2000 vs. 2016 Total Employment Growth and Change
Michigan Employment Growth by County
2000 vs. 2016, Net Percent Change
Michigan Employment Growth by County
Leelanau County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = 31.42%
Rank = #1
Ontonagon County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = -38.07%
Rank = #83
Shiawassee County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = -4.03%
Rank = #32
With a spotlight on Shiawassee County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of employment across Michigan's 83 counties over the period 2000-2016.
Those counties whose employment growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of employment. Likewise, those counties whose employment growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of employment statewide.
Statewide Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2016 employment grew in twenty-four Michigan counties while declining in fifty-nine.
  • Employment growth in twenty-five counties outpaced the statewide average (-0.81%), while growth in fifty-eight counties trailed.
  • At the extremes of the distribution, Leelanau County posted the highest growth of employment (31.42%), while Ontonagon County placed last by logging a -38.07% decline.
  • The spread in employment growth between the highest (Leelanau County, 31.42%) and lowest (Ontonagon County, -38.07%) over 2000-2016 equated to 69.49% ( = 31.42%-38.07%).
  • Employment growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of employment statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Michigan, Oakland County's net employment growth over 2000-2016 of 24,206 made up -52.97% of the total net growth statewide (-45,701):

Oakland County: Percent Share of Michigan's
Employment Growth, 2000-2016:

-52.97% = (24,206 / -45,701) x 100
Shiawassee County Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2016, Shiawassee County posted a -4.03% net decline in employment.
  • Shiawassee County was joined by fifty-seven other counties whose employment growth over 2000-2016 registered below the statewide average (-0.81%).
  • Ranked #32 among Michigan's 83 counties, Shiawassee County's employment growth (-4.03%) trailed the statewide average of -0.81% by a 3.22% margin.
  • Shiawassee County's net employment growth (-4.03%, #32) over 2000-2016 registered just above that of Sanilac County (-4.45%, #33) and just below that of Dickinson County (-3.94%, #31).
  • Shiawassee County's share of employment statewide slipped from 0.47% in 2000 to 0.46% in 2016, resulting in a share-shift of -0.02%.

Data Definition

The BEA employment series for states and local areas comprises estimates of the number of jobs, full-time plus part-time, by place of work. Full-time and part-time jobs are counted at equal weight. Employees, sole proprietors, and active partners are included, but unpaid family workers and volunteers are not included. Proprietors employment consists of the number of sole proprietorships and the number of partners in partnerships. The description "by place of work" applies to the wage and salary portion of the series and, with relatively little error, to the entire series. The proprietors employment portion of the series, however, is more nearly by place of residence because, for nonfarm sole proprietorships, the estimates are based on IRS tax data that reflect the address from which the proprietor's individual tax return is filed, which is usually the proprietor's residence. The nonfarm partnership portion of the proprietors employment series reflects the tax-filing address of the partnership, which may be either the residence of one of the partners or the business address of the partnership. The employment estimates are designed to be consistent with the estimates of wages and salaries and proprietors' income that are part of the personal income series. The employment estimates are based on the same sets of source data as the corresponding earnings estimates and are prepared with parallel methodologies. Two forms of proprietors' income-the income of limited partnerships and the income of tax-exempt cooperatives-have no corresponding employment estimates.

United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
Regional Definitions. 2023. Web.
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/

Employment Growth by County
2000 vs. 2016, Net Percent Change
Employment Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Employment Growth, 2000 vs. 2016
More
than
10%
10%
to
5%
5%
to
0%
0%
to
-5%
-5%
to
-10%
-10%
to
-15%
-15%
to
-20%
-20%
or
Below
Total
2000 vs. 2016
10
6
8
11
16
16
10
6
83
 
     
Employment by County, 2016
Employment by County, 2016
Oakland County 2016
Employment = 982,023
Percent of State = 17.61%
Rank = #1
Keweenaw County 2016
Employment = 783
Percent of State = 0.01%
Rank = #83
Shiawassee County 2016
Employment = 25,598
Percent of State = 0.46%
Rank = #31
Again highlighting Shiawassee County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2016 employment statewide (5,575,793).

