Wayne County vs. Indiana
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Total Employment Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Wayne County vs. Indiana
Wayne County:
2022 Jobs = 38,753
2022 Percent of State = 0.94%
Indiana:
2022 Jobs = 4,140,665
2022 Percent of U.S. = 1.95%
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 Wayne County to work are included in the employment count for Wayne 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 tracks Wayne County's annual total employment for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate total employment patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Wayne County's total employment dropped from 39,232 in 1969 to 38,753 in 2022, for a net loss of -479, or -1.22%.
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 traces Indiana's annual total employment for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate total employment patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Indiana's total employment rose from 2,326,793 in 1969 to 4,140,665 in 2022, for a net gain of 1,813,872, or 77.96%.
Total Employment Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Total Employment Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 portrays Wayne County's total employment growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Indiana, 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.
Wayne County's overall total employment growth was -1.22% over 1969-2022 trailed Indiana's increase of 77.96%, and fell below the United States' increase of 133.32%.
Total Employment as a Percent of the Indiana Total: 1969-2022
Total Employment as a Percent of the Indiana Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of contrasting the total employment growth of Wayne County is to trace its individual percentage contributions to Indiana's 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 Indiana's total employment, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, Wayne County's total employment totaled 1.69% of Indiana's total employment, while in 2022 it equated to 0.94% thereby yielding a -0.75% share-shift.
   
 
Total Employment Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
-0.75%
=
0.94%
-
1.69%
 
   
Wayne County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Wayne County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 highlights the short-run pattern of Wayne 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, Wayne County's total employment grew at an annual rate of 0.01% over 1970-2022. The county posted its highest growth in 1994 (6.52%) and posted its lowest growth in 1975 (-6.66%). In 2022, Wayne County's total employment grew by 3.08%
Wayne County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Wayne 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 depicts the annual percent change in Wayne 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, Wayne County's annual total employment growth rate averaged 0.04%. It averaged 0.10% throughout the 1980s, 1.31% throughout the 1990s, -1.85% throughout the 2000s, 0.49% in the 2010s, -0.12% 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 Wayne County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Indiana and the nation. As the chart reveals, Wayne County's average annual total employment growth fell below Indiana's average during the 1970s (0.04% vs. 1.56%), lagged Indiana's average during the 1980s (0.10% vs. 1.09%), posted below Indiana's average in the 1990s (1.31% vs. 1.80%), trailed Indiana's average in the 2000s (-1.85% vs. -0.19%), recorded under Indiana's average during the 2010s (0.49% vs. 1.20%), and lagged Indiana's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (-0.12% vs. 1.47%).
Finally, relative to nationwide total employment growth trends, Wayne County fell below the nation in the 1970s (0.04% vs. 2.21%), fell below the nation in the 1980s (0.10% vs. 1.88%), posted below the nation during the 1990s (1.31% vs. 1.73%), fell below the nation throughout the 2000s (-1.85% vs. 0.74%), fell below the nation throughout the 2010s (0.49% vs. 1.51%), and trailed the nation over 2020-2022 (-0.12% vs. 1.82%).
   
 
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
0.01
0.04
0.10
1.31
-1.85
0.49
-0.12
3.08
 
1.11
1.56
1.09
1.80
-0.19
1.20
1.47
4.08
 
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 Wayne County, Indiana 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. Wayne County's job ratio registered 0.50 in 1969, and 0.58 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 Wayne County's, Indiana's job ratio as a percent of the national job ratio over 1969-2022.

