Leading, Slipping, Gaining, Lagging Analysis:
Assessing State Government Employment Growth
Across Illinois Counties
State Government
Employment Growth
County vs Statewide Average: 2010-2022 and 2022
State Government
Employment Growth
Illinois:
2010-2022 = -0.72%
2022 = -1.28%
Borrowing from an approach that sometimes appears in the finance sections of the popular press, LSGL analysis is a handy and versatile way to compare, portray and classify the patterns of state government employment growth across all of Illinois' 102 counties. In finance, this technique is used for comparing and assessing the market performance of individual securities or across industry sectors. For example, the performance of the 30 stocks contained within Dow are compared with one another over the past week in contrast to their performance over the past month using the Dow's respective averages as the points of reference.
Here in this Illinois Regional Economic Analysis Project report, we adopt this approach to gauge and compare the state government employment growth of Illinois' 102 counties over the latest available year (2022) against the backdrop of their growth over the long term period (2010-2022). In so doing we classify their growth and performance into 4 broad categories: Leading, Slipping, Gaining and Lagging.
State Government
Employment Growth
County vs Statewide Average: 2010-2022 and 2022
State Government
Employment Growth
Illinois:
2010-2022 = -0.72%
2022 = -1.28%
This figure displays the 102 counties of Illinois as dots on a scattergram, with the vertical axis representing the average annual state government employment growth rate over the long-term period (2010-2022), and the horizontal axis representing the state government employment growth rate for the near-term (2022).
This figure sets apart those counties whose long-term state government employment growth exceeded the statewide average of -0.72%, by portraying them in the top two quadrants demarcated at -0.72% on the vertical axis. County whose long-term average annual state government employment growth rate trailed the statewide average (-0.72%) are distributed in the bottom two quadrants. In all, 36 counties surpassed the statewide average over 2010-2022, while 21 counties fell below.
Similarly, the two quadrants on the right of this figure present the positions of the 4 counties whose most recent (2022) state government employment growth rate exceeded the statewide average (-1.28%). The two quadrants on the left feature those 53 counties whose state government employment growth over 2022 trailed the statewide average.
Accordingly, each quadrant portrays the performance of all 102 counties corresponding with their long-term (2010-2022) and near-term (2022) performance relative to their respective statewide averages of -0.72% over 2010-2022 and -1.28% over 2022:
Leading counties () (top-right quadrant)...are counties whose average annual state government employment growth rate surpassed the statewide average both long-term (-0.72%) and near-term (-1.28%).
Slipping counties () (top-left quadrant)...are counties whose long-term average annual state government employment growth rate exceeded the statewide average (-0.72%), but whose near-term growth has "slipped" by falling below the Illinois average (-1.28%).
Gaining counties () (bottom-right quadrant)...are counties whose long-term average annual state government employment growth rate fell below the statewide average (-0.72%), but whose near-term growth has "gained" by registering above the average (-1.28%) statewide.
Lagging counties () (bottom-left quadrant)...are counties whose average annual state government employment growth rate fell under the statewide average both long-term (-0.72%) and near-term (-1.28%).
   
 
Summary of Illinois' 102 County Totals
 
Short Term Average
 
 
Below
(-1.28%)
Above
(-1.28%)
 
Long
Term
Average
Above
(-0.72%)
34
2
36
Below
(-0.72%)
19
2
21
 
53
4
57
 
   
Leading Counties
2022 vs. 2010-2022 Averages
Leading Counties
white dot
Illinois:
2010-2022 = -0.72%
2022 = -1.28%
Turning attention to the top-right quadrant from the discussion above, this figure features the distribution of the Illinois counties classified as Leading. These counties surpassed Illinois' average annual state government employment growth both long-term (2010-2022 = -0.72%) as well as near-term (2022 = -1.28%). Each is identified by its corresponding ranking based on it's average annual state government employment growth rate over 2010-2022.
Of Illinois' 102 counties, just 2 (2%) are classified within the Leading () category. Those counties ranked by their long-term average include:
Slipping Counties
2022 vs. 2010-2022 Averages
Slipping Counties
Illinois:
2010-2022 = -0.72%
2022 = -1.28%
This figure depicts the distribution of the 34 Illinois counties classified as Slipping (top-left quadrant), in that their long-term average annual state government employment growth rate outpaced the average statewide (2010-2022 = -0.72%), while they trailed the statewide average near-term (2022 = -1.28%). Again, each county is identified by it's corresponding ranking based on its average annual state government employment growth rate over 2010-2022.
Observe that 34 (33%) of Illinois' 102 counties are classified as Slipping (). Those counties ranked by their long-term average include:
Gaining Counties
2022 vs. 2010-2022 Averages
Gaining Counties
white dot
Illinois:
2010-2022 = -0.72%
2022 = -1.28%
This figure shows the distribution of the 2 Illinois counties classified as Gaining (bottom-right quadrant), in that their long-term average annual state government employment growth rate posted below the average statewide (2010-2022 = -0.72%), while they outpaced Illinois' average near-term (2022 = -1.28%). Again, each county is identified by its corresponding ranking based on its average annual state government employment growth rate over 2010-2022.
Of Illinois' 102 counties, only 2% (2) are featured as Gaining (). Those counties ranked by their long-term average include:
Lagging Counties
2022 vs. 2010-2022 Averages
Lagging Counties
white dot
Illinois:
2010-2022 = -0.72%
2022 = -1.28%
This figure depicts the distributions of the 19 Illinois counties classified as Lagging (bottom-left quadrant). These counties trailed the statewide average annual state government employment growth both long-term (2010-2022 = -0.72%) as well as near-term (2022 = -1.28%). Again, each county is identified by its corresponding ranking based on it's average annual state government employment growth rate over 2010-2022.
19% of Illinois' counties, 19 of 102, are characterized here as Lagging (). Those counties ranked by their long-term average include:
   
