1. 65 th Annual Presentation of the Faulkner County 2015 Economic Report

2. Prepared for Conway Rotary Club Rotary District 6170

3. Dr. Michael Hargis Dean of the College of Business

4. Roger Lewis, Report Author Dr. Pat Cantrell, Report Coordinator N’golo Saliou Ouattara, Undergraduate Intern

8. Percentage Change Per Select Category, Seasonally Adjusted Category20142015 Apparel-2.0-0.9 Education & Communications0.41.4 Energy-10.6-12.6 Food & Beverage2.00.8 Housing2.52.1 Medical Care3.02.6 Other Goods & Services1.610.7 Recreation0.00.7 Transportation-6.2-4.1

14. YearBirthsDeathsNet Gain 20141522902620 20131536887649 20121544800744 20111444800644 20101532811734 20091538756782 20081511746765 20071481737744 20061,530726804 20051,398717681 20041365684681

15. Faulkner County Property Tax Assessment in 2015 Real Estate Amount: $1,428,562,513 Percent Increase: 3.04% All Property Amount: $418,460,040 Percent Decrease: -0.5%

16. CitiesComposite Equivalent to $50,000 Salary in Conway Conway 96.050,000 Fayetteville, AR 89.346,510 Hot Springs, AR92.147,969 Jonesboro, AR87.445,521 LR-NLR, AR96.450,208 Memphis, TN85.544,531 New York (Manhattan), NY 225.8117,604 San Jose, CA150.278,229 Seattle, WA 138.271,979 St. Louis, MO 93.148,490 Washington-Arlington, VA 145.975,990 National Average 10052,083

17. Per 1,000 in cities whose population is 50,000+

18. Burglary, Larceny, Vehicle Theft

19. YearRevenue Capital Expenditures Residential Electric Meters % Increase Population Estimate 2016* 111.813.928,0443.9xxx 2015 107.916.326,2090.764,313 2010 95.110.325,2373.058,908 *2016 Figures Estimated (in millions of dollars)

20. Faulkner County ½% Sales Tax Receipts YearAmount Change Over Previous Year 2015$8,951,047$176,938 2014$8,272,423$178,154 2013$8,094,270-$371,317 YearAmount Change Over Previous Year 2015$24,028,355$612,087 2014$23,416,268$180,377 2013$23,235,891$291,728 Conway 1% Sales Tax

21. CityAmount% of Total Conway$1,438,127,62580.3% Greenbrier105,057,2535.9% Mayflower36,907,3212.1% Vilonia47,160,0772.6% Guy4,044,6700.2% Damascus15,342,3790.9% Non-Tax Areas*143,570,0758.0% Total$1,790,209,400100.0%

24. Total Deposits (Billions of $) There are fifteen banking institutions in Faulkner County with 55 offices.

25. The top three banking institutions hold 70.21% of the market share.

26. (in thousands of vehicles)

27. In millions of $

28. Faulkner County 2015: $211,986 2014: $ 296,411 The City of Conway 2015: $260,270 2014: $363,837 -28.5% Decrease -28.5% Decrease

29. Van Buren1661 White1292 Conway1181 Cleburne1071 Faulkner439 6,233,706,770 Total Thousand Cubic Feet of Natural Gas County Number of Wells

30. Total since 2011: $2,184,187,799

31. CityTotalAverage Monthly Conway$9,927,361$827,280 Greenbrier$2,054,159$171,180 Mayflower$1,743,138$145,261 Vilonia$665,128$55,427 Wooster$125,265$10,439 Total$14,515,108$241,918

32. Employment & EarningsEmployment & Earnings Faulkner County (2015Faulkner County (2015) Type Total # of Employers Total # of Employees Average Annual Wages Government585,081$36,487 Private2,78933,742$37,159 Total2,84738,823$37,044 Employment & Earnings

33. CropIncome from Production Sold% Change 2014-2015 Beef$3,750,000-62.50% Greenhouses5,000,0000.00% Rice168,000-92.78% Soybeans972,000-57.75% Wheat45,000-96.36% Dairy960,0000.00% Hay640,000-20.00% Corn48,000-89.96% Forestry600,0000.00% Fruits & Vegetables500,0000.00% Hogs72,0000.00% Silage00.00% Total$12,755,000-47.45%

34. Category2015 Statistics% Change Visitors Trips 430,128 3.54 Total Travel Expenditures$103,156,6885.16 Expenditure per Visitor$239.831.57 State Tax receipts $6,161,8105.36 Local Tax Receipts$1,721,4965.37 Number employed1,0611.73 Payroll$19,041,6855.22 Average Annual Pay $17,9473.44