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Missouri Economy Indicators

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Missouri Health Care Availability and Outcomes Differ Regionally

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2021

Communities throughout the U.S. face challenges related to sustaining a health care workforce and providing health care. These concerns are especially relevant to Missouri and its rural areas due to the state’s poor health outcomes, workforce ...

Broadband Technologies: A Primer on Access and Solutions

Publication date: June 1, 2021

Access to high-speed internet, or broadband, encourages equitable distance-learning, remote-work, quality-of-life and entrepreneurial opportunities. The COVID-19 pandemic not only reinforced but also elevated the importance of household access to ...

Federal Contracting Trends in Missouri

Publication date: Feb. 1, 2021

Executive summaryFederal contracting is an important generator of economic activity — not only in places like Washington, DC — but also throughout the country in states such as Connecticut, New Mexico and Missouri. Private firms of all sizes ...

Local and Regional Food System Resilience During COVID-19

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2021

COVID-19 elevated U.S. food access, affordability and supply chain issues into media, industry and policy discussions during 2020. Known for their short supply chains and locally focused marketing, local and regional food systems (LRFS) nimbly ...

Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Missouri Counties

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2021

Entrepreneurial dynamics — the flow of business startups and business turnover, or churn, in a place — shape economic growth. Entrepreneurs may spark economic growth and development by contributing to employment growth, innovation, quality of ...

Characteristics of Missouri’s Food, Agriculture and Forestry Workforce

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2020

Missouri’s food, agriculture and forestry industries are an important part of the state’s economy, and employ workers in every county. Analyzing available Labor Market Information allows us to better understand the employment patterns of the 98 ...

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Missouri Economy Indicators, Vol. 2, Issue 13: Supply Chain Delays and Difficulties – Aug. 23, 2021

Nearly half (49%) of Missouri small businesses experienced supply chain challenges in July 2021. Occurrences of disruptions have increased.

Missouri Economy Indicators, Vol. 2, Issue 07: Missouri Rural Health Care Access – Apr. 12, 2021 (PDF)

Missouri nonmetro residents have less access to primary care physicians than their metro counterparts. In 2018, metro areas contained 30 more primary care physicians per 100,000 people than nonmetro areas.

Missouri Economy Indicators, Issue 07: Remote Work — June 15, 2020 (PDF)

Nearly 25% of U.S. employees occasionally worked from home prior to COVID-19, and only 15% had dedicated telework days. In recent months that figure has drastically changed as over 6 in 10 jobholders, by mid-April, were working from home. Most ...

UM System Engagement and Outreach Impact website

Learn how UM System and its four universities are connecting resources, research and projects to improve Missourians’ lives in areas of greatest challenge, including the UM System Broadband Initiative.

Agritourism Best Practices Guides

This set of guides covers a range of topics related to creating, managing and strengthening an agritourism enterprise.

Missouri Economy Indicators, Issue 11: Older Adults in Business Ownership and Workforce — Aug. 10, 2020 (PDF)

Older business owners and workers play an increasingly important role in our economy. Nationally they represent one in three business owners and start 25% of all new firms. Private-sector workers aged 55 years and older represented 23% of ...

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