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SSoouutthheeaasstt MMOO HHoottssppoott –– CCaappee GGiirraarrddeeaauu Discovering Employment Trends with Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Cape Girardeau is an economic and employment center for the Southeast region of Missouri. This report details the workers and industries that make this place a hotspot of economic activity. SSoouutthheeaasstt EEmmppllooyymmeenntt HHoottssppoottss Cape Girardeau, Farmington Sikeston, and Southeast WIA Region Perryville form the largest concentrations of employment in the Southeast Workforce Investment Area. Workforce Investment Areas are the result of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) which funds a number of employment and training programs across the nation. In 2009, 40% of all workers in the Southeast region were employed in the cities Cape Girardeau (25.5%), Farmington (11.6%), and Sikeston (9.9%) which is up slightly from 2002 when the percentage was at 37%. Other cities in the Southeast WIA with 4,000 or more jobs are Dexter City, Jackson City, and Kennett City. CCaappee GGiirraarrddeeaauu CCeennssuuss OOvveerrvviieeww 0 CltyUnli!s £mploy11111t, per sq. mil• Cape Girardeau’s 2009 population estimate - High 1111 Medium " from the US Census American Community i=::Jcow Survey was 37,657 with a median age of 31.6. This is up from the 2000 Census population of 35,319. Approximately 19% of residents age 25 or above hold at least a bachelors degree. Health & Social Services is the top employing sector in Cape 0 Girardeau, holding over 28% of the city’s jobs. This is up slightly from 2002 when the sector employed 27% of the city’s jobs. ERIC MOREWITHM TIMELY TARGETED INTEllJGENT 0 MERIC - Missouri Department of Economic Development CCaappee GGGGiirraarrddeeaaaauu CCeennssssuuss OOvveerrrrvviieeww Th e Local Employmennt Dynamicss (LED) proggram is a parrtnership bettween the U.S. Census BBureau an d the ageencies in eacch state that generate andd analyze labbor market iinformation. The LED OOrigin- D estinationn mapping toool allows yyou to designnate either ann area wheree workers woork and deteermine w h ere theyy live, or dessignate wherre residents llive and deteermine where those workkers commutte. Top Coounties Wheere Cape Girrardeau Topp Counties WWhere Capee Girardeau WWorkers Ressided in 20002 Workers Resided in 2009 Cape Giirardeau Counnty 16,853 Cape GGirardeau Couunty 15,0096 Scott Coounty 2,701 Scott CCounty 3,3331 St. Louiss County 997 St. Louis County 9959 Bollinger County 521 Bollingeer County 7713 Perry Coounty 516 Perry CCounty 6672 Total Caape Girardeaau Jobs 25,636 Total CCape Girardeeau Jobs 27,8884 Growingg Communiity Serving tthe Region Cape Girrardeau is a ggrowing commmunity whoose daytime population more than ddoubles the evening ppopulation oon a daily baasis. The cityy has two staate of the artt hospitals thhat serve oveer one milliion people frrom five stattes. These hhospitals servve as a reasoon that 28% oof the city’s jobs are in thee healthcare & social serrvices sector. Cape Giraardeau is alsoo home to Sooutheast Missourii State Univeersity with over 10,000 sstudents. Thhe city’s jobss have grownn at nearly thhe same ratee as its popuulation over tthe past seveen years. LLEEDD OOOOnn--tthhee--MMMMaapp:: WWhhhheerree CCaappppee GGiirraarrrrddeeaauu WWWWoorrkkeerrss LLLLiivvee Cape Girrardeau greww jobs by 9%% from 2002 through 20009. The majority of Cappe’s workers continue to reside wiithin Cape GGirardeau Coounty, althouugh that nummber has droppped 10% ovver the same timeframe. Making up for the loss,, however, wwere most off the other suurrounding counties. Scott Counnty residentss working in Cape increaased 23% duuring this timme. Bollingeer County inncreased 37%% and Perryy County jummped by 30%%. Nearly 1,,000 St. Louis County residents worked in CCape Girardeeau in 2009 which is neaarly identicaal to the 20022 total. Distance && Direction Cape Girardeau Workers to Residence (daark green=10 mmiles or less, yellow=50+ milles) Job Counts by Distance/Direction in 2002 j'ob Counts by Distance/Direction in 2009 N N w E s s MERIC - MMissouri Departmment of Economiic Development LLEEDD OOnn--tthhee--MMaapp:: CCaappee GGiirraarrddeeaauu AArreeaa JJoobb TTrreenndd 22000022--22000099 Q City Limits Net Gains/Losses - 301 or more gained 1 -300 -299 -0 / 77 Growing & Shrinking Industries Health Care & Social Services was by far the top employing Cape Girardeau sector in 2009 with nearly 8,000 workers. The Goods Producing sector lost about 35% of its jobs during that span, with workers from Cape Girardeau and Scott Counties making up the majority of those losses. The Trade, Transport, & Utilities sector lost only 3% of its jobs overall from 2002 through 2009. Cape Girardeau residents working in this sector declined 35%. However, nearly every other nearby county increased its total workforce to the city’s employment sector by 20 to 80 workers to help make up for the substantial loss in Cape Girardeau County workers. Top Cape Girardeau Occupational Categories 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 . Health Care & Social  Retail Trade Accommodation &  Educational Services Finance & Insurance Services Food Services ■ total employment MERIC - Missouri Department of Economic Development

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