Benton Franklin 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 Benton & Franklin Counties 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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11/01/2023

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10/29/2023

Hello Tri-Cities! The Institute has been hard at work updating indicators since the US Census released 1-year estimates for 2022. This includes important community vitals like the Total and Share of Overall Population Living In Poverty. See this indicator and others at Benton-Franklin Trends!

Benton-Franklin Trends offers benchmark data on community indicators in graph and written form for Benton and Franklin counties to continually gauge their progress.

10/28/2023

Hello Tri-Cities! Did you know that Benton-Franklin Trends sends out newsletters on a quarterly basis. Check out the October issue here.

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08/15/2023

In his latest guest column for the Tri-Cities Journal of Business, Dr. Patrick Jones breaks down the ongoing strong population growth in the region. Spoiler alert: Net migration is a driving factor over natural increase (births minus deaths).

Recently released estimates from the demographers at the Washington Office of Financial Management (OFM) put the two-county total estimate for April 1 at nearly 317,000, a gain of nearly 5,000 compared to last year.

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...

08/07/2023

Adult Arrests & Arrest Rates are down in Benton and Franklin Counties! Unfortunately, The same cannot be said about violent crime. Be sure to check out Indicator 8.1.3 as well!

Benton-Franklin Trends offers benchmark data on community indicators in graph and written form for Benton and Franklin counties to continually gauge their progress.

08/05/2023

Hello Benton and Franklin Counties! Are you interested in crime rates in your community? Be sure to check out the recently updated public safety indicator on the trends site.

Benton-Franklin Trends offers benchmark data on community indicators in graph and written form for Benton and Franklin counties to continually gauge their progress.