INDICATORS

INCOME

•3.1.1 Per Capita Personal Income •3.1.2 Median Household Income •3.1.3 Overall Average Annual Wage •3.1.4 Income Distribution •3.1.5 Avg. Annual Wage in Top-5 Employing Sectors

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

•3.2.1 Annual Taxable Retail Sales •3.2.2 Quarterly Taxable Retail Sales •3.2.3 Retail Sales per Capita •3.2.4 GDP per Capita •3.2.5 GDP by Major Sector •3.2.6 Total Value of Merchandise Exports •3.2.7 New Business Applications •3.2.8 Cost of Living Index

LABOR FORCE

•3.3.1 Civilian Labor Force & Participation Rate •3.3.2 Total Employed & Unemployment Rate •3.3.3 Net Jobs Created •3.3.4 Employment Shares in Top-5 Sectors •3.3.5 Share of Jobs by Educational Attainment •3.3.6 Employment by Firm Size •3.3.7 Share of Employment by Age Group •3.3.8 Share of Jobs by Earnings Range •3.3.9 Net Jobs Created at 25% Higher Earnings

REAL ESTATE

•3.4.1 Assessed Value of Total Taxable Property •3.4.2 Non-Residential Property Tax Roll •3.4.3 Total Property Tax Roll •3.4.4 Value of New Construction •3.4.5 Residential Building Permits •3.4.6 Quarterly Residential Building Permits

POVERTY

•3.5.1 Total Population Living in Poverty •3.5.2 Seniors Living in Poverty •3.5.3 Children Receiving TANF Benefits

ECONOMIC VITALITY

Nearly all dimensions of life in the two counties are directly tied to the size, structure and success of the regional economy. This category takes up the key metrics of economics and business in the area. The topics range from outcome measures, such as income, unemployment and sales taxes, to more upstream considerations such as building permits and patents. Most of the indicators have benchmarks to Washington State and to the U.S. Federal and state data gathering efforts allowing a very rich picture of the regional economy.

A full definition of each indicator, as well as its relevance to the two counties, can be found in the More Information section. The data are available in a spreadsheet via the Download Data tab.