 
Illinois
State Government Employment Growth
County vs. Statewide Average
 
2010-2022
 
2022
 
 
Leading Counties
 
30
-0.03
 
4
-1.25
44,815
 
8
3.93
 
1
0.00
13
Slipping Counties
 
29
0.13
 
28
-2.82
69
 
26
0.40
 
17
-2.68
145
 
27
0.28
 
48
-3.17
61
 
4
4.35
 
12
-2.61
112
 
25
0.43
 
41
-3.00
97
 
19
1.02
 
65
-5.56
17
 
11
3.28
 
50
-3.23
60
 
17
1.47
 
39
-2.94
231
 
20
0.95
 
22
-2.74
71
 
5
4.30
 
45
-3.07
253
 
21
0.91
 
47
-3.16
92
 
2
5.60
 
13
-2.63
37
 
32
-0.16
 
36
-2.92
133
 
1
5.95
 
35
-2.90
67
 
16
1.66
 
23
-2.77
386
 
31
-0.11
 
26
-2.80
765
 
14
1.86
 
33
-2.83
240
 
22
0.87
 
54
-3.33
58
 
34
-0.18
 
53
-3.31
117
 
13
2.29
 
5
-2.04
48
 
18
1.36
 
10
-2.56
38
 
6
4.10
 
48
-3.17
122
 
15
1.78
 
61
-3.85
50
 
33
-0.17
 
29
-2.83
206
 
12
3.06
 
13
-2.63
111
 
28
0.25
 
36
-2.92
133
 
3
5.54
 
59
-3.57
27
 
36
-0.72
 
52
-3.28
118
 
10
3.39
 
15
-2.67
73
 
24
0.68
 
15
-2.67
73
 
7
4.03
 
29
-2.83
103
 
35
-0.20
 
29
-2.83
103
 
23
0.81
 
58
-3.49
83
 
9
3.44
 
34
-2.84
171
Gaining Counties
 
51
-3.68
 
1
0.00
16
 
57
-8.02
 
1
0.00
9
Lagging Counties
 
37
-0.74
 
18
-2.72
143
 
46
-1.83
 
61
-3.85
25
 
49
-2.79
 
55
-3.39
57
 
55
-4.42
 
61
-3.85
50
 
41
-0.86
 
57
-3.45
56
 
39
-0.83
 
7
-2.27
43
 
50
-3.53
 
50
-3.23
30
 
48
-2.19
 
41
-3.00
97
 
53
-4.16
 
60
-3.64
53
 
43
-1.53
 
24
-2.78
385
 
38
-0.82
 
40
-2.95
4,768
 
45
-1.76
 
8
-2.41
81
 
54
-4.40
 
27
-2.81
381
 
42
-1.07
 
44
-3.05
159
 
47
-2.15
 
43
-3.02
257
 
40
-0.83
 
6
-2.20
8,212
 
52
-3.76
 
9
-2.44
80
 
56
-4.69
 
64
-5.00
19
 
44
-1.70
 
55
-3.39
57
Undefined/Suppressed Counties
 
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S
S
S
 
U
U
 
10
-2.56
76
 
U
U
 
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S
S
 
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U
 
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U
 
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S
S
 
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U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
32
-2.83
926
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
36
-2.92
266
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
35
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
46
-3.07
221
 
U
U
 
25
-2.78
594
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
21
-2.74
391
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
19
-2.73
678
 
U
U
 
20
-2.73
1,604
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-0.72
 
-1.28
143,371
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-0.09
 
-0.04
5,279,000
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