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They do display that comparison—that the counties they identify represent 32% of the GDP, but only 22% of the population. Still, they also show that it's been
by mcphage 7y ago
They do display that comparison—that the counties they identify represent 32% of the GDP, but only 22% of the population. Still, they also show that it's been pretty constant, so I don't know if it's a meaningful grouping.
- ghaff 7y agoAnd that delta is cut in about half if you look at share of employment as opposed to total population (which includes retired people, etc.) By the time you take into account commuters from outside the metro county, I wonder how much difference there is at all. And clearly the two numbers have to be highly correlated. Most people live near where their jobs are and the combination of their consumption and the money they're paid are big components of GDP. So while employment concentration and GDP concentration may be interesting, they're pretty much different measures of more or less the same thing.