Overview
Industry vitality is defined as the health of the industries classes that people
work for. How is health measured? Vitality uses a stock market indice for each
industry classification of which there are 10. The theory is people who work in
a particular industry that is doing well financially (as measured by their stock
price) are most likely feeling secure about their jobs which in turn affects
their spending behavior. Conversely industries doing poorly may impact their
employees to pull back on spending.
The chart below shows a more macro level, how the county vitality has changed since 2007 by quarter.
Sources: STI: PopStats , Circa April 2025
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Data
Industry Vitality Comparisons
Year Worcester County Maryland Nation 2007-01-01 100.0000 99.9992 99.9988 2007-04-01 100.9451 100.7499 100.2619 2007-07-01 101.4875 101.0359 100.7412 2007-10-01 101.8746 100.5149 100.2410 2008-01-01 100.9767 101.2810 100.5340 2008-04-01 102.1743 102.2347 101.5018 2008-07-01 99.6551 101.9684 101.4118 2008-10-01 99.3528 103.6367 101.4531 2009-01-01 98.4868 104.6955 101.6588 2009-04-01 96.9418 104.3935 100.9381 2009-07-01 97.0023 104.5679 100.7408 2009-10-01 97.6711 103.7759 100.6451 2010-01-01 97.5967 103.2289 100.6625 2010-04-01 97.4664 102.3987 100.4651 2010-07-01 98.2430 103.2893 100.3905 2010-10-01 98.2990 102.2791 100.6267 2011-01-01 98.8250 102.0555 100.8193 2011-04-01 98.5342 101.5654 100.8770 2011-07-01 98.4122 101.5917 100.7186 2011-10-01 98.4773 101.4586 100.3407 2012-01-01 98.8076 101.8243 100.7584 2012-04-01 98.2624 101.5461 100.3547 2012-07-01 98.6290 102.0930 100.5041 2012-10-01 98.7133 101.5367 100.0436 2013-01-01 98.9612 101.5695 100.6248 2013-04-01 99.2877 101.7948 100.6594 2013-07-01 99.1556 101.7850 100.4606 2013-10-01 99.1009 101.4766 100.5257 2014-01-01 99.3817 101.5309 100.5885 2014-04-01 99.2288 101.8724 100.9329 2014-07-01 99.5208 102.2575 101.2870 2014-10-01 99.3000 103.0113 101.6825 2015-01-01 98.4769 103.1279 101.7059 2015-04-01 98.5094 103.0231 101.5549 2015-07-01 97.9940 102.8672 101.1546 2015-10-01 97.7776 103.2293 101.3058 2016-01-01 97.9951 103.0793 100.8842 2016-04-01 98.6156 102.6513 101.1481 2016-07-01 98.4465 102.4532 100.6344 2016-10-01 98.6084 102.6312 100.9415 2017-01-01 99.0502 103.0708 101.5006 2017-04-01 99.8878 103.3646 101.4682 2017-07-01 99.6563 103.6313 101.7236 2017-10-01 99.8472 103.5835 101.8639 2018-01-01 100.0409 102.9373 101.9418 2018-04-01 99.5291 103.7075 101.8208 2018-07-01 99.1411 102.8959 101.4261 2018-10-01 98.2906 102.9208 101.6100 2019-01-01 98.3695 102.9952 101.0015 2019-04-01 98.0971 102.4352 100.9756 2019-07-01 98.3280 102.4684 100.8272 2019-10-01 98.3989 102.6207 100.9505 2020-01-01 98.0578 102.3057 100.7639 2020-04-01 95.2294 102.2351 100.0655 2020-07-01 94.6365 100.2586 99.8241 2020-10-01 95.3814 100.1433 100.1983 2021-01-01 95.7112 100.2274 100.1968 2021-04-01 96.8008 100.0550 100.6762 2021-07-01 95.7703 98.6618 99.9936 2021-10-01 95.8809 98.3866 99.9487 2022-01-01 95.6328 98.2528 100.3945 2022-04-01 96.4794 99.7710 100.9169 2022-07-01 96.9030 99.6356 101.0934 2022-10-01 95.3276 98.8331 100.6170 2023-01-01 95.1791 99.2084 100.6556 2023-04-01 94.4841 99.3473 100.7789 2023-07-01 94.3761 99.5698 101.1891 2023-10-01 94.3701 100.5611 101.3274 2024-01-01 94.1351 100.5349 101.2299 2024-04-01 94.5689 101.2088 101.3604 2024-07-01 94.7215 102.0089 101.5858 2024-10-01 95.3555 102.5107 101.6097 2025-01-01 95.5621 103.1658 101.7192 2025-04-01 95.4626 103.1219 101.5584
