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<br />Table 11 - HISTORICAL ESTIMATED EMPLOYMENT IN TIMBER-BASED MANUFACTURING
<br />INDUSTRIES, MISSOURI REGION
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<br /> Lumber and Wood Prod"cts
<br /> Grand Sawmills and Veneer and Pulp, Paper Timber
<br />Year Total Total Planing Mills Plywood Plants o tiler & Allied Products Harvesting
<br />1952 20,123 7,807 4,209 40 3,558 6,322 5,994
<br />1962 22,151 8,846 4,357 40 4,449 8,153 5,152
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<br />Table 12 - HISTORICAL ESTIMATED EMPLOYMENT
<br />IN TIMBER-BASED MANUFACTURING
<br />INDUSTRIES, BY SUBREGION
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<br />Subregion 1952 1962
<br />Upper Missouri 465 890
<br />Yellowstone 591 829
<br />Western Dakota 1,275 1,388
<br />Eastern Dakota 330 250
<br />Platte-Niobrara 2,812 3,514
<br />Middle Missouri 2,560 2,820
<br />Kansas 910 940
<br />Lower Missouri 11,180 11,520
<br />Missouri Region 20,123 22,15 I
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<br />INCOME AND EARNINGS
<br />
<br />Between 1940 and 1960, total personal income in the
<br />United States increased from about $157 billion to over
<br />$351 billion. This is stated in terms of constant 1954
<br />dollars in order to remove the effects of inflation. Per
<br />capita personal income increased from about $1,200 to
<br />$2,000 during the 20-year period. The total increase in
<br />personal income in the region over the 20-year period
<br />amounted to approximately $8. I billion in real terms.
<br />With the growth in population during this period,
<br />increases in per capita personal income from 1940 to
<br />1950 amounted to 70.4 percent but only a 14.9 percent
<br />increase during the following decade. Total earnings in
<br />the region increased by $3.9 billion and $2.1 billion
<br />during these respective decades. This increase in earnings
<br />was comparable to the national rate. Table 13 compares
<br />the Nation and the region in terms of personal income
<br />and total earnings in the 3 historic years. Income and
<br />earnings levels approached the national average between
<br />1940 and 1960 and compared favorably with the Nation
<br />during the latter year. The region, however, still remains
<br />below national income and earnings levels.
<br />Per capita personal income by individual subregions,
<br />with few exceptions, remained below the national
<br />average. In 1940, per capita personal income was 77.3
<br />percent of the national average. None of the eight
<br />subregions exceeded the national average in 1940. By
<br />1960, per capita personal income had increased to 90.9
<br />percent of the national average. Also during 1960, the
<br />Platte-Niobrara Subregion equaled the national average,
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<br />Table 13 - HISTORICAL INCOME AND EARNINGS,
<br />MISSOURI REGION
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<br />Item 1940 1950 19601
<br />Total Personal Income (Millions) $ 6,270 $1l,144 $14,381
<br />Percent of Nation 3.97% 4.44% 4.09%
<br />Per Capita Personal Income $ 926 $ 1,578 $ 1,813
<br />Percent of Nation 77.29% 95.17% 90.92%
<br />Total Earnings (Millions) $ 5,209 $ 9,108 $11,196
<br />Percent of Nation 4.12% 4.53% 3.99%
<br />Earnings per Employee $ 2,329 $ 3,354 $ 9,751
<br />Percent of Nation 83.48% 95.80% 88.72%
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<br />11960 employment and 1959 earnings.
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<br />while only two subregions, the Eastern Dakota and
<br />Western Dakota subregions, remained substantially
<br />below national per capita income levels. Table 14 gives,
<br />in index number form, comparative figures on per capita
<br />personal income for the region, the eight subregions, and
<br />the eleven SMSA's.
<br />Earnings per employee in the region, subregions, and
<br />SMSA's as a percent of the national average are shown in
<br />table IS. While there appears to be a greater dispersion
<br />of rates around the national average in earnings per
<br />employee as contrasted to per capita personal income, it
<br />appears that there is a general tendency for convergence
<br />upon the national average. In terms of geographical
<br />differences within the region, earnings per employee in
<br />the Platte-Niobrara Subregion came closest to the
<br />national average, 97.0 percent in 1960. The Eastern
<br />Dakota Subregion was farthest from the national average
<br />in I960 with 70.0 percent.
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<br />The II standard metropolitan statistical areas in the
<br />basin compared favorably with the Nation in terms of
<br />earnings per employee. Sioux Falls, Springfield, Lincoln,
<br />and Topeka all failed to equal the national average in
<br />each of the 3 census years.
<br />A comparison between the region and Nation in
<br />terms of earnings per employee by the four major
<br />employment categories shows the region comparing
<br />favorably (table 16).
<br />In agriculture, earnings per employee in the region
<br />exceeded those in the Nation for I940 and 1950, but to
<br />a lesser extent in 1960. In manufacturing, earnings per
<br />employee were less in the region than the Nation
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