St. Louis Commerce Magazine

KEY REGIONAL FACTS
¹ “Population Estimates for Metropolitan, Micropolitan, and Combined Statistical Areas, July 1, 2005” U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/population/ www/estimates/metropop/2005/cbsa-01-fmt.xls, Accessed 9/13/06.

² “U.S. TV Household Estimates Designated Market Area (DMA) — Ranked by Households” Television Bureau of Advertising, http://www.tvb.org/nav/build_ frameset.asp?url=/rcentral/index.asp (citing data from Nielsen Media Research, Inc. as of Sept. 23, 2006).

³ “Circular Area Profiles (CAPS)” Missouri Census Data Center, http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/websas/caps.html, Accessed 11/2/06.

⁴ “St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area, Selected Economic Characteristics: 2005” U.S. Census Bureau, http://factfinder.census.gov/ servlet/ADPTable ?_bm=y&geo_id=
31000US41180&qr_name=ACS_2005_ EST_G00_DP3&context=
adp&ds_name=&tree_id=305&-redoLog=false&-format=, Accessed
9/13/06.

⁵ "Density Using Land Area For States, Counties, Metropolitan Areas, and Places 2000" U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/population/www/ censusdata/density.html, Accessed 11/3/06.

⁶ “Metropolitan Area at a Glance, St. Louis MO-IL” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/ eag/eag.mo_stlouis_msa.htm, Accessed 9/13/06.

⁷ “Local Area Unemployment Statistics” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/ servlet/SurveyOutputServlet, Accessed 11/2/06.

⁸ “Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://data.bls. gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool= latest_numbers&series_id=LNS14000000, Accessed 11/2/06.

⁹ “Personal Income for Metropolitan Areas, 2005” Bureau of Economic Analysis, http://www.bea.gov/ bea/newsrelarchive/2006/mpi0906.htm, Accessed 9/13/06.

¹⁰ “United States, Selected Economic Characteristics: 2005” U.S. Census Bureau, http://factfinder.census. gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-context=adp&-qr_name=
ACS_2005_EST_G00_DP3&ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-
tree_id=305&-redoLog=false&-_caller= geoselect&-geo_id=01000US
&-format=&-_lang=en, Accessed 9/13/06.

¹¹ “MSA Profile” Woods & Poole Economics, 2006, p. 832.

¹² “ACCRA Cost of Living Index, 2nd Quarter 2006” ACCRA - The Council for Community and Economic Research, Vol. 39, no. 2 (Aug. 2006), p. 16.

CONTINUED SIGNS OF GROWTH
¹ “Accepted Challenges to Vintage 2005 Population Estimates” U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov /popest/archives/2000s/2005/05s_challenges.html, Accessed 11/3/06.

² “Market Overview” Downtown STL, http://www. downtownstl.org/Home.aspx?ContentID=14, Accessed 11/3/06.

METRO AREA COUNTIES
¹“Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas,” U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/population/www/ estimates/metropop/2005/cbsa-01-fmt.xls, Accessed 10/5/06.

² “Accepted Challenges to Vintage 2005 Population Estimates,” U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census. gov/popest/archives/2000s/2005/05s_challenges. html, Accessed 9/27/06.

MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATIONS OVER 10,000
”Subcounty Population Dataset,” U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/ files/SUB-EST2005-all.csv, Accessed 10/5/06.

POPULATION BREAKDOWN
“American Community Survey 2005,” U.S. Census Bureau, http://factfinder.census.gov/ servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=
&_lang=en&_ts=, Accessed 9/13/06.

ST. LOUIS HOUSEHOLD TYPES
“American Community Survey 2005”, U.S. Census Bureau,
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=
31000US41180&context= adp&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_
&-tree_id=305&-_lang=en&-_caller=geoselect&-format=,
Accessed 9/13/06.

FASTEST GROWING AREAS
”Subcounty Population Dataset,” U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/ SUB-EST2005-all.csv, Accessed 10/5/06.

POPULATION BY AGE DISTRIBUTION
“American Community Survey 2005,” U.S. Census Bureau,
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet /ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=
31000US41180&-context= -adp&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&
-tree_id=305&-_lang=en&-_caller=geoselect&-format=,
Accessed 9/13/06.

