 | 1981 | | 358,792 | 131.0 | 1.11 | 0.31 | 0.54 | 108.64 | 1982 | | 359,535 | 131.3 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.54 | 109.06 | 1983 | | 365,143 | 133.3 | 1.56 | 0.32 | 0.54 | 109.09 | 1984 | | 366,419 | 133.8 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.54 | 105.35 | 1985 | | 363,513 | 132.7 | -0.79 | 0.29 | 0.54 | 103.20 | 1986 | | 357,386 | 130.5 | -1.69 | 0.28 | 0.53 | 101.55 | 1987 | | 362,693 | 132.4 | 1.48 | 0.28 | 0.55 | 102.60 | 1988 | | 366,328 | 133.7 | 1.00 | 0.27 | 0.56 | 102.33 | 1989 | | 370,190 | 135.1 | 1.05 | 0.27 | 0.57 | 103.81 | 1990 | | 373,890 | 136.5 | 1.00 | 0.27 | 0.59 | 105.80 | 1991 | | 382,218 | 139.5 | 2.23 | 0.28 | 0.60 | 110.52 | 1992 | | 387,620 | 141.5 | 1.41 | 0.28 | 0.61 | 112.76 | 1993 | | 396,886 | 144.9 | 2.39 | 0.28 | 0.62 | 114.28 | 1994 | | 411,338 | 150.2 | 3.64 | 0.29 | 0.64 | 116.41 | 1995 | | 418,075 | 152.6 | 1.64 | 0.28 | 0.65 | 116.18 | 1996 | | 425,783 | 155.4 | 1.84 | 0.28 | 0.65 | 116.75 | 1997 | | 429,892 | 156.9 | 0.97 | 0.28 | 0.66 | 116.73 | 1998 | | 434,930 | 158.8 | 1.17 | 0.27 | 0.67 | 116.91 | 1999 | | 435,651 | 159.0 | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.68 | 116.81 | 2000 | | 440,643 | 160.9 | 1.15 | 0.27 | 0.69 | 117.11 | 2001 | | 445,433 | 162.6 | 1.09 | 0.27 | 0.70 | 120.00 | 2002 | | 442,530 | 161.5 | -0.65 | 0.27 | 0.69 | 120.81 | 2003 | | 443,692 | 162.0 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.69 | 121.44 | 2004 | | 453,079 | 165.4 | 2.12 | 0.27 | 0.70 | 121.88 | 2005 | | 461,638 | 168.5 | 1.89 | 0.27 | 0.71 | 122.52 | 2006 | | 471,131 | 172.0 | 2.06 | 0.27 | 0.73 | 123.08 | 2007 | | 482,494 | 176.1 | 2.41 | 0.27 | 0.74 | 124.00 | 2008 | | 491,887 | 179.6 | 1.95 | 0.27 | 0.75 | 126.93 | 2009 | | 492,409 | 179.8 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 0.74 | 130.83 | 2010 | | 503,803 | 183.9 | 2.31 | 0.29 | 0.75 | 133.54 | 2011 | | 529,778 | 193.4 | 5.16 | 0.30 | 0.77 | 136.55 | 2012 | | 567,381 | 207.1 | 7.10 | 0.32 | 0.80 | 141.33 | 2013 | | 586,758 | 214.2 | 3.42 | 0.32 | 0.81 | 140.13 | 2014 | | 607,113 | 221.6 | 3.47 | 0.33 | 0.82 | 139.81 | 2015 | | 597,638 | 218.2 | -1.56 | 0.31 | 0.78 | 132.50 | 2016 | | 576,701 | 210.5 | -3.50 | 0.30 | 0.75 | 126.48 | 2017 | | 573,077 | 209.2 | -0.63 | 0.29 | 0.75 | 124.31 | 2018 | | 578,397 | 211.1 | 0.93 | 0.29 | 0.75 | 122.99 | 2019 | | 581,406 | 212.2 | 0.52 | 0.29 | 0.75 | 122.63 | 2020 | | 560,448 | 204.6 | -3.60 | 0.29 | 0.72 | 122.05 | 2021 | | 567,834 | 207.3 | 1.32 | 0.28 | 0.73 | 119.53 | 2022 | | 587,819 | 214.6 | 3.52 | 0.28 | 0.75 | 118.34 |
Source: Calculations by the North Dakota Regional Economic Analysis Project (ND-REAP) with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis November 2023 REAP_PI_CA1400_1000_PSN | | | | |
