I look at the metropolitan area labor force in North Dakota. These seem natural comparison groupings, though the data show serious differences that may change that impression.
ND Metro Area Labor Force
Metro Area Income in North Dakota
Recent discussions on the radio focused on income differences and quality rankings of different metro areas in North Dakota. I take a look at the data for different occupational groups from 2018 and make comparisons.
North Dakota Metro Area Growth
It is a fun time to be an economist with an interest in data, and it has nothing to do with election policies because, as we all know, those have nothing to do with data anyway (zing!). The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its GDP by Metro Area report this week (available here). The first question many would have is: why do we care about a report that covers 2015, that is in the past?