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INDIVIDUAL PEER REGIONS<br />

The other portion of this report focused on population, GRP, and manufacturing industries for<br />

cities to be compared solely with <strong>Clarksville</strong>. <strong>Clarksville</strong> was benchmarked against all other<br />

cities in the U.S., using the previously mentioned parameters and the following algorithm. Let x<br />

= desired economic unit of comparison and y = the <strong>Clarksville</strong> equivalent of that economic unit<br />

of comparison and z = the solution. Where (x/y) – 1 = z, 1 – (ABS (z)) = i, where i = an index between<br />

0.00 and 1.00, where 1.00 is the best possible outcome and 0.00 is the worst. These formulas were<br />

tailored to place all the weight of comparison on <strong>Clarksville</strong>. The nearer the solution to 1.00, the<br />

more similar a region is to <strong>Clarksville</strong>.<br />

Per these requirements, and the individual industry specifications of <strong>Clarksville</strong>, 5 peer regions<br />

were found. Table 21 is set up much like Table 19, as it compares all industries within all the peer<br />

regions with those in <strong>Clarksville</strong>. Likewise, Table 22 is set up in the same fashion as Table 20, as it<br />

shows data for the manufacturing industries when comparing peer regions to each other.<br />

TABLE 21: Individual Peer Regions, Cities, All Industries<br />

CLARKSVILLE, TN-KY<br />

ELKHART-<br />

GOSHEN, IN<br />

PEORIA, IL<br />

KALAMAZOO-<br />

PORTAGE, MI HUNTSVILLE, AL ROCHESTER, MN<br />

REGIONAL OVERVIEW<br />

Population<br />

(2016)<br />

Population<br />

Change %<br />

Total Industry<br />

Jobs (2016)<br />

Total Industry<br />

Jobs Change<br />

%<br />

Bachelor’s<br />

Degree or<br />

Higher %<br />

Current Avg.<br />

Earnings<br />

282,353 203,784 376,250 336,865 449,721 215,887<br />

7% 3% (1%) 3% 6% 4%<br />

124,880 135,275 182,469 152,106 234,447 124,433<br />

2% 21% (4%) 7% 7% 7%<br />

13.4% 11.5% 18.2% 20.0% 24.4% 24.1%<br />

$49,431 $54,466 $60,722 $56,469 $65,392 $62,030<br />

COL Index 94.8 94.8 101.5 94.6 100.2 103.8<br />

COL Adjusted<br />

Current Avg.<br />

Earnings<br />

$52,033 $57,333 $59,532 $59,441 $65,392 $59,644<br />

GRP (billions) $12.72 $12.74 $19.59 $15.42 $24.44 $11.76<br />

Source: Emsi<br />

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COMPREHENSIVE LABOR ANALYSIS: CLARKSVILLE-MONTGOMERY COUNTY

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