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Wayne County:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
39,232
100.0
N
1.69
0.50
110.21
1970
 
38,883
99.1
-0.89
1.70
0.49
109.69
1971
 
37,740
96.2
-2.94
1.65
0.48
107.31
1972
 
38,653
98.5
2.42
1.63
0.49
108.29
1973
 
40,175
102.4
3.94
1.62
0.51
109.56
1974
 
39,560
100.8
-1.53
1.59
0.50
106.97
1975
 
36,925
94.1
-6.66
1.54
0.47
103.45
1976
 
37,732
96.2
2.19
1.52
0.49
104.77
1977
 
38,649
98.5
2.43
1.50
0.50
104.61
1978
 
39,737
101.3
2.82
1.49
0.52
104.89
1979
 
39,210
99.9
-1.33
1.45
0.51
101.93
1980
 
37,849
96.5
-3.47
1.44
0.50
99.28
1981
 
37,747
96.2
-0.27
1.45
0.50
99.72
1982
 
35,719
91.0
-5.37
1.42
0.48
96.52
1983
 
35,727
91.1
0.02
1.41
0.48
97.26
1984
 
36,803
93.8
3.01
1.39
0.50
97.38
1985
 
36,968
94.2
0.45
1.37
0.51
97.12
1986
 
36,955
94.2
-0.04
1.34
0.51
96.92
1987
 
37,526
95.7
1.55
1.32
0.52
96.82
1988
 
38,700
98.6
3.13
1.32
0.53
97.87
1989
 
39,468
100.6
1.98
1.31
0.55
99.48
1990
 
39,821
101.5
0.89
1.30
0.55
99.81
1991
 
38,682
98.6
-2.86
1.26
0.54
98.74
1992
 
39,187
99.9
1.31
1.26
0.54
101.01
1993
 
41,034
104.6
4.71
1.28
0.57
104.66
1994
 
43,711
111.4
6.52
1.33
0.60
110.19
1995
 
43,877
111.8
0.38
1.30
0.61
109.04
1996
 
44,782
114.1
2.06
1.31
0.62
110.79
1997
 
45,135
115.0
0.79
1.30
0.63
110.71
1998
 
44,985
114.7
-0.33
1.27
0.63
109.43
1999
 
44,818
114.2
-0.37
1.25
0.63
108.67
2000
 
44,207
112.7
-1.36
1.21
0.62
106.19
2001
 
43,099
109.9
-2.51
1.20
0.61
104.93
2002
 
42,936
109.4
-0.38
1.21
0.61
106.03
2003
 
41,634
106.1
-3.03
1.17
0.59
103.27
2004
 
41,231
105.1
-0.97
1.15
0.59
102.05
2005
 
40,721
103.8
-1.24
1.12
0.58
100.05
2006
 
40,236
102.6
-1.19
1.10
0.58
98.02
2007
 
40,426
103.0
0.47
1.09
0.58
97.78
2008
 
39,741
101.3
-1.69
1.08
0.58
97.60
2009
 
37,105
94.6
-6.63
1.05
0.54
95.03
2010
 
36,665
93.5
-1.19
1.04
0.53
95.20
2011
 
37,029
94.4
0.99
1.03
0.54
95.38
2012
 
37,427
95.4
1.07
1.03
0.55
96.07
2013
 
37,735
96.2
0.82
1.02
0.55
96.31
2014
 
38,456
98.0
1.91
1.03
0.57
97.33
2015
 
38,276
97.6
-0.47
1.01
0.57
96.00
2016
 
38,416
97.9
0.37
1.00
0.57
95.91
2017
 
38,748
98.8
0.86
0.99
0.58
96.44
2018
 
39,278
100.1
1.37
0.99
0.59
96.58
2019
 
38,949
99.3
-0.84
0.98
0.58
95.80
2020
 
37,278
95.0
-4.29
0.97
0.56
95.14
2021
 
37,594
95.8
0.85
0.94
0.57
92.59
2022
 
38,753
98.8
3.08
0.94
0.58
91.74
Source: Calculations by the Indiana Regional Economic Analysis Project (IN-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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Indiana:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
2,326,793
100.0
N
2.56
0.45
100.02
1970
 