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF PERSONS AGED 25 AND OLDER
“American Community Survey 2005,” U.S. Census Bureau, http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADP GeoSearchByListServlet?ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&_lang=
en, Accessed 9/13/06.

INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
“Local Education Agency Universe Survey 2004-2005,” National Center for Education Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/index.aspx, Accessed 9/18/06.

HIGHER LEARNING FACILITIES LOCATED IN ILLINOIS & MISSOURI
National Center For Education Statistics, http://nces. ed.gov/ipeds/cool/index.aspx, Viewed 9/18/06

HIGHER RANKINGS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
¹ “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2007” U.S. News & World Report, http://www.usnews.com/usnews/ edu/grad/rankings/med/brief/mdrrank_brief.php, Accessed 11/16/06.

² “America’s Best Colleges 2007” U.S. News & World Report, http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college /rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php, Accessed, 11/16/06.

³ “Undergraduate Profiles” BusinessWeek, http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/ undergraduate/06profiles/, Accessed 11/16/06.

⁴ “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2007” U.S. News & World Report, http://www.usnews.com/usnews/ edu/grad/rankings/med/brief/mdrrank_brief.php, Accessed 11/16/06.

⁵ “Best Business Schools: Ranked” The Princeton Review, http://www.princetonreview.com/mba /research/rankings/rankings.asp, Accessed 11/16/06.

⁶ “Universities-Master's (Midwest): Top Schools” U.S. News & World Report, http://www.usnews.com/ usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1univmas_mw_ brief.php, Accessed 11/16/06.

⁷ “Best Business Schools: Ranked” The Princeton Review, http://www.princetonreview.com/mba/ research/rankings/rankings.asp, Accessed 11/16/06.

⁸ “America’s Most Literate Cities” Central Connecticut State University, http://www.ccsu.edu/AMLC/ Library/top10.htm, Accessed 11/16/06.

⁹ “2005 American Community Survey” U.S. Census Bureau, 2006, http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=&_lang=
en&_ts=, Accessed 11/16/06.

ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
“Search for Public School Districts” National Center for Educational Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/, Accessed, 9/4/06.

TOTAL ENROLLMENT
National Center for Education Statistics, http:nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/, Accessed, 9/4/06.

K-12 RANKING AND AWARDS
¹ “The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools” Newsweek, May 23, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ id/12532678?s=0&np=12&sort=raa.

² “Missouri’s Gold Star Schools 2006,” Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, http://www.dese.mo.gov/divteachqual/sii/goldstar/schools_list.html, Accessed 10/9/06.

³ “2006 NCLB - Blue Ribbon Schools,” U.S. Department of Education, http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2006/2006-schools.pdf, Accessed 10/9/06.

⁴ “Today’s Schools are Shaping Tomorrow’s Work Force,” Nov./Dec. 2006, p. 8.

KEY EMPLOYMENT FACTS
“Metropolitan Area at a Glance,” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag. mo_stlouis_msa.htm, Accessed 12/27/06.

MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUPS
“Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics Survey,” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/ces/home.htm, Accessed 10/5/06.

LABOR FORCE
“Local Area Unemployment Statistics,” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?la+29, Accessed 11/6/06.

WAGE RATES FOR SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
“Occupational Employment Statistics: Wages by Area and Occupation May 2005,” Bureau of Labor Statistics,http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcma. htm, Accessed 10/5/06.

WAGE COMPARISONS
“Occupational Employment Statistics May 2005,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://data.bls.gov/oes/ search.jsp?data_tool=OES, Accessed 11/6/06.

LABOR FORCE BY COUNTY
“Labor Force Data by County, 2005 Annual Averages,” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/ special.requests/la/laucnty05.txt, Accessed 10/5/06.

Notes: (1) MSA data from “Metropolitan Area at a Glance,” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www. bls.gov/eag/eag.mo_stlouis_msa.htm, Accessed 9/13/06.

10 YEAR EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS BY OCCUPATION-ST. LOUIS REGION
“Occupational Employment Projections,” Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, http://www.missourieconomy.org/occupations/ltprj/ Default.aspx, Accessed 9/25/06.

