SOURCES OF NEW KANSAS JOBS
Newly Developed Data Surprising 
 
 
The Center for Applied Economics at K.U., part of the School of Business, has ferreted out some very interesting information from a national database.

For the 15-year period 1990 through 2004, only 3.2% of new jobs created in Kansas were created by companies moving into Kansas from outside the state.

Expansions of existing Kansas business accounted for 39.8% of the new jobs, while new start-up businesses accounted for 57.0%.

If one looks at jobs gained versus jobs lost in each of the three categories, an equally interesting picture emerges.

Move-ins minus move-outs accounted for 20,989 or 19.15% of the 109,591 net jobs gained over the 15 years.

Expansions minus contractions of existing firms accounted for a gain 52,799 or 48.18% of net gains.

Firm births minus firm deaths accounted for 35,803 or 32.67% of net gains.

The Center for Applied Economics is in the process of breaking out the information on a county-by-county basis.