Pinal County vs. Arizona
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Total Employment Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Pinal County vs. Arizona
Pinal County:
2022 Jobs = 116,876
2022 Percent of State = 2.73%
Arizona:
2022 Jobs = 4,287,595
2022 Percent of U.S. = 2.02%
Employment numbers remain the most popular and frequently cited statistics used for tracking local area economic conditions and trends. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) employment estimates reported measure the number of full- and part-time wage and salary employees, plus the number of proprietors of unincorporated businesses. People holding more than one job are counted in the employment estimates for each job they hold. This means BEA employment estimates represent a job count, not a people count. Also, BEA employment is by place-of-work, rather than by place-of-residence. Jobs held by neighboring county residents who commute to Pinal County to work are included in the employment count for Pinal County.
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.
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Figure 1.
Figure 1 traces Pinal County's annual total employment for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate total employment patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Pinal County's total employment rose from 23,851 in 1969 to 116,876 in 2022, for a net gain of 93,025, or 390.03%.
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 tracks Arizona's annual total employment for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate total employment patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Arizona's total employment rose from 711,344 in 1969 to 4,287,595 in 2022, for a net gain of 3,576,251, or 502.75%.
Total Employment Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Total Employment Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 shows Pinal County's total employment growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Arizona, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's total employment in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the total employments in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in total employment growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Pinal County's overall total employment growth was 390.03% over 1969-2022 trailed Arizona's increase of 502.75%, and outpaced the United States' increase of 133.32%.
Total Employment as a Percent of the Arizona Total: 1969-2022
Total Employment as a Percent of the Arizona Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of contrasting the total employment growth of Pinal County is to trace its individual percentage contributions to Arizona's statewide total employment over time, as shown in Figure 4. A rising share means a region's total employment grew faster, or declined less, than Arizona's total employment, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, Pinal County's total employment totaled 3.35% of Arizona's total employment, while in 2022 it totaled 2.73% thereby yielding a -0.63% share-shift.
   
 
Total Employment Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
-0.63%
=
2.73%
-
3.35%
 
   
Pinal County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Pinal County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 shows the short-run pattern of Pinal County's total employment growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also traced on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, Pinal County's total employment grew at an annual rate of 3.12% over 1970-2022. The county recorded its highest growth in 2005 (14.31%) and recorded its lowest growth in 1982 (-6.80%). In 2022, Pinal County's total employment grew by 4.83%
Pinal County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Pinal County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some counties have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again traces the annual percent change in Pinal County's total employment since 1970, but this time they are displayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Pinal County's annual total employment growth rate averaged 3.29%. It averaged 2.54% throughout the 1980s, 2.03% during the 1990s, 5.03% during the 2000s, 2.33% during the 2010s, 4.50% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Pinal County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Arizona and the nation. As the chart reveals, Pinal County's average annual total employment growth amounted to less than Arizona's average in the 1970s (3.29% vs. 5.77%), lagged Arizona's average in the 1980s (2.54% vs. 4.19%), amounted to less than Arizona's average during the 1990s (2.03% vs. 3.77%), outgained Arizona's average in the 2000s (5.03% vs. 1.87%), registered above Arizona's average in the 2010s (2.33% vs. 1.99%), and outpaced Arizona's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (4.50% vs. 2.97%).
Finally, relative to nationwide total employment growth trends, Pinal County outpaced the nation during the 1970s (3.29% vs. 2.21%), surpassed the nation in the 1980s (2.54% vs. 1.88%), recorded above the nation in the 1990s (2.03% vs. 1.73%), registered above the nation over the 2000s (5.03% vs. 0.74%), outperformed the nation throughout the 2010s (2.33% vs. 1.51%), and outperformed the nation over 2020-2022 (4.50% vs. 1.82%).
   
