Barton County vs. Kansas
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Total Employment Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Barton County vs. Kansas
Barton County:
2022 Jobs = 18,544
2022 Percent of State = 0.94%
Kansas:
2022 Jobs = 1,982,258
2022 Percent of U.S. = 0.93%
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 Barton County to work are included in the employment count for Barton 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.
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Figure 1.
Figure 1 traces Barton County's annual total employment for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate total employment patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Barton County's total employment rose from 14,557 in 1969 to 18,544 in 2022, for a net gain of 3,987, or 27.39%.
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 traces Kansas' annual total employment for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate total employment patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Kansas' total employment rose from 1,029,008 in 1969 to 1,982,258 in 2022, for a net gain of 953,250, or 92.64%.
Total Employment Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Total Employment Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 shows Barton County's total employment growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Kansas, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's total employment in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the total employments in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in total employment growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Barton County's overall total employment growth was 27.39% over 1969-2022 trailed Kansas' increase of 92.64%, and fell below the United States' increase of 133.32%.
Total Employment as a Percent of the Kansas Total: 1969-2022
Total Employment as a Percent of the Kansas Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of highlighting the total employment growth of Barton County is to trace its individual percentage contributions to Kansas' statewide total employment over time, as shown in Figure 4. A rising share means a region's total employment grew faster, or declined less, than Kansas' total employment, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, Barton County's total employment comprised 1.41% of Kansas' total employment, while in 2022 it totaled 0.94% thereby yielding a -0.48% share-shift.
   
 
Total Employment Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
-0.48%
=
0.94%
-
1.41%
 
   
Barton County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Barton County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 highlights the short-run pattern of Barton 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 traced 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, Barton County's total employment grew at an annual rate of 0.50% over 1970-2022. The county recorded its highest growth in 1973 (6.34%) and recorded its lowest growth in 1986 (-8.20%). In 2022, Barton County's total employment grew by 1.90%
Barton County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Barton County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
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 6 again shows the annual percent change in Barton County's total employment since 1970, but this time they are displayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Barton County's annual total employment growth rate averaged 3.03%. It averaged -0.16% throughout the 1980s, 0.29% in the 1990s, -0.38% during the 2000s, -0.20% in the 2010s, 0.17% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Barton County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Kansas and the nation. As the chart reveals, Barton County's average annual total employment growth registered above Kansas' average in the 1970s (3.03% vs. 2.35%), posted below Kansas' average in the 1980s (-0.16% vs. 1.17%), amounted to less than Kansas' average in the 1990s (0.29% vs. 1.82%), amounted to less than Kansas' average during the 2000s (-0.38% vs. 0.42%), posted below Kansas' average throughout the 2010s (-0.20% vs. 0.60%), and amounted to less than Kansas' average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (0.17% vs. 1.03%).
Finally, relative to nationwide total employment growth trends, Barton County outpaced the nation during the 1970s (3.03% vs. 2.21%), fell under the nation in the 1980s (-0.16% vs. 1.88%), lagged the nation over the 1990s (0.29% vs. 1.73%), trailed the nation over the 2000s (-0.38% vs. 0.74%), posted below the nation in the 2010s (-0.20% vs. 1.51%), and fell under the nation over 2020-2022 (0.17% vs. 1.82%).
   
 
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
0.50
3.03
-0.16
0.29
-0.38
-0.20
0.17
1.90
 
1.26
2.35
1.17
1.82
0.42
0.60
1.03
3.19
 
1.62
2.21
1.88
1.73
0.74
1.51
1.82
4.78
 
   
Job Ratios (Employment/Population): 1969-2022
Job Ratios (Employment/Population): 1969-2022
Figure 8.
The job ratios shown in Figure 8 for Barton County, Kansas and the nation not only portray a number of important trends, they also serves as a thumbnail guide to evaluating an economy's capacity to generate enough jobs fast enough to absorb the increasing number of workers attendant to a growing population. The job ratio is the number of full-time and part-time jobs by place of work, divided by population.
Nationally, the job ratio rose from 0.45 to 0.64 between 1969 and 2022. Barton County's job ratio registered 0.47 in 1969, and 0.74 in 2022. Underlying the rising job ratio over the past several decades have been the increases in the labor force participation rates, with the number and proportion of women in the labor market playing a leading role.
An assortment of other factors can contribute to regional differences in the job ratio. They include differences in the proportion of elderly and retirees who no longer work and participate in the labor force, differences in the number and proportion of part-time vs. full-time workers, differences in industry composition, and differences in age and sex distribution and degree of urbanization. Also, a disproportionate number of workers commuting to work outside a county tends to lower its local county job ratio, while a net inflow of workers commuting to work inside the county tends to augment its local county job ratio.
Avoid interpreting the job ratio as the fraction (or percent) of the local population employed. This interpretation should only apply to the "employment-population ratio" statistic compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from the Current Population Survey (CPS).
Job Ratios (Employment/Population)
as a Percent of the U.S. Average:
1969-2022
Job Ratios (Employment/Population)
as a Percent of the U.S. Average:
1969-2022
Figure 9.
To highlight trends in a local job ratio relative to nationwide trends, Figure 9 tracks Barton County's, Kansas' job ratio as a percent of the national job ratio over 1969-2022.