Tip: To augment your analysis click on the column headers in the following table to rank and/or sort the data. | | | | United States: Total Employment, 1969-2022 | | | | | | | 1969 | | 91,053,200 | 100.0 | N | 0.45 | 1970 | | 91,277,600 | 100.2 | 0.25 | 0.45 | 1971 | | 91,581,400 | 100.6 | 0.33 | 0.44 | 1972 | | 94,312,200 | 103.6 | 2.98 | 0.45 | 1973 | | 98,427,500 | 108.1 | 4.36 | 0.47 | 1974 | | 100,111,800 | 109.9 | 1.71 | 0.47 | 1975 | | 98,900,600 | 108.6 | -1.21 | 0.46 | 1976 | | 101,591,200 | 111.6 | 2.72 | 0.47 | 1977 | | 105,042,200 | 115.4 | 3.40 | 0.48 | 1978 | | 109,686,600 | 120.5 | 4.42 | 0.49 | 1979 | | 113,147,100 | 124.3 | 3.15 | 0.50 | 1980 | | 113,983,200 | 125.2 | 0.74 | 0.50 | 1981 | | 114,914,000 | 126.2 | 0.82 | 0.50 | 1982 | | 114,163,300 | 125.4 | -0.65 | 0.49 | 1983 | | 115,645,700 | 127.0 | 1.30 | 0.49 | 1984 | | 120,528,100 | 132.4 | 4.22 | 0.51 | 1985 | | 123,796,700 | 136.0 | 2.71 | 0.52 | 1986 | | 126,232,300 | 138.6 | 1.97 | 0.53 | 1987 | | 129,548,400 | 142.3 | 2.63 | 0.53 | 1988 | | 133,563,900 | 146.7 | 3.10 | 0.55 | 1989 | | 136,177,800 | 149.6 | 1.96 | 0.55 | 1990 | | 138,330,900 | 151.9 | 1.58 | 0.55 | 1991 | | 137,612,800 | 151.1 | -0.52 | 0.54 | 1992 | | 138,166,100 | 151.7 | 0.40 | 0.54 | 1993 | | 140,774,400 | 154.6 | 1.89 | 0.54 | 1994 | | 144,196,600 | 158.4 | 2.43 | 0.55 | 1995 | | 147,915,800 | 162.4 | 2.58 | 0.56 | 1996 | | 151,056,200 | 165.9 | 2.12 | 0.56 | 1997 | | 154,541,200 | 169.7 | 2.31 | 0.57 | 1998 | | 158,481,200 | 174.1 | 2.55 | 0.57 | 1999 | | 161,531,300 | 177.4 | 1.92 | 0.58 | 2000 | | 165,370,800 | 181.6 | 2.38 | 0.59 | 2001 | | 165,522,200 | 181.8 | 0.09 | 0.58 | 2002 | | 165,095,100 | 181.3 | -0.26 | 0.57 | 2003 | | 165,921,500 | 182.2 | 0.50 | 0.57 | 2004 | | 168,839,700 | 185.4 | 1.76 | 0.58 | 2005 | | 172,338,400 | 189.3 | 2.07 | 0.58 | 2006 | | 175,868,600 | 193.1 | 2.05 | 0.59 | 2007 | | 179,543,700 | 197.2 | 2.09 | 0.60 | 2008 | | 179,213,900 | 196.8 | -0.18 | 0.59 | 2009 | | 173,636,700 | 190.7 | -3.11 | 0.57 | 2010 | | 172,901,700 | 189.9 | -0.42 | 0.56 | 2011 | | 176,091,700 | 193.4 | 1.84 | 0.56 | 2012 | | 178,979,700 | 196.6 | 1.64 | 0.57 | 2013 | | 182,328,100 | 200.2 | 1.87 | 0.58 | 2014 | | 186,239,800 | 204.5 | 2.15 | 0.58 | 2015 | | 190,325,800 | 209.0 | 2.19 | 0.59 | 2016 | | 193,425,900 | 212.4 | 1.63 | 0.60 | 2017 | | 196,394,100 | 215.7 | 1.53 | 0.60 | 2018 | | 200,292,200 | 220.0 | 1.98 | 0.61 | 2019 | | 201,635,200 | 221.4 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 2020 | | 195,286,600 | 214.5 | -3.15 | 0.59 | 2021 | | 202,752,100 | 222.7 | 3.82 | 0.61 | 2022 | | 212,442,000 | 233.3 | 4.78 | 0.64 |
Source: Calculations by the North Dakota Regional Economic Analysis Project (ND-REAP) with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis November 2023 REAP_PI_CA1400_1000_PN | | | | |
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