 
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
3.12
3.29
2.54
2.03
5.03
2.33
4.50
4.83
 
3.49
5.77
4.19
3.77
1.87
1.99
2.97
4.91
 
1.62
2.21
1.88
1.73
0.74
1.51
1.82
4.78
 
   
Job Ratios (Employment/Population): 1969-2022
Job Ratios (Employment/Population): 1969-2022
Figure 8.
The job ratios shown in Figure 8 for Pinal County, Arizona and the nation not only portray a number of important trends, they also serves as a thumbnail guide to evaluating an economy's capacity to generate enough jobs fast enough to absorb the increasing number of workers attendant to a growing population. The job ratio is the number of full-time and part-time jobs by place of work, divided by population.
Nationally, the job ratio rose from 0.45 to 0.64 between 1969 and 2022. Pinal County's job ratio registered 0.35 in 1969, and 0.25 in 2022. Underlying the rising job ratio over the past several decades have been the increases in the labor force participation rates, with the number and proportion of women in the labor market playing a leading role.
An assortment of other factors can contribute to regional differences in the job ratio. They include differences in the proportion of elderly and retirees who no longer work and participate in the labor force, differences in the number and proportion of part-time vs. full-time workers, differences in industry composition, and differences in age and sex distribution and degree of urbanization. Also, a disproportionate number of workers commuting to work outside a county tends to lower its local county job ratio, while a net inflow of workers commuting to work inside the county tends to augment its local county job ratio.
Avoid interpreting the job ratio as the fraction (or percent) of the local population employed. This interpretation should only apply to the "employment-population ratio" statistic compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from the Current Population Survey (CPS).
Job Ratios (Employment/Population)
as a Percent of the U.S. Average:
1969-2022
Job Ratios (Employment/Population)
as a Percent of the U.S. Average:
1969-2022
Figure 9.
To highlight trends in a local job ratio relative to nationwide trends, Figure 9 tracks Pinal County's, Arizona's job ratio as a percent of the national job ratio over 1969-2022.

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Pinal County:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
23,851
100.0
N
3.35
0.35
78.23
1970
 
