Palouse Economic Development Council

Palouse Economic Development Council

845 Port Way | Clarkston, Washington 99403
509-751-9144 | toll free 1-877-289-7598 | fax 509-758-1309

Demographics

Acreage & yields - major crops

Civilian labor force/Unemployment

College enrollment

Commodities shipped by water (tons)

Crime rates

Educational attainment

Employees by industry

Hospitals in the PEDC

Housing units by structure type

Income (median household)

Income (per capita)

Largest employers in the PEDD area

Map (highway)

Map (tourism)

Median age/sex

Median home prices

National forest acreage

Political jurisdiction

Population by cities & counties

Population distribution by age

Population Migration Inflow/Outflow

Poverty status

Racial composition by county

Roadway mileage by jurisdiction, WA

Services for elderly & low income population

Sewer capacity

Skilled & Assisted nursing care facilities

Taxable retail sales - annual

Taxable retail sales - 1st quarter

Travel statistics

Wages (eastern Washington)

Waste sites (number of confirmed & suspected)

Water capacities

Area college enrollment

Four Year Institutions	Public or Private	City, State	Fall 2006 Enrollment
Washington State University www.wsu.edu	Public	Pullman, WA	17,583
University of Idaho www.uidaho.edu	Public	Moscow, ID	11,636
Lewis-Clark State College www.lcsc.edu	Public	Lewiston, ID	3,612
Eastern Washington University www.ewu.edu	Public	Cheney, WA	10,686
Gonzaga University www.gonzaga.edu	Private	Spokane, WA	6,736
Walla Walla College www.wwc.edu	Private	College Place, WA	1,876
Whitman College www.whitman.edu	Private	Walla Walla, WA	1,454
Whitworth College www.whitworth.edu	Private	Spokane, WA	2,607
Community Colleges
Walla Walla Community College www.wwcc.edu	Public	Clarkston, WA	667
Walla Walla Community College www.wwcc.edu	Public	Walla Walla, WA	5,951
Community Colleges of Spokane http://ccs.spokane.cc.wa.us	Public	Spokane, WA	15,615

Rev. 2-08

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Acreage & yields, major crops

Crop	Year	Cnty./State	Acres Planted	Acres Harvested	Yield/ Bushel	Prod./ Bushel
Barley	2004	WA State Asotin Columbia Garfield Whitman	250,000 4,000 14,000 19,500 101,500	245,000 3,800 13,700 19,100 100,500	70 53.9 70.8 51.3 83.8	17,150,000 205,000 970,000 980,000 8,425,000
Barley	2005	WA State Asotin Columbia Garfield Whitman	215,000 2,000 11,000 19,500 95,000	205,000 1,800 10,500 19,000 93,100	61 68.9 53.3 30 68.3	12,505,000 124,000 560,000 570,000 6,361,000
Barley	2006	WA State Asotin Columbia Garfield Whitman	200,000 4,000 7,000 16,000 91,500	90,000 3,700 6,500 14,700 89,800	63 40.5 80 45.9 67.7	11,970,000 150,000 520,000 675,000 6,080,000
Spring Wheat	2004	WA State Asotin Columbia Garfield Whitman	530,000 2,200 19,700 21,400 132,300	525,000 2,200 19,600 21,300 131,600	50 29.1 44.7 37.9 55.3	26,250,000 64,000 876,000 808,000 7,280,000
Spring Wheat	2005	WA State Asotin Columbia Garfield Whitman	430,000 1,000 16,900 12,200 122,200	425,000 1,000 16,800 12,200 120,000	44 34 23.3 25.2 39.2	18,700,000 34,000 392,000 308,000 4,707,000
Spring Wheat	2006	WA State Asotin Columbia Garfield Whitman	430,000 1,500 24,000 17,000 112,000	425,000 1,500 23,300 16,900 109,300	50 32 53.2 36.8 48.3	21,250,000 48,000 1,240,000 621,500 5,284,000
Winter Wheat	2004	WA State Asotin Columbia Garfield Whitman	1,800,000 23,000 69,000 54,000 330,000	1,750,000 22,000 68,000 53,000 325,200	67 47.7 81.3 72.4 86.7	117,250,000 1,049,000 5,530,000 3,838,000 28,196,000
Winter Wheat	2005	WA State Asotin Columbia Garfield Whitman	1,850,000 22,500 68,300 57,600 333,400	1,800,000 21,800 66,500 56,000 323,600	67 55 67 64 85.4	120,600,000 1,199,000 4,455,500 3,584,000 27,640,500
Winter Wheat	2006	WA State Asotin Columbia Garfield Whitman	,850,000 20,000 71,000 57,000 351,000	1,800,000 19,500 69,600 55,100 342,000	66 48.7 79 69 80.4	118,800,000 950,000 5,500,000 3,800,000 27,481,000