Note: The St. Louis Region is defined as the Missouri counties: Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, St. Charles, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Warren, and Washington.

20 FASTEST GROWING OCCUPATIONS-10 YEAR PROJECTION- ST. LOUIS REGION
“Occupational Employment Projections,” Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, http://www.missourieconomy.org/occupations/ltprj/ Default.aspx, Accessed 9/25/06.

Note: The St. Louis Region is defined as the Missouri counties: Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, St. Charles, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Warren, and Washington.

UNEMPLOYMENT IN METRO EAST & WEST CITIES WITH OVER 25,000 POPULATION
“Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2005 Annual Averages,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://data.bls. gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=la, Accessed10/5/06.

HOW DO ST. LOUISANS GET TO WORK?
1 Based on data from “Selected Economic Characteristics: 2005,
St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area,” U.S. Census Bureau http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=
31000US41180&-qr_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_DP3&-context=
adp&-ds_name=&-tree_id=305&-redoLog=false&-format=,
Accessed 9/13/06.

2 Data on Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Lincoln County, MO, Warren County, MO, and Washington County, MO are the most recent available from “Census 2000 Summary File 3: Place
of Work for Workers 16 Years and Over” U.S. Census Bureau, http://factfinder.census.gov/ servlet/DTGeoSearchByListServlet?ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&_
lang=en, Accessed 11/7/06.

2005 UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FOR TOP 25 LARGEST METRO AREAS
“Unemployment rates for Metropolitan Areas 2005,” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/ lau/lamtrk05.htm, Accessed 9/26/06.

Notes: U.S. unemployment rate from “Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/ servlet/SurveyOutputServlet, Accessed 11/7/06.

BUSINESSES
“Selectory” Dun & Bradstreet, www.selectory.com, Accessed 10/4/06.

Notes: (1) Search on Location Type=Headquarters OR Branches OR Single Locations (2) Search on Location Type=Headquarters OR Single Locations (HQ or subsidiaries) (3) Search on Location Type=Headquarters OR Single Locations (HQ or subsidiaries) of Women Owned, Minority Owned Corporations Located Anywhere

BUSINESS RANKINGS
¹ “100 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies” Business 2.0, June 2006, http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/b2fastestgrowing
/full_list/.

² “Hot Growth, 100 Sizzling Companies to Watch” BusinessWeek, June 5, 2006, http://www.businessweek.com/hot_growth/2006/.

³ “The Best Places To Launch A Career: The top 50 employers for new college grads” Business Week, Sept. 18, 2006, http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_38/
b4001601.htm?chan=careers_first+jobs_top+story.

⁴ ‘2006 Technology Fast 500: Annual list of the fastest growing companies in North America” Deloitte & Touche USA, Nov. 1, 2006, http://www.deloitte.com /dtt/article/0,1002,cid%3D132590,00.html.

⁵ “Top 40 Real Estate Markets,” Expansion Management, 2005, http://www.expansionmanagement.com/smo/DocReserve/
DocReserve_Content/2-Top%2040%20RE%20List.pdf Accessed 11/8/06.

⁶ “5-Star Business Opportunity Metros,” Expansion Management, 2005, http://www.expansionmanagement.com/smo/DocReserve/
DocReserve_Content/ 1-5%20Star%20Biz%20Opp%20Metros.pdf
Accessed 11/8/06.

⁷ “Top 10 Logistics Metros,” Expansion Management, 2005, http://www.expansionmanagement.com /smo/articleviewer/newsdatabase_print.asp?pcmd= articleprint&
articleid=17974 Accessed 11/8/06.

⁸ “4-Star Quality of Life Metros,” Expansion Management, 2005, http://www.expansionmanagement.com/smo/DocReserve/
DocReserve_Content/4-Star%20QOL%20Metros.pdf Accessed 11/8/06.

⁹ “America’s 200 Best Small Companies” Forbes, Oct. 12, 2006, http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/23/ biz_06200best_
The-200-Best-Small-Companies_ land.html.

¹⁰ “The 400 Best Big Companies” Forbes, Dec. 22, 2005, http://www.forbes.com/2005/12/21/400-best-biggest-companies_06platinum_land.html

¹¹ “Best Place for Business” Forbes, 2006, www.forbes.com/lists/2006/1/Rank_2.html, Accessed 11/28/06.