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Barton County:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
14,557
100.0
N
1.41
0.47
104.64
1970
 
14,851
102.0
2.02
1.46
0.48
108.04
1971
 
15,043
103.3
1.29
1.47
0.49
110.30
1972
 
15,411
105.9
2.45
1.47
0.51
112.95
1973
 
16,388
112.6
6.34
1.50
0.54
115.50
1974
 
16,883
116.0
3.02
1.50
0.55
117.41
1975
 
17,024
116.9
0.84
1.50
0.55
119.43
1976
 
17,935
123.2
5.35
1.53
0.57
122.66
1977
 
18,515
127.2
3.23
1.53
0.59
123.89
1978
 
18,957
130.2
2.39
1.51
0.61
122.58
1979
 
19,591
134.6
3.34
1.51
0.62
123.99
1980
 
20,408
140.2
4.17
1.56
0.65
129.06
1981
 
21,672
148.9
6.19
1.64
0.67
134.42
1982
 
21,447
147.3
-1.04
1.64
0.65
131.73
1983
 
21,041
144.5
-1.89
1.59
0.64
128.76
1984
 
21,760
149.5
3.42
1.59
0.66
128.95
1985
 
21,382
146.9
-1.74
1.56
0.65
125.19
1986
 
19,628
134.8
-8.20
1.43
0.61
116.33
1987
 
19,590
134.6
-0.19
1.38
0.64
119.06
1988
 
19,200
131.9
-1.99
1.34
0.64
117.44
1989
 
19,139
131.5
-0.32
1.32
0.64
115.99
1990
 
19,271
132.4
0.69
1.31
0.66
118.81
1991
 
19,395
133.2
0.64
1.30
0.66
121.51
1992
 
18,791
129.1
-3.11
1.25
0.64
117.92
1993
 
19,060
130.9
1.43
1.25
0.65
119.55
1994
 
18,821
129.3
-1.25
1.21
0.64
116.96
1995
 
19,017
130.6
1.04
1.19
0.65
117.51
1996
 
19,224
132.1
1.09
1.18
0.66
118.57
1997
 
19,161
131.6
-0.33
1.14
0.66
116.77
1998
 
19,465
133.7
1.59
1.13
0.68
117.68
1999
 
19,676
135.2
1.08
1.13
0.69
119.26
2000
 
19,432
133.5
-1.24
1.10
0.69
117.73
2001
 
18,535
127.3
-4.62
1.05
0.67
114.91
2002
 
18,499
127.1
-0.19
1.06
0.67
116.42
2003
 
18,040
123.9
-2.48
1.04
0.65
114.36
2004
 
18,147
124.7
0.59
1.04
0.66
114.90
2005
 
18,296
125.7
0.82
1.04
0.66
113.93
2006
 
18,579
127.6
1.55
1.03
0.68
114.79
2007
 
18,895
129.8
1.70
1.02
0.69
115.31
2008
 
19,557
134.3
3.50
1.05
0.72
121.49
2009
 
18,891
129.8
-3.41
1.04
0.69
121.25
2010
 
19,269
132.4
2.00
1.07
0.70
124.61
2011
 
19,141
131.5
-0.66
1.05
0.69
122.51
2012
 
20,008
137.4
4.53
1.09
0.73
127.93
2013
 
20,651
141.9
3.21
1.10
0.75
131.08
2014
 
21,067
144.7
2.01
1.11
0.77
132.60
2015
 
20,327
139.6
-3.51
1.06
0.75
127.12
2016
 
19,953
137.1
-1.84
1.04
0.75
125.06
2017
 
19,329
132.8
-3.13
1.01
0.74
122.41
2018
 
18,643
128.1
-3.55
0.97
0.72
117.92
2019
 
18,453
126.8
-1.02
0.96
0.72
117.45
2020
 
18,295
125.7
-0.86
0.97
0.72
122.18
2021
 
18,199
125.0
-0.52
0.95
0.72
118.08
2022
 
18,544
127.4
1.90
0.94
0.74
116.00
Source: Calculations by the Kansas Regional Economic Analysis Project (KS-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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Kansas:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
1,029,008
100.0
N
1.13
0.46
101.74
1970
 