Source: http://www.nass.usda.gov/
Rev. 10-07

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Civilian labor force/Unemployment

		1980	1990	2000	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
WA State	Labor Force Unemp. Rate	1,984,000 7.9	2,538,000 4.9	3,050,500 5.2	3,115,400 7.3	3,233,600 6.2	3,264,600 5.5	3,357,500 5.0	3,457,400 4.2
Asotin Cnty.	Labor Force Unemp. Rate	8,630 9.3	9,370 5.0	11,720 4.6	12,310 6.4	10,120 6.6	10,370 7.3	9,870 4.0	10,340 3.8
Columbia Cnty.	Labor Force Unemp. Rate	2,130 10.7	1,480 12.2	1,510 11.1	1,340 9.6	1,690 8.3	1,870 7.1	1,460 7.7	1,510 5.9
Garfield Cnty.	Labor Force Unemp. Rate	1,190 7.7	1,060 3.0	1,140 4.2	1,210 4.4	1,160 5.2	1,120 5.8	1,050 4.7	1,030 4.5
Whitman Cnty.	Labor Force Unemp. Rate	15,640 2.9	17,420 1.5	19,220 2.2	19,570 2.5	20,570 4.4	21,050 4.4	21,140 3.7	21,570 3.5

Source: www.workforceexplorer.com/cgi/dataAnalysis/LabForceReport.asp
Rev. 12-07

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Area crime rates

COUNTY, WA	2003 Crime Index Offenses Rate Per 1000 People	2004 Crime Index Offenses Rate Per 1000 People	2005 Crime Index Offenses Rate Per 1000 People	2006 Crime Index Offenses Rate Per 1000 People	2003 Violent Crimes Rate Per 1000 People	2004 Violent Crimes Rate Per 1000 People	2005 Violent Crimes Rate Per 1000 People	2006 Violent Crimes Rate Per 1000 People
WA St. Asotin Columbia Garfield Whitman	51.7 41.4 45.1 42.1 29.3	52.7 38.4 53.9 30.8 25.2	52.9 31.6 34.6 40.0 20.2	48.2 28.3 39.8 32.9 21.4	3.5 2.2 1.0 2.1 1.4	3.5 2.3 2.0 3.8 1.2	3.5 2.1 0.7 2.5 1.4	3.4 1.4 0.2 3.8 1.5