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Statewide Snippets:
  • Ranked #1, Oakland County's 2016 employment totaled 982,023, equating to 17.61% of the statewide total.
  • Ranked last (#83), Keweenaw County's employment of 783 in 2016 comprised just 0.01% of the total statewide. Keweenaw County's employment in 2016 equates to less than .01% to that of Oakland County's.
  • Oakland County's 2016 employment (982,023) exceeded the combined employment (962,525) of Michigan's sixty-three smallest counties.
Shiawassee County Snippets:
  • Shiawassee County's employment in 2016 ranked #31, amounting to 0.46% of the statewide total.
  • Shiawassee County's employment of 25,598 placed below that of Ionia County's (26,574, #30), and just above that of Emmet County's (25,163, #32).
  • Shiawassee County's employment of 25,598 exceeds the combined total (24,793) of Michigan's nine smallest counties.
Employment by County, 2016
Employment by County, 2016
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Employment, 2016
More
than
500,000
500,000
to
400,000
400,000
to
300,000
300,000
to
200,000
200,000
to
100,000
100,000
or
Below
Total
2016
2
2
0
1
5
73
83
 
     

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Michigan Employment by County:
2000 vs. 2016
 
2000
 
2016
 
2000 - 2016
 
 
 
 
3,873
0.07
 
3,198
0.06
 
-17.43
-675
1.48
-0.01
 
4,177
0.07
 
3,599
0.06
 
-13.84
-578
1.26
-0.01
 
54,896
0.98
 
54,459
0.98
 
-0.80
-437
0.96
0.00
 
18,028
0.32
 
15,754
0.28
 
-12.61
-2,274
4.98
-0.04
 
10,757
0.19
 
9,368
0.17
 
-12.91
-1,389
3.04
-0.02
 
8,508
0.15
 
6,628
0.12
 
-22.10
-1,880
4.11
-0.03
 
4,605
0.08
 
3,537
0.06
 
-23.19
-1,068
2.34
-0.02
 
25,003
0.44
 
19,918
0.36
 
-20.34
-5,085
11.13
-0.09
 
53,512
0.95
 
47,529
0.85
 
-11.18
-5,983
13.09
-0.10
 
7,669
0.14
 
7,283
0.13
 
-5.03
-386
0.84
-0.01
 
90,418
1.61
 
82,713
1.48
 
-8.52
-7,705
16.86
-0.13
 
22,409
0.40
 
18,566
0.33
 
-17.15
-3,843
8.41
-0.07
 
75,174
1.34
 
71,215
1.28
 
-5.27
-3,959
8.66
-0.06
 
17,030
0.30
 
15,555
0.28
 
-8.66
-1,475
3.23
-0.02
 
15,178
0.27
 
15,608
0.28
 
2.83
430
-0.94
0.01
 
12,518
0.22
 
10,416
0.19
 
-16.79
-2,102
4.60
-0.04
 
18,910
0.34
 
16,607
0.30
 
-12.18
-2,303
5.04
-0.04
 
13,627
0.24
 
10,751
0.19
 
-21.11
-2,876
6.29
-0.05
 
23,339
0.42
 
27,203
0.49
 
16.56
3,864
-8.45
0.07
 
6,828
0.12
 
5,168
0.09
 
-24.31
-1,660
3.63
-0.03
 
20,337
0.36
 
18,433
0.33
 
-9.36
-1,904
4.17
-0.03
 
17,756
0.32
 
17,057
0.31
 
-3.94
-699
1.53
-0.01
 
44,636
0.79
 
55,691
1.00
 
24.77
11,055
-24.19
0.20
 
22,381
0.40
 
25,163
0.45
 
12.43
2,782
-6.09
0.05
 
215,500
3.83
 
186,024
3.34
 
-13.68
-29,476
64.50
-0.50
 
8,052
0.14
 
7,402
0.13
 
-8.07
-650
1.42
-0.01
 
8,497
0.15
 
7,170
0.13
 
-15.62
-1,327
2.90
-0.02
 
62,326
1.11
 
70,785
1.27
 
13.57
8,459
-18.51
0.16
 
20,127
0.36
 
17,731
0.32
 
-11.90
-2,396
5.24
-0.04
 
23,996
0.43
 
19,236
0.34
 
-19.84
-4,760
10.42
-0.08
 
17,803
0.32
 
16,113
0.29
 
-9.49
-1,690
3.70
-0.03
 
20,345
0.36
 
16,783
0.30
 
-17.51
-3,562
7.79
-0.06
 
211,814
3.77
 
188,417
3.38
 
-11.05
-23,397
51.20
-0.39
 
22,545
0.40
 
26,574
0.48
 
17.87
4,029
-8.82
0.08
 
12,223
0.22
 
10,777
