Grant County Trends

03/25/2024

DAILY DOSE OF DATA: Washington leads the nation in arts & cultural production as a share of GDP -- accounting for nearly 9.5% of Washington's GDP (almost $1 out of every $10 of total output). According to the latest figures from the BEA, Washington's arts & culture sector of the economy is nearly twice as big as the national average (4.8%). The biggest gains recently have been in performing arts and fine arts education.

Source:https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/acpsa0324.pdf

03/20/2024

DAILY DOSE OF DATA: Washington is a great state for women small business owners, considering 42% of its small businesses are owned by women. Of those businesses, 34% make a revenue of $1 million or more. Washington’s employment rate among women (59%) is also high compared to other states.

Source: https://www.lendio.com/blog/best-states-for-women-small-business-owners/

01/04/2024

Wanna see how economic growth in Grant County compared to other counties around the region? Check out this cool blog by the BEA.

See how the economy of your metro area or county fared in 2022 by reading our latest GDP by county and metro area blog:

https://bea.gov/news/blog/2023-12-07/gross-domestic-product-county-and-metropolitan-area-2022

11/16/2023

What do you know about the U.S. government? Check out this civics quiz from the Pew Research Center

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11/15/2023

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08/15/2023

It's National Relaxation Day! Consider visiting a Washington State Park. Grant County Trends currently tracks Sun Lake and Steamboat Lake State park visits.

08/12/2023

Dr. Patrick Jones, executive director of the Eastern Washington University Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysists, was recently featured in the Spokane Journal of Business. See this and other media appearances on the IPPEA website!

The Institute in the News Media features regarding the Institute will be posted here routinely. Current Articles Spokane’s labor force participation lags the US rate Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business By Dr. Patrick JonesJanuary 2023 Health care sector continues to grow, but is health of populati...

08/05/2023

Good Evening Grant County! We recently conducted statistical testing for the following indicators using the Statistical Testing Tool from the US Census.

0.1.5 Total Veterans & Veterans' Share of the Civilian Population Age 18+
0.2.2Total Foreign-Born Population and Foreign-Born as a Share of Total Population
3.4.1 Share of the Population Ages 25+ with a High School Diploma, GED or Less

Check them out at Grant County Trends. What is Statistical Significance?

Test whether American Community Survey estimates are statistically different from each other using the Census Bureau's Statistical Testing Tool.

08/01/2023

School is right around the corner! Be sure to check our Education category on Grant County Trends.

Grant County Trends offers benchmark data on community indicators in graph and written form for the Grant County region to continually gauge their progress.

07/28/2023

The U.S. economy grew at a 2.4% annualized rate in the second quarter of 2023 after increasing 2.0% in the first quarter.

07/28/2023

Check out the latest edition of our blog, the Grant County Trends Focus, featuring articles on wages and employment in the top five employing sectors of the county!

Blog & Update List Did you know there are over 150 different community indicators on Grant County Trends - each updated throughout the year? But which ones, and when?This issue of the Grant County Trends blog lists the most recently updated indicators on the Grant County Trends website. This page wi...

07/12/2023

In honor of yesterday's World Population Day, here is data from the UN on the world's most populous countries along with forecasted growth.