2000 vs. 2017 Industry Earnings Growth and Change

Wisconsin Real Industry Earnings Growth by County

2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change

Vernon County 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 59.89%

Rank = #1

Buffalo County 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = -24.46%

Rank = #72

Brown County 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 25.92%

Rank = #30

With a spotlight on Brown County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of real (inflation adjusted) industry earnings across Wisconsin's 72 counties over the period 2000-2017.

Those counties whose real industry earnings growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of real industry earnings. Likewise, those counties whose real industry earnings growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of real industry earnings statewide.

Statewide Snippets:

Over 2000-2017 real industry earnings grew in sixty-seven Wisconsin counties while declining in five.
Real industry earnings growth in thirty-one counties outpaced the statewide average (22.94%), while growth in forty-one counties trailed.
At the extremes of the distribution, Vernon County posted the highest growth of real industry earnings (59.89%), while Buffalo County placed last by logging a -24.46% decline.
The spread in real industry earnings growth between the highest (Vernon County, 59.89%) and lowest (Buffalo County, -24.46%) over 2000-2017 equated to 84.35% ( = 59.89% − -24.46%).
Real industry earnings growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of real industry earnings statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Wisconsin, Milwaukee County's net real industry earnings growth over 2000-2017 of $2,958,905K made up 7.96% of the total net growth statewide ($37,163,968K):

Milwaukee County: Percent Share of Wisconsin's
Real Industry Earnings Growth, 2000-2017:

7.96% = ($2,958,905K / $37,163,968K) x 100

Brown County Snippets:

Over 2000-2017, Brown County posted a 25.92% net gain in real industry earnings.
Brown County was joined by thirty other counties whose real industry earnings growth over 2000-2017 registered above the statewide average (22.94%).
Ranked #30 among Wisconsin's 72 counties, Brown County's real industry earnings growth (25.92%) outperformed the statewide average of 22.94% by a 2.98% margin.
Brown County's net real industry earnings growth (25.92%, #30) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of Sawyer County (24.81%, #31) and just below that of Shawano County (26.51%, #29).
Brown County's share of real industry earnings statewide rose from 5.48% in 2000 to 5.62% in 2017, resulting in a share-shift of 0.13%.

Real Industry Earnings Growth by County

2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change

County Distribution of Real Industry Earnings Growth, 2000 vs. 2017

	More than 50%	50% to 40%	40% to 30%	30% to 20%	20% to 10%	10% to 0%	0% to -10%	-10% or Below	Total
2000 vs. 2017	4	5	13	17	22	6	4	1	72

Real Industry Earnings by County, 2017

Milwaukee County 2017

Real Industry Earnings = $37,597M

Percent of State = 18.88%

Rank = #1

Florence County 2017

Real Industry Earnings = $60M

Percent of State = 0.03%

Rank = #72

Brown County 2017

Real Industry Earnings = $11,186M

Percent of State = 5.62%

Rank = #4

Again highlighting Brown County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2017 real industry earnings statewide ($199,165M).

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Statewide Snippets:

Ranked #1, Milwaukee County's 2017 industry earnings totaled $37,597M, equating to 18.88% of the statewide total.
Ranked last (#72), Florence County's real industry earnings of $60M in 2017 comprised just 0.03% of the total statewide. Florence County's real industry earnings in 2017 equates to less than .01% to that of Milwaukee County's.
Milwaukee County's 2017 industry earnings ($37,597M) exceeded the combined industry earnings ($37,051M) of Wisconsin's fifty-one smallest counties.

Brown County Snippets:

Brown County's industry earnings in 2017 ranked #4, amounting to 5.62% of the statewide total.
Brown County's industry earnings of $11,186M placed below that of Waukesha County's ($19,204M, #3), and just above that of Outagamie County's ($7,484M, #5).
Brown County's industry earnings of $11,186M exceeds the combined total ($11,172M) of Wisconsin's thirty smallest counties.

Real Industry Earnings by County, 2017

County Distribution of Real Industry Earnings, 2017

	More than $12,500M	$12,500M to $10,000M	$10,000M to $7,500M	$7,500M to $5,000M	$5,000M to $2,500M	$2,500M or Below	Total
2017	3	1	0	3	11	54	72

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Wisconsin Real* Industry Earnings by County:
2000 vs. 2017

