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Kansas Business & Economic Review PRI
Vol. 24, No 1, Spring 2001
the jobs created at the NAG casino
development on the Pottawatomie
Reservation near Mayetta in southern
Jackson County. Non-farm, civilian
employment increased from 2,999 in
1996 to 4,525 as of September 1999
according to the latest data from the
Kansas Department of Human
Resources, Labor Market Information
Services. The September count of
people employed on the casino
property was 1,113. Thus, all but 413
jobs can be attributed to NAG activity.
Based on our analysis, Jackson County
employment gains as a percentage
over the base year (1996) have been
superior to the nearby counties of
Pottawatomie, Brown, and Shawnee
(Figure 3).
2. Total personal income and per
capita income also have increased, but
not as dramatically. The estimated 1999
total personal income is $279,186,000,
according to the January 2001 Governor
?s Economic and Demographic
Report.1 This number is up only eightpercent
(8.2) from the 1996-revisedBut growth has major
downsides. As Las Vegas has become the
fastest-expanding city in America, small
businesses have faced three major obstacles.
They've had to plan for the city's constantly
changing future, fight off thousands of
entrepreneurs arriving in town, and handle
serious threats to the city's high quality of
life.
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