2,290,880
98.5
-1.54
2.51
0.44
98.29
1971
 
2,289,961
98.4
-0.04
2.50
0.44
98.50
1972
 
2,366,852
101.7
3.36
2.51
0.45
99.17
1973
 
2,483,157
106.7
4.91
2.52
0.47
100.05
1974
 
2,492,502
107.1
0.38
2.49
0.47
99.28
1975
 
2,404,608
103.3
-3.53
2.43
0.45
97.90
1976
 
2,488,953
107.0
3.51
2.45
0.46
99.23
1977
 
2,578,127
110.8
3.58
2.45
0.48
99.79
1978
 
2,669,582
114.7
3.55
2.43
0.49
99.25
1979
 
2,708,261
116.4
1.45
2.39
0.49
98.18
1980
 
2,626,041
112.9
-3.04
2.30
0.48
95.34
1981
 
2,602,712
111.9
-0.89
2.26
0.47
94.83
1982
 
2,522,205
108.4
-3.09
2.21
0.46
93.60
1983
 
2,542,022
109.3
0.79
2.20
0.47
94.29
1984
 
2,642,451
113.6
3.95
2.19
0.48
94.72
1985
 
2,695,475
115.8
2.01
2.18
0.49
94.89
1986
 
2,755,432
118.4
2.22
2.18
0.51
96.11
1987
 
2,849,065
122.4
3.40
2.20
0.52
97.36
1988
 
2,935,238
126.1
3.02
2.20
0.53
97.84
1989
 
3,010,334
129.4
2.56
2.21
0.54
98.78
1990
 
3,069,771
131.9
1.97
2.22
0.55
99.67
1991
 
3,071,856
132.0
0.07
2.23
0.55
100.55
1992
 
3,120,633
134.1
1.59
2.26
0.55
102.10
1993
 
3,197,238
137.4
2.45
2.27
0.56
102.86
1994
 
3,287,330
141.3
2.82
2.28
0.57
103.54
1995
 
3,379,373
145.2
2.80
2.28
0.58
103.97
1996
 
3,418,009
146.9
1.14
2.26
0.58
103.21
1997
 
3,476,263
149.4
1.70
2.25
0.58
102.98
1998
 
3,543,278
152.3
1.93
2.24
0.59
102.81
1999
 
3,596,542
154.6
1.50
2.23
0.59
102.78
2000
 
3,648,148
156.8
1.43
2.21
0.60
102.18
2001
 
3,588,944
154.2
-1.62
2.17
0.59
100.83
2002
 
3,553,197
152.7
-1.00
2.15
0.58
100.56
2003
 
3,552,183
152.7
-0.03
2.14
0.57
100.23
2004
 
3,593,262
154.4
1.16
2.13
0.58
99.98
2005
 
3,634,795
156.2
1.16
2.11
0.58
99.27
2006
 
3,674,382
157.9
1.09
2.09
0.58
98.44
2007
 
3,720,029
159.9
1.24
2.07
0.58
97.83
2008
 
3,682,921
158.3
-1.00
2.06
0.57
97.27
2009
 
3,523,023
151.4
-4.34
2.03
0.55
96.36
2010
 
3,525,292
151.5
0.06
2.04
0.54
97.17
2011
 
3,590,103
154.3
1.84
2.04
0.55
97.49
2012
 
3,642,274
156.5
1.45
2.04
0.56
97.72
2013
 
3,684,167
158.3
1.15
2.02
0.56
97.25
2014
 
3,740,470
160.8
1.53
2.01
0.57
97.01
2015
 
3,796,439
163.2
1.50
1.99
0.57
96.85
2016
 
3,847,508
165.4
1.35
1.99
0.58
96.90
2017
 
3,903,424
167.8
1.45
1.99
0.58
97.10
2018
 
3,963,724
170.4
1.54
1.98
0.59
96.67
2019
 
3,969,603
170.6
0.15
1.97
0.59
96.15
2020
 
3,843,114
165.2
-3.19
1.97
0.57
96.10
2021
 
3,978,425
171.0
3.52
1.96
0.58
95.62
2022
 
4,140,665
178.0
4.08
1.95
0.61
95.07
Source: Calculations by the Indiana Regional Economic Analysis Project (IN-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 Indiana Regional Economic Analysis Project (IN-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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