	2000		2017		2000 - 2017
County	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Percent of State Total	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Percent of State Total	Net Percent Change	Net Change (1000s)	Share (%) of State Change
Adams	239,607	0.15	259,088	0.13	8.13	19,481	0.05
Ashland	425,754	0.26	488,562	0.25	14.75	62,808	0.17
Barron	1,063,993	0.66	1,303,372	0.65	22.50	239,379	0.64
Bayfield	190,111	0.12	224,466	0.11	18.07	34,355	0.09
Brown	8,883,708	5.48	11,186,403	5.62	25.92	2,302,695	6.20
Buffalo	336,541	0.21	254,224	0.13	-24.46	-82,317	-0.22
Burnett	230,315	0.14	270,144	0.14	17.29	39,829	0.11
Calumet	709,256	0.44	846,740	0.43	19.38	137,484	0.37
Chippewa	1,232,209	0.76	1,582,015	0.79	28.39	349,806	0.94
Clark	545,463	0.34	842,843	0.42	54.52	297,380	0.80
Columbia	1,094,078	0.68	1,491,609	0.75	36.33	397,531	1.07
Crawford	353,564	0.22	420,091	0.21	18.82	66,527	0.18
Dane	17,554,098	10.84	26,147,981	13.13	48.96	8,593,883	23.12
Dodge	2,117,827	1.31	2,353,530	1.18	11.13	235,703	0.63
Door	660,090	0.41	792,439	0.40	20.05	132,349	0.36
Douglas	943,973	0.58	1,055,622	0.53	11.83	111,649	0.30
Dunn	814,574	0.50	1,115,754	0.56	36.97	301,180	0.81
Eau Claire	2,979,693	1.84	3,845,030	1.93	29.04	865,337	2.33
Florence	45,340	0.03	59,834	0.03	31.97	14,494	0.04
Fond du Lac	2,766,914	1.71	3,187,481	1.60	15.20	420,567	1.13
Forest	159,607	0.10	184,713	0.09	15.73	25,106	0.07
Grant	923,329	0.57	1,314,414	0.66	42.36	391,085	1.05
Green	758,103	0.47	1,027,661	0.52	35.56	269,558	0.73
Green Lake	394,198	0.24	389,165	0.20	-1.28	-5,033	-0.01
Iowa	544,144	0.34	643,068	0.32	18.18	98,924	0.27
Iron	103,770	0.06	95,549	0.05	-7.92	-8,221	-0.02
Jackson	471,842	0.29	564,223	0.28	19.58	92,381	0.25
Jefferson	2,046,057	1.26	2,014,608	1.01	-1.54	-31,449	-0.08
Juneau	461,517	0.28	554,010	0.28	20.04	92,493	0.25
Kenosha	3,218,986	1.99	4,266,479	2.14	32.54	1,047,493	2.82
Kewaunee	369,137	0.23	471,370	0.24	27.70	102,233	0.28
La Crosse	3,454,205	2.13	4,626,215	2.32	33.93	1,172,010	3.15
Lafayette	208,698	0.13	310,035	0.16	48.56	101,337	0.27
Langlade	425,724	0.26	436,849	0.22	2.61	11,125	0.03
Lincoln	629,237	0.39	708,017	0.36	12.52	78,780	0.21
Manitowoc	2,062,536	1.27	2,282,521	1.15	10.67	219,985	0.59
Marathon	3,845,929	2.37	4,891,466	2.46	27.19	1,045,537	2.81
Marinette	1,008,836	0.62	1,152,152	0.58	14.21	143,316	0.39
Marquette	192,218	0.12	215,883	0.11	12.31	23,665	0.06
Menominee	98,024	0.06	117,441	0.06	19.81	19,417	0.05
Milwaukee	34,638,501	21.38	37,597,406	18.88	8.54	2,958,905	7.96
Monroe	880,668	0.54	1,386,231	0.70	57.41	505,563	1.36
Oconto	509,958	0.31	562,147	0.28	10.23	52,189	0.14
Oneida	945,191	0.58	1,022,479	0.51	8.18	77,288	0.21
Outagamie	5,631,804	3.48	7,484,073	3.76	32.89	1,852,269	4.98
Ozaukee	2,561,628	1.58	3,100,740	1.56	21.05	539,112	1.45
Pepin	118,266	0.07	154,641	0.08	30.76	36,375	0.10
Pierce	521,028	0.32	687,899	0.35	32.03	166,871	0.45
Polk	762,691	0.47	972,285	0.49	27.48	209,594	0.56
Portage	1,782,656	1.10	2,337,278	1.17	31.11	554,622	1.49
Price	314,906	0.19	354,429	0.18	12.55	39,523	0.11
Racine	4,820,246	2.98	5,140,075	2.58	6.64	319,829	0.86
Richland	298,532	0.18	359,158	0.18	20.31	60,626	0.16
Rock	4,008,018	2.47	4,336,436	2.18	8.19	328,418	0.88
Rusk	284,643	0.18	317,294	0.16	11.47	32,651	0.09
St. Croix	1,414,764	0.87	2,179,286	1.09	54.04	764,522	2.06
Sauk	1,714,851	1.06	2,260,049	1.13	31.79	545,198	1.47
Sawyer	312,419	0.19	389,918	0.20	24.81	77,499	0.21
Shawano	617,710	0.38	781,463	0.39	26.51	163,753	0.44
Sheboygan	3,624,168	2.24	4,358,673	2.19	20.27	734,505	1.98
Taylor	438,675	0.27	524,728	0.26	19.62	86,053	0.23
Trempealeau	610,485	0.38	867,053	0.44	42.03	256,568	0.69
Vernon	369,044	0.23	590,073	0.30	59.89	221,029	0.59
Vilas	376,275	0.23	562,229	0.28	49.42	185,954	0.50
Walworth	2,200,791	1.36	2,613,126	1.31	18.74	412,335	1.11
Washburn	265,925	0.16	361,312	0.18	35.87	95,387	0.26
Washington	2,788,853	1.72	3,849,354	1.93	38.03	1,060,501	2.85
Waukesha	15,078,552	9.31	19,203,631	9.64	27.36	4,125,079	11.10
Waupaca	1,044,512	0.64	1,162,789	0.58	11.32	118,277	0.32
Waushara	289,904	0.18	349,822	0.18	20.67	59,918	0.16
Winnebago	5,591,374	3.45	6,764,380	3.40	20.98	1,173,006	3.16
Wood	2,620,689	1.62	2,541,373	1.28	-3.03	-79,316	-0.21