1,017,405
98.9
-1.13
1.11
0.45
101.06
1971
 
1,022,401
99.4
0.49
1.12
0.46
102.79
1972
 
1,047,978
101.8
2.50
1.11
0.46
103.10
1973
 
1,090,098
105.9
4.02
1.11
0.48
103.37
1974
 
1,122,386
109.1
2.96
1.12
0.49
105.46
1975
 
1,132,564
110.1
0.91
1.15
0.50
108.28
1976
 
1,168,805
113.6
3.20
1.15
0.51
108.89
1977
 
1,207,714
117.4
3.33
1.15
0.52
109.01
1978
 
1,251,626
121.6
3.64
1.14
0.54
108.64
1979
 
1,296,018
125.9
3.55
1.15
0.55
109.58
1980
 
1,309,091
127.2
1.01
1.15
0.55
110.16
1981
 
1,321,825
128.5
0.97
1.15
0.55
110.68
1982
 
1,306,229
126.9
-1.18
1.14
0.54
110.39
1983
 
1,322,987
128.6
1.28
1.14
0.55
110.72
1984
 
1,364,715
132.6
3.15
1.13
0.56
110.15
1985
 
1,367,826
132.9
0.23
1.10
0.56
108.30
1986
 
1,368,245
133.0
0.03
1.08
0.56
107.00
1987
 
1,420,601
138.1
3.83
1.10
0.58
108.65
1988
 
1,431,826
139.1
0.79
1.07
0.58
106.46
1989
 
1,453,867
141.3
1.54
1.07
0.59
106.56
1990
 
1,473,893
143.2
1.38
1.07
0.59
107.19
1991
 
1,489,215
144.7
1.04
1.08
0.60
109.56
1992
 
1,501,541
145.9
0.83
1.09
0.59
110.08
1993
 
1,524,596
148.2
1.54
1.08
0.60
110.11
1994
 
1,551,442
150.8
1.76
1.08
0.60
109.71
1995
 
1,600,063
155.5
3.13
1.08
0.62
110.74
1996
 
1,632,161
158.6
2.01
1.08
0.62
111.33
1997
 
1,676,805
163.0
2.74
1.09
0.64
112.26
1998
 
1,723,552
167.5
2.79
1.09
0.65
112.76
1999
 
1,740,420
169.1
0.98
1.08
0.65
112.25
2000
 
1,760,312
171.1
1.14
1.06
0.65
111.50
2001
 
1,767,601
171.8
0.41
1.07
0.65
112.62
2002
 
1,746,039
169.7
-1.22
1.06
0.64
112.10
2003
 
1,733,661
168.5
-0.71
1.04
0.64
111.32
2004
 
1,750,839
170.1
0.99
1.04
0.64
111.04
2005
 
1,765,616
171.6
0.84
1.02
0.64
110.28
2006
 
1,795,475
174.5
1.69
1.02
0.65
110.25
2007
 
1,844,345
179.2
2.72
1.03
0.66
111.16
2008
 
1,858,080
180.6
0.74
1.04
0.66
112.28
2009
 
1,813,192
176.2
-2.42
1.04
0.64
113.09
2010
 
1,801,894
175.1
-0.62
1.04
0.63
112.78
2011
 
1,819,054
176.8
0.95
1.03
0.63
112.15
2012
 
1,841,411
179.0
1.23
1.03
0.64
111.86
2013
 
1,868,968
181.6
1.50
1.03
0.64
111.89
2014
 
1,895,912
184.2
1.44
1.02
0.65
111.63
2015
 
1,910,992
185.7
0.80
1.00
0.65
110.56
2016
 
1,916,188
186.2
0.27
0.99
0.65
109.78
2017
 
1,913,433
185.9
-0.14
0.97
0.65
108.70
2018
 
1,925,926
187.2
0.65
0.96
0.66
107.76
2019
 
1,924,114
187.0
-0.09
0.95
0.66
107.41
2020
 
1,878,887
182.6
-2.35
0.96
0.64
108.56
2021
 
1,920,925
186.7
2.24
0.95
0.65
107.07
2022
 
1,982,258
192.6
3.19
0.93
0.67
105.88
Source: Calculations by the Kansas Regional Economic Analysis Project (KS-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_1000_PSN
 
   

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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 Kansas Regional Economic Analysis Project (KS-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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