25,984
108.9
8.94
3.48
0.37
83.42
1971
 
26,870
112.7
3.41
3.42
0.36
82.22
1972
 
29,113
122.1
8.35
3.43
0.38
84.16
1973
 
31,376
131.6
7.77
3.39
0.39
83.26
1974
 
32,945
138.1
5.00
3.45
0.39
83.04
1975
 
31,451
131.9
-4.53
3.36
0.38
81.75
1976
 
31,583
132.4
0.42
3.24
0.37
78.27
1977
 
31,416
131.7
-0.53
3.00
0.36
75.47
1978
 
30,984
129.9
-1.38
2.70
0.35
71.62
1979
 
32,656
136.9
5.40
2.63
0.36
72.42
1980
 
31,936
133.9
-2.20
2.49
0.35
69.70
1981
 
33,625
141.0
5.29
2.56
0.36
72.24
1982
 
31,338
131.4
-6.80
2.38
0.32
65.69
1983
 
30,717
128.8
-1.98
2.23
0.31
63.47
1984
 
32,270
135.3
5.06
2.15
0.32
62.82
1985
 
33,629
141.0
4.21
2.07
0.33
62.61
1986
 
36,965
155.0
9.92
2.17
0.34
65.22
1987
 
39,235
164.5
6.14
2.22
0.35
66.01
1988
 
40,710
170.7
3.76
2.22
0.36
65.25
1989
 
41,509
174.0
1.96
2.23
0.36
65.00
1990
 
41,422
173.7
-0.21
2.19
0.35
63.96
1991
 
42,104
176.5
1.65
2.21
0.35
63.98
1992
 
42,569
178.5
1.10
2.21
0.34
62.64
1993
 
44,125
185.0
3.66
2.19
0.33
61.75
1994
 
47,146
197.7
6.85
2.20
0.34
62.19
1995
 
50,272
210.8
6.63
2.23
0.34
62.04
1996
 
52,161
218.7
3.76
2.18
0.34
60.95
1997
 
53,111
222.7
1.82
2.13
0.33
59.04
1998
 
51,127
214.4
-3.74
1.95
0.31
53.77
1999
 
50,481
211.7
-1.26
1.87
0.29
50.30
2000
 
50,073
209.9
-0.81
1.79
0.28
47.13
2001
 
54,586
228.9
9.01
1.93
0.29
50.06
2002
 
54,398
228.1
-0.34
1.91
0.28
48.09
2003
 
56,517
237.0
3.90
1.94
0.27
47.53
2004
 
59,854
250.9
5.90
1.97
0.27
47.30
2005
 
68,421
286.9
14.31
2.13
0.29
49.78
2006
 
72,430
303.7
5.86
2.15
0.27
45.29
2007
 
81,478
341.6
12.49
2.35
0.27
44.65
2008
 
83,473
350.0
2.45
2.45
0.25
42.24
2009
 
81,433
341.4
-2.44
2.52
0.23
41.13
2010
 
81,029
339.7
-0.50
2.55
0.21
38.35
2011
 
83,255
349.1
2.75
2.57
0.22
39.54
2012
 
84,881
355.9
1.95
2.58
0.23
39.98
2013
 
86,651
363.3
2.09
2.57
0.23
40.48
2014
 
88,626
371.6
2.28
2.57
0.23
40.27
2015
 
89,969
377.2
1.52
2.54
0.23
39.73
2016
 
95,125
398.8
5.73
2.61
0.24
40.97
2017
 
96,435
404.3
1.38
2.58
0.24
40.28
2018
 
100,490
421.3
4.20
2.61
0.25
40.45
2019
 
102,423
429.4
1.92
2.61
0.25
40.26
2020
 
105,956
444.2
3.45
2.70
0.25
41.88
2021
 
111,487
467.4
5.22
2.73
0.25
40.74
2022
 
116,876
490.0
4.83
2.73
0.25
39.50
Source: Calculations by the Arizona Regional Economic Analysis Project (AZ-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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Arizona:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
711,344
100.0
N
0.78
0.41
90.54
1970
 