Wisconsin	162,000,929	100.00	199,164,897	100.00	22.94	37,163,968	100.00
Metropolitan	130,172,561	80.35	161,241,257	80.96	23.87	31,068,696	83.60
Nonmetropolitan	31,828,368	19.65	37,923,640	19.04	19.15	6,095,272	16.40

United States	8,938,721,519		11,848,205,000		32.55	2,909,483,481
Metropolitan U.S.	8,074,031,591		10,812,020,465		33.91	2,737,988,874
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	864,689,928		1,036,184,535		19.83	171,494,607

*Real total industry earnings determined using the Implicit Price Deflator for
Personal Consumption (2017=1.00).

Source: Calculations by the Wisconsin Regional Economic Analysis Project (WI-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Wisconsin Industry Earnings by County:
2000 vs. 2017

	2000		2017		2000 - 2017
County	Current Dollars (1000s)	Percent of State Total	Current Dollars (1000s)	Percent of State Total	Net Percent Change	Net Change (1000s)	Share (%) of State Change
Adams	176,883	0.15	259,088	0.13	46.47	82,205	0.10
Ashland	314,300	0.26	488,562	0.25	55.44	174,262	0.22
Barron	785,461	0.66	1,303,372	0.65	65.94	517,911	0.65
Bayfield	140,344	0.12	224,466	0.11	59.94	84,122	0.11
Brown	6,558,131	5.48	11,186,403	5.62	70.57	4,628,272	5.82
Buffalo	248,441	0.21	254,224	0.13	2.33	5,783	0.01
Burnett	170,023	0.14	270,144	0.14	58.89	100,121	0.13
Calumet	523,587	0.44	846,740	0.43	61.72	323,153	0.41
Chippewa	909,641	0.76	1,582,015	0.79	73.92	672,374	0.84
Clark	402,672	0.34	842,843	0.42	109.31	440,171	0.55
Columbia	807,670	0.68	1,491,609	0.75	84.68	683,939	0.86
Crawford	261,008	0.22	420,091	0.21	60.95	159,083	0.20
Dane	12,958,786	10.84	26,147,981	13.13	101.78	13,189,195	16.58
Dodge	1,563,422	1.31	2,353,530	1.18	50.54	790,108	0.99
Door	487,292	0.41	792,439	0.40	62.62	305,147	0.38
Douglas	696,860	0.58	1,055,622	0.53	51.48	358,762	0.45
Dunn	601,335	0.50	1,115,754	0.56	85.55	514,419	0.65
Eau Claire	2,199,669	1.84	3,845,030	1.93	74.80	1,645,361	2.07
Florence	33,471	0.03	59,834	0.03	78.76	26,363	0.03
Fond du Lac	2,042,591	1.71	3,187,481	1.60	56.05	1,144,890	1.44
Forest	117,825	0.10	184,713	0.09	56.77	66,888	0.08
Grant	681,620	0.57	1,314,414	0.66	92.84	632,794	0.80
Green	559,647	0.47	1,027,661	0.52	83.63	468,014	0.59
Green Lake	291,005	0.24	389,165	0.20	33.73	98,160	0.12
Iowa	401,698	0.34	643,068	0.32	60.09	241,370	0.30
Iron	76,605	0.06	95,549	0.05	24.73	18,944	0.02
Jackson	348,323	0.29	564,223	0.28	61.98	215,900	0.27
Jefferson	1,510,440	1.26	2,014,608	1.01	33.38	504,168	0.63
Juneau	340,701	0.28	554,010	0.28	62.61	213,309	0.27
Kenosha	2,376,320	1.99	4,266,479	2.14	79.54	1,890,159	2.38
Kewaunee	272,504	0.23	471,370	0.24	72.98	198,866	0.25
La Crosse	2,549,963	2.13	4,626,215	2.32	81.42	2,076,252	2.61
Lafayette	154,065	0.13	310,035	0.16	101.24	155,970	0.20
Langlade	314,278	0.26	436,849	0.22	39.00	122,571	0.15