Source: www.waspc.org
Rev 10-07

OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS

Eastern Washington wages

Estimates as of March 2007 Job Title	Mean Wage	Median Wage	Median Annual Wage
Accountants and Auditors Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Carpenters Cashiers	25.82 17.90 14.31 21.31 10.97	23.95 18.07 13.99 20.89 9.83	53,697 37,222 29,778 44,335 22,823
Computer Programmers Construction Laborers Electrical/electronics Repairers, Industrial Equipment Food Preparation & Serving Wkrs, 1st line Sprvs/Mgrs. General and Operations Managers	19.51 15.87 23.87 15.59 53.33	16.52 14.68 22.50 14.43 47.83	40,581 33,020 49,648 32,441 110,928
Human Resource Assistants (not payroll & timekeeping) Industrial Machinery Mechanics Industrial Production Managers Janitors and Cleaners (except maids & housekpg.) Landscaping and Groundskeep. Wrkrs, 1st line Supvsr	16.24 24.77 54.08 11.95 16.63	16.42 22.86 51.25 11.28 14.62	33,788 51,522 112,495 24,855 34,585
Lawyers Machinists Maintenance & Repair Workers, General Mechanical Engineers	39.24 16.39 16.73 32.50	32.98 16.02 16.31 30.13	81,619 34,089 34,789 62,686
Medical Transcriptionists Office Clerks, General Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers Purch. Agents (except Wholesale, Retail, & Farm Prod.) Retail Salespersons Sales Managers Sales Representatives, Services, All Other	14.98 12.88 23.85 24.55 12.23 61.18 21.81	14.81 12.13 23.03 23.70 10.68 56.30 23.05	31,171 26,798 49,615 51,059 25,440 127,248 45,354
Teachers and Instructors, All Other Training & Development Specialists Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Waiters and Waitresses	13.87 21.70 18.01 13.54 11.20	13.52 21.93 17.90 12.43 11.70	28,838 45,140 37,467 28,165 23,303
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	18.96	17.62	39,426

Source: www.workforceexplorer.com
* Includes Asotin, Columbia , Ferry, Garfield , Lincoln ,
Pend Oreille , Stevens, Walla Walla , and Whitman Counties
Rev. 12-07

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Educational attainment in population 25 years and over

	Less than 9th grade			Some high school, no diploma			High school graduate ONLY			Some College, no degree			College graduate with degree
COUNTY, WA	1980	1990	2000	1980	1990	2000	1980	1990	2000	1980	1990	2000	1980	1990	2000
Asotin	13%	8%	3%	13%	15%	11%	44%	34%	33%	18%	23%	28%	23%	21%	25%

Columbia	12%	14%	5%	16%	14%	12%	46%	29%	31%	19%	18%	28%	7%	25%	25%

Garfield	12%	6%	6%	11%	12%	9%	39%	34%	30%	24%	21%	26%	13%	26%	29%

Whitman	7%	4%	2%	7%	5%	5%	27%	21%	19%	22%	21%	22%	37%	49%	52%

WA State		5%	4%		11%	9%		28%	25%		25%	26%		31%	36%

COUNTY, ID
Latah		5%	3%		8%	6%		23%	23%		21%	21%		43%	48%

Nez Perce		7%	4%		13%	11%		31%	32%		23%	21%		25%	28%

ID State		7%	5%		13%	10%		30%	29%		24%	27%		25%	29%

Source: www.census.gov
Rev. 12-07

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Employees by industry

PEDD = Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, and Whitman Counties, WA

Source: www.workforceexplorer.com
REV12-06

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Source: www.idahoworks.com
REV12-06

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Housing units by structure type

COUNTY, WA / Municipality	2000 Total	2000 One Unit	2000 Two or More Units	2000 MH/ TR/ Spec*	2007 Total	2007 One Unit	2007 Two or More Units	2007 MH/ TR/ Spec*
ASOTIN Unincorporated Incorporated Asotin, city Clarkston	9,111 5,257 3,854 440 3,414	6,400 3,807 2,593 340 2,253	1,448 488 960 51 909	1,263 962 301 49 252	9766 5854 3912 478 3434	6,756 4,144 2,612 364 2,248	1,529 556 973 60 913	1,481 1,154 327 54 273
COLUMBIA Unincorporated Incorporated Dayton Starbuck	2,018 751 1,267 1,181 86	1,581 565 1,016 963 53	156 6 150 149 1	281 180 101 69 32	2151 832 1319 1232 87	1,631 603 1,028 976 52	182 6 176 175 1	338 223 115 81 34
GARFIELD Unincorporated Incorporated Pomeroy	1,288 548 740 740	970 415 555 555	65 4 61 61	253 129 124 124	1311 568 743 743	983 425 558 558	65 4 61 61	263 139 124 124
WHITMAN Unincorporated Incorporated Albion Colfax	16,676 2861 13,815 315 1,357	8,814 2,467 6,347 160 851	6,306 44 6,262 24 429