746,653
105.0
4.96
0.82
0.42
92.88
1971
 
785,731
110.5
5.23
0.86
0.41
93.58
1972
 
849,706
119.5
8.14
0.90
0.42
93.86
1973
 
924,890
130.0
8.85
0.94
0.44
93.45
1974
 
955,104
134.3
3.27
0.95
0.43
91.50
1975
 
935,070
131.5
-2.10
0.95
0.41
89.10
1976
 
976,118
137.2
4.39
0.96
0.42
89.03
1977
 
1,047,500
147.3
7.31
1.00
0.43
90.28
1978
 
1,149,617
161.6
9.75
1.05
0.46
92.45
1979
 
1,240,161
174.3
7.88
1.10
0.47
93.29
1980
 
1,282,615
180.3
3.42
1.13
0.47
93.39
1981
 
1,312,566
184.5
2.34
1.14
0.47
93.27
1982
 
1,315,333
184.9
0.21
1.15
0.46
92.36
1983
 
1,378,623
193.8
4.81
1.19
0.46
93.87
1984
 
1,504,336
211.5
9.12
1.25
0.49
95.97
1985
 
1,621,750
228.0
7.81
1.31
0.51
97.90
1986
 
1,700,594
239.1
4.86
1.35
0.51
97.79
1987
 
1,764,638
248.1
3.77
1.36
0.51
96.02
1988
 
1,833,198
257.7
3.89
1.37
0.52
94.93
1989
 
1,864,934
262.2
1.73
1.37
0.51
93.32
1990
 
1,894,104
266.3
1.56
1.37
0.51
92.78
1991
 
1,902,691
267.5
0.45
1.38
0.50
92.33
1992
 
1,925,190
270.6
1.18
1.39
0.49
91.28
1993
 
2,010,588
282.6
4.44
1.43
0.49
91.31
1994
 
2,141,302
301.0
6.50
1.48
0.50
92.04
1995
 
2,257,829
317.4
5.44
1.53
0.51
91.70
1996
 
2,387,542
335.6
5.75
1.58
0.52
92.83
1997
 
2,497,165
351.0
4.59
1.62
0.53
93.00
1998
 
2,616,288
367.8
4.77
1.65
0.54
93.25
1999
 
2,695,892
379.0
3.04
1.67
0.54
92.70
2000
 
2,801,510
393.8
3.92
1.69
0.54
92.63
2001
 
2,829,002
397.7
0.98
1.71
0.54
92.36
2002
 
2,847,070
400.2
0.64
1.72
0.53
91.92
2003
 
2,917,095
410.1
2.46
1.76
0.53
92.56
2004
 
3,041,449
427.6
4.26
1.80
0.54
93.32
2005
 
3,219,799
452.6
5.86
1.87
0.55
94.55
2006
 
3,375,196
474.5
4.83
1.92
0.56
94.98
2007
 
3,465,065
487.1
2.66
1.93
0.56
94.26
2008
 
3,402,806
478.4
-1.80
1.90
0.54
91.94
2009
 
3,228,516
453.9
-5.12
1.86
0.51
89.92
2010
 
3,181,563
447.3
-1.45
1.84
0.50
88.92
2011
 
3,239,037
455.3
1.81
1.84
0.50
88.98
2012
 
3,295,532
463.3
1.74
1.84
0.51
88.95
2013
 
3,371,101
473.9
2.29
1.85
0.51
89.23
2014
 
3,448,146
484.7
2.29
1.85
0.52
89.05
2015
 
3,547,647
498.7
2.89
1.86
0.53
89.34
2016
 
3,644,791
512.4
2.74
1.88
0.54
89.86
2017
 
3,740,747
525.9
2.63
1.90
0.54
90.43
2018
 
3,854,741
541.9
3.05
1.92
0.55
90.72
2019
 
3,929,945
552.5
1.95
1.95
0.56
91.03
2020
 
3,920,033
551.1
-0.25
2.01
0.55
92.68
2021
 
4,086,802
574.5
4.25
2.02
0.56
92.12
2022
 
4,287,595
602.7
4.91
2.02
0.58
91.40
Source: Calculations by the Arizona Regional Economic Analysis Project (AZ-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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United States:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
91,053,200
100.0
N
0.45
1970
 
91,277,600
100.2
0.25
0.45
1971
 
91,581,400
100.6
0.33
0.44
1972
 
94,312,200
103.6
2.98
0.45
1973
 
98,427,500
108.1
4.36
0.47
1974
 
100,111,800
109.9
1.71
0.47
1975
 
98,900,600
108.6
-1.21
0.46
1976
 
101,591,200
111.6
2.72
0.47
1977
 
105,042,200
115.4
3.40
0.48
1978
 
109,686,600
120.5
4.42
0.49
1979
 
113,147,100
124.3
3.15
0.50
1980
 
113,983,200
125.2
0.74
0.50
1981
 
114,914,000
126.2
0.82
0.50
1982
 
114,163,300
125.4
-0.65
0.49
1983
 
115,645,700
127.0
1.30
0.49
1984
 
120,528,100
132.4
4.22
0.51
1985
 
123,796,700
136.0
2.71
0.52
1986
 
126,232,300
138.6
1.97
0.53
1987
 
129,548,400
142.3
2.63
0.53
1988
 
133,563,900
146.7
3.10
0.55
1989
 
136,177,800
149.6
1.96
0.55
1990
 
138,330,900
151.9
1.58
0.55
1991
 
137,612,800
151.1
-0.52
0.54
1992
 
138,166,100
151.7
0.40
0.54
1993
 
140,774,400
154.6
1.89
0.54
1994
 
144,196,600
158.4
2.43
0.55
1995
 
147,915,800
162.4
2.58
0.56
1996
 
151,056,200
165.9
2.12
0.56
1997
 
154,541,200
169.7
2.31
0.57
1998
 
158,481,200
174.1
2.55
0.57
1999
 
161,531,300
177.4
1.92
0.58
2000
 
165,370,800
181.6
2.38
0.59
2001
 
165,522,200
181.8
0.09
0.58
2002
 
165,095,100
181.3
-0.26
0.57
2003
 
165,921,500
182.2
0.50
0.57
2004
 
168,839,700
185.4
1.76
0.58
2005
 
172,338,400
189.3
2.07
0.58
2006
 
175,868,600
193.1
2.05
0.59
2007
 
179,543,700
197.2
2.09
0.60
2008
 
179,213,900
196.8
-0.18
0.59
2009
 
173,636,700
190.7
-3.11
0.57
2010
 
172,901,700
189.9
-0.42
0.56
2011
 
176,091,700
193.4
1.84
0.56
2012
 
178,979,700
196.6
1.64
0.57
2013
 
182,328,100
200.2
1.87
0.58
2014
 
186,239,800
204.5
2.15
0.58
2015
 
190,325,800
209.0
2.19
0.59
2016
 
193,425,900
212.4
1.63
0.60
2017
 
196,394,100
215.7
1.53
0.60
2018
 
200,292,200
220.0
1.98
0.61
2019
 
201,635,200
221.4
0.67
0.61
2020
 
195,286,600
214.5
-3.15
0.59
2021
 
202,752,100
222.7
3.82
0.61
2022
 
212,442,000
233.3
4.78
0.64
Source: Calculations by the Arizona Regional Economic Analysis Project (AZ-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_1000_PN
 
   
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