Lincoln	464,515	0.39	708,017	0.36	52.42	243,502	0.31
Manitowoc	1,522,605	1.27	2,282,521	1.15	49.91	759,916	0.95
Marathon	2,839,142	2.37	4,891,466	2.46	72.29	2,052,324	2.58
Marinette	744,743	0.62	1,152,152	0.58	54.70	407,409	0.51
Marquette	141,899	0.12	215,883	0.11	52.14	73,984	0.09
Menominee	72,363	0.06	117,441	0.06	62.29	45,078	0.06
Milwaukee	25,570,834	21.38	37,597,406	18.88	47.03	12,026,572	15.11
Monroe	650,127	0.54	1,386,231	0.70	113.22	736,104	0.93
Oconto	376,461	0.31	562,147	0.28	49.32	185,686	0.23
Oneida	697,759	0.58	1,022,479	0.51	46.54	324,720	0.41
Outagamie	4,157,510	3.48	7,484,073	3.76	80.01	3,326,563	4.18
Ozaukee	1,891,045	1.58	3,100,740	1.56	63.97	1,209,695	1.52
Pepin	87,306	0.07	154,641	0.08	77.13	67,335	0.08
Pierce	384,633	0.32	687,899	0.35	78.85	303,266	0.38
Polk	563,034	0.47	972,285	0.49	72.69	409,251	0.51
Portage	1,315,992	1.10	2,337,278	1.17	77.61	1,021,286	1.28
Price	232,470	0.19	354,429	0.18	52.46	121,959	0.15
Racine	3,558,402	2.98	5,140,075	2.58	44.45	1,581,673	1.99
Richland	220,382	0.18	359,158	0.18	62.97	138,776	0.17
Rock	2,958,799	2.47	4,336,436	2.18	46.56	1,377,637	1.73
Rusk	210,129	0.18	317,294	0.16	51.00	107,165	0.13
St. Croix	1,044,407	0.87	2,179,286	1.09	108.66	1,134,879	1.43
Sauk	1,265,937	1.06	2,260,049	1.13	78.53	994,112	1.25
Sawyer	230,634	0.19	389,918	0.20	69.06	159,284	0.20
Shawano	456,006	0.38	781,463	0.39	71.37	325,457	0.41
Sheboygan	2,675,433	2.24	4,358,673	2.19	62.91	1,683,240	2.12
Taylor	323,839	0.27	524,728	0.26	62.03	200,889	0.25
Trempealeau	450,672	0.38	867,053	0.44	92.39	416,381	0.52
Vernon	272,436	0.23	590,073	0.30	116.59	317,637	0.40
Vilas	277,774	0.23	562,229	0.28	102.41	284,455	0.36
Walworth	1,624,668	1.36	2,613,126	1.31	60.84	988,458	1.24
Washburn	196,311	0.16	361,312	0.18	84.05	165,001	0.21
Washington	2,058,787	1.72	3,849,354	1.93	86.97	1,790,567	2.25
Waukesha	11,131,289	9.31	19,203,631	9.64	72.52	8,072,342	10.14
Waupaca	771,080	0.64	1,162,789	0.58	50.80	391,709	0.49
Waushara	214,013	0.18	349,822	0.18	63.46	135,809	0.17
Winnebago	4,127,664	3.45	6,764,380	3.40	63.88	2,636,716	3.31
Wood	1,934,645	1.62	2,541,373	1.28	31.36	606,728	0.76

Wisconsin	119,592,326	100.00	199,164,897	100.00	66.54	79,572,571	100.00
Metropolitan	96,095,988	80.35	161,241,257	80.96	67.79	65,145,269	81.87
Nonmetropolitan	23,496,338	19.65	37,923,640	19.04	61.40	14,427,302	18.13

United States	6,598,743,000		11,848,205,000		79.55	5,249,462,000
Metropolitan U.S.	5,960,411,601		10,812,020,465		81.40	4,851,608,864
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	638,331,399		1,036,184,535		62.33	397,853,136

Source: Calculations by the Wisconsin Regional Economic Analysis Project (WI-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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