¹² “100 Best Companies to Work For,” Fortune Magazine, 2006, http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/state/
M.html Accessed 9/14/06.

¹³ “Fortune Global 500” Fortune, July 24, 2006, http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global 500/2006/full_list/.

¹⁴ “America’s Most Admired Companies,” Fortune Magazine, 2006. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/ fortune/mostadmired/states/
Accessed 9/14/06.

¹⁵ “100 Fastest Growing Companies,” Fortune Magazine, 2006, http://money.cnn.com/magazines /fortune/fortunefastestgrowing/2006/states/M.html Accessed 9/14/06.

¹⁶ “The 2006 Inc. 500 List” Inc., Sept. 1, 2006, http://www.inc.com/resources/inc500/2006/.

¹⁷ “Masters of Technology,” Information Week, 2006, http://www.informationweek.com/iw500/2006/ top250/Accessed 9/14/06.

FORTUNE 1000 COMPANIES
“Fortune 1000 Companies,” Fortune Magazine, April 17th, 2006.

TOP REGIONAL EMPLOYERS
^1. “2006 Book of Lists” St. Louis Business Journal, Vol. 26, no. 18 (2006), p. 16, 33-41.

^2. “Selectory” Dun & Bradstreet, www.selectory.com, Accessed 9/19/06.

^3. “Sorkins Directory” Sorkins, www.sorkins.com, Accessed 11/8/06.

^4. Information from organization website, Accessed 11/8/06.

^5. St. Louis RCGA internal sources.

BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS BY COUNTY
“2004 MSA Business Patterns (NAICS),” U.S. Census Bureau, http://censtats.census.gov/cgi-bin/msanaic/ msasect.pl, Accessed 10/5/06.

TOTAL NUMBER OF BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS
“Selectory” Dun & Bradstreet, www.selectory.com, accessed 9/15/06.

OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE INFORMATION
(1) “Total Office Market Statistics,” The CoStar Office Report Third Quarter 2006, St. Louis Office Market, CoStar Group, Inc. 2006.

(2) “Total Industrial Market Statistics” The CoStar Industrial Report Third Quarter 2006, St. Louis Industrial Market, CoStar Group, Inc. 2006.

Note: RBA=rentable building area. Quoted rates are annual rent per square foot. Office rates are full service rental rates.

CONSTRUCTION COSTS
Building Construction Cost Data “Reed Construction Data, 2005, p.171-3, 171-6, 171-8, Reference-136.

Note: Construction Costs are obtained with this formula: (Index for St. Louis/102.1) x National Median Cost

LAMBERT-ST. LOUIS INTER. AIRPORT
Lambert St. Louis International Airport, http://www.lambert-stlouis.com/, Accessed 10/8/06.

1 Analysis of Data from: “OAG Executive Flight Guide, North America” OAG Worldwide, Aug. 2006, p. 316, 501-505.

DAILY NON-STOP FLIGHTS FROM MAJOR CITIES TO ST. LOUIS
“OAG Executive Flight Guide North America” OAG Worldwide, Aug. 2006.

MIDAMERICA AIRPORT
“MidAmerica St. Louis Airport” www.flymidamerica.com, Accessed 11/13/06.

RAIL
“St. Louis Terminal” [railroads map], Alton & Southern Railway Co., 2002, www.altonsouthernrailway. com/images/st-louis.PDF, Accessed 12/27/06.

CLASS I
“Overview of U.S. Freight Railroads” Association of American Railroads, 2006, www.aar.org/PubCommon/ Documents/AboutTheIndustry/Overview.pdf, Accessed 12/27/06.

FOREIGN TRADE ZONES
“U.S. FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES” U.S. Department of Commerce, http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ftzpage/ letters/ftzlist.html#Missouri, Accessed 11/13/06.