0.19
 
-11.83
-1,446
3.16
-0.02
 
5,693
0.10
 
5,367
0.10
 
-5.73
-326
0.71
-0.01
 
36,097
0.64
 
39,400
0.71
 
9.15
3,303
-7.23
0.06
 
77,800
1.38
 
75,581
1.36
 
-2.85
-2,219
4.86
-0.03
 
151,273
2.69
 
153,182
2.75
 
1.26
1,909
-4.18
0.06
 
5,925
0.11
 
6,342
0.11
 
7.04
417
-0.91
0.01
 
417,723
7.43
 
490,880
8.80
 
17.51
73,157
-160.08
1.37
 
967
0.02
 
783
0.01
 
-19.03
-184
0.40
0.00
 
3,544
0.06
 
2,927
0.05
 
-17.41
-617
1.35
-0.01
 
33,692
0.60
 
33,409
0.60
 
-0.84
-283
0.62
0.00
 
9,606
0.17
 
12,624
0.23
 
31.42
3,018
-6.60
0.06
 
45,713
0.81
 
39,297
0.70
 
-14.04
-6,416
14.04
-0.11
 
68,917
1.23
 
87,783
1.57
 
27.37
18,866
-41.28
0.35
 
2,884
0.05
 
2,478
0.04
 
-14.08
-406
0.89
-0.01
 
7,131
0.13
 
6,157
0.11
 
-13.66
-974
2.13
-0.02
 
417,129
7.42
 
438,299
7.86
 
5.08
21,170
-46.32
0.44
 
11,760
0.21
 
10,715
0.19
 
-8.89
-1,045
2.29
-0.02
 
34,339
0.61
 
34,797
0.62
 
1.33
458
-1.00
0.01
 
15,617
0.28
 
14,838
0.27
 
-4.99
-779
1.70
-0.01
 
17,977
0.32
 
18,565
0.33
 
3.27
588
-1.29
0.01
 
12,548
0.22
 
10,528
0.19
 
-16.10
-2,020
4.42
-0.03
 
47,165
0.84
 
47,565
0.85
 
0.85
400
-0.88
0.01
 
5,194
0.09
 
5,868
0.11
 
12.98
674
-1.47
0.01
 
58,727
1.04
 
57,986
1.04
 
-1.26
-741
1.62
0.00
 
27,677
0.49
 
23,072
0.41
 
-16.64
-4,605
10.08
-0.08
 
3,681
0.07
 
3,238
0.06
 
-12.03
-443
0.97
-0.01
 
83,059
1.48
 
79,877
1.43
 
-3.83
-3,182
6.96
-0.04
 
16,792
0.30
 
18,393
0.33
 
9.53
1,601
-3.50
0.03
 
957,817
17.04
 
982,023
17.61
 
2.53
24,206
-52.97
0.57
 
10,371
0.18
 
10,848
0.19
 
4.60
477
-1.04
0.01
 
9,601
0.17
 
8,576
0.15
 
-10.68
-1,025
2.24
-0.02
 
3,394
0.06
 
2,102
0.04
 
-38.07
-1,292
2.83
-0.02
 
11,148
0.20
 
10,085
0.18
 
-9.54
-1,063
2.33
-0.02
 
3,326
0.06
 
2,935
0.05
 
-11.76
-391
0.86
-0.01
 
15,197
0.27
 
15,236
0.27
 
0.26
39
-0.09
0.00
 
146,043
2.60
 
162,572
2.92
 
11.32
16,529
-36.17
0.32
 
5,343
0.10
 
4,818
0.09
 
-9.83
-525
1.15
-0.01
 
9,133
0.16
 
8,350
0.15
 
-8.57
-783
1.71
-0.01
 
118,358
2.11
 
108,048
1.94
 
-8.71
-10,310
22.56
-0.17
 
68,330
1.22
 
65,696
1.18
 
-3.85
-2,634
5.76
-0.04
 
31,866
0.57
 
29,060
0.52
 
-8.81
-2,806
6.14
-0.05
 
18,895
0.34
 
18,054
0.32
 
-4.45
-841
1.84
-0.01
 
3,787
0.07
 
3,595
0.06
 
-5.07
-192
0.42
0.00
 
26,673
0.47
 
25,598
0.46
 
-4.03
-1,075
2.35
-0.02
 
19,498
0.35
 
18,535
0.33
 
-4.94
-963
2.11
-0.01
 
29,299
0.52
 
31,455
0.56
 
7.36
2,156
-4.72
0.04
 
244,514
4.35
 
261,988
4.70
 
7.15
17,474
-38.24
0.35
 
1,034,943
18.41
 
940,049
16.86
 
-9.17
-94,894
207.64
-1.55
 
20,531
0.37
 
17,788
0.32
 
-13.36
-2,743
6.00
-0.05
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5,621,494
100.00
 
5,575,793
100.00
 
-0.81
-45,701
100.00
0.00
 
4,733,808
84.21
 
4,734,529
84.91
 
0.02
721
-1.58
0.70
 
887,686
15.79
 
841,264
15.09
 
-5.23
-46,422
101.58
-0.70
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
165,370,800
 
193,425,900
 
16.96
28,055,100
 
142,396,424
 
169,971,911
 
19.37
27,575,487
 
22,974,376
 
23,453,989
 
2.09
479,613
Source: Calculations by the Michigan Regional Economic Analysis Project (MI-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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