WATER
2 “Top 20 Inland U.S. Ports for 2004” U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/ wcsc/pdf/inlandport04.pdf, Accessed 11/14/06. http://www.tricityport.com

ROAD TRANSPORTATION
3 “2004 MSA Business Patterns” U.S. Census Bureau, http://censtats.census.gov/cgi-bin/msanaic/msadetl.pl, Accessed 11/14/06.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
“Metro” www.metrostlouis.org, Accessed 11/14/06.

ACCRA COST OF LIVING
“Cost of Living Index” ACCRA, 2nd quarter 2006. (U.S.=100) Notes: Detroit, MI and Minneapolis, MN did not report data in 2nd Q 2006.

2006 MIDDLE MANAGEMENT HOME PRICES
“Home Price Comparison Index,” Coldwell Banker, 2006, http://hpci.coldwellbanker.com/ ?customerType=Learn, Accessed 11/15/06.

Notes: Passadena, CA represents Los Angeles, CA and Queens represents New York, NY. Houses are 2,200 sq. ft., 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, family room, and 2 car attached garage suitable for middle-management transferees.

PER CAPITA STATE AND LOCAL TAX BURDEN
“Local, State and Federal Taxes Per Capita, by State, 2006” Tax Foundation, www.taxfoundation.org/ research/show/1441.html, Accessed 11/8/06.

TAXES
“2006 State Tax Handbook” CCH, 2005. Taxable income from "Missouri and Illinois Taxing Schemes" Deloitte & Touche, Sept. 4, 2003.

PROPERTY AND SALES RATES
Sales tax rates-“The Sales Tax Clearinghouse” Sales Tax Clearinghouse, Inc., http://thestc.com/tc/rates.cgi, Accessed 9/18/06.

Real property tax rates and effective tax rates-county governments.

HEALTHCARE
¹ “College Opportunities Online Locator” National Center for Education Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov/ ipeds/cool/index.aspx, Accessed 11/16/06.

² “2004 MSA Business Patterns (NAICS), St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area, 62---- Health Care and Social Assistance” U.S. Census Bureau, http://censtats.census.gov/cgi-bin/msanaic/ msasect.pl, Accessed 11/16/06.

³ Analysis of data from state Certificate of Need reports: “Individual Hospital Profiles by Hospital Planning Area, 2005” Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, Nov. 3, 2006, http://www.idph.state. il.us/about/hfpb/pdf/2005%20Hospital%20HPA%20Summary
%20Report.pdf, Accessed 11/16/06 and “Inventory of Hospital Beds in Missouri” Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee,
http://www.dhss. mo.gov/CON/hospinv.pdf, Accessed 11/15/06.

⁴ “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2007” U.S. News & World Report, http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/ grad/rankings/med/brief/mdrrank_brief.php, Accessed 11/16/06.

⁵ “Best Hospitals 2006” U.S. News & World Report, http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/honorroll.htm, Accessed 11/16/06.

⁶ “Best Hospitals 2006” U.S. News & World Report, http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/directory/glance_6631180.htm, Accessed 11/16/06.

⁷ “The 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmarks for Success – 2005” Solucient, 2006, http://www.100tophospitals.com/winners/nationalwinners.aspx, Accessed 11/16/06.

WEATHER
¹ “January – Saint Louis Weather Calendar” National Weather Service, http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/climate/normals/jan.php, Accessed 11/16/06.

² “July – Saint Louis Weather Calendar” National Weather Service, http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/climate/normals/jul.php, Accessed 11/16/06.

³ “The Climatology of St. Louis and the Bi-State Area” National Weather Service, http://www.crh.noaa.gov /lsx/climate/cli-sum1.php, Accessed 11/16/06.

⁴ “Monthly Rainfall and Seasonal Totals” National Weather Service, http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ images/lsx/climate/stl/month_season_totals.xls, Accessed 11/16/06.

⁵ “Seasonal Snowfall” [July 2004-June 2005] National Weather Service, http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ images/lsx/climate/stl/month_season_snow.xls, Accessed 11/16/06.

AVERAGE TEMPERATURES-2005
“Monthly and Seasonal Temperatures (1836-current)“ National Weather Service, http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ images/lsx/climate/stl/mon_season_avg.xls, Accessed 11/16/06.

RECREATION AND THE ARTS
Information from the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission website (www.art-stl.com/directory.cfm) and the individual organizations websites.

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