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News from July 2021

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Joplin sees 79,400 nonfarm payroll employees in June

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for June in Missouri's Joplin metropolitan statistical area was 79,400, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Joplin nonfarm payroll employees decrease by 0.8% since June 2021

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for July 2021 in the Joplin metropolitan statistical area was 78,800, a 0.8 percent decrease from the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Missouri ranked 47th in average VA home loan amount in Q2

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

With $220,798 in loans issued, Missouri ranked 47th in average loan amount for VA home loans in the second quarter, according to the Veteran’s Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Missouri ranks 21st in total VA home loans during Q2

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

Missouri ranked 21st in VA home loans in the second quarter of 2021 with 7,267 loans issued, according to the Veteran’s Affairs Home Loans Index.

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21 people die in Missouri from influenza and pneumonia in week ending May 15

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

There were 21 deaths with influenza and pneumonia listed as the underlying cause reported in Missouri during the week ending May 15, a 50 percent increase over the previous week.

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19.2% of employees at the Department of Health and Senior Services made between $10,000-$25,000 in 2019

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

19.2 percent of employees at the Department of Health and Senior Services made between $10,000-$25,000 in 2019, according to the Missouri Accountability Portal.

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Average VA Purchase Loan amount in Missouri increases from Q2 to Q3 2020

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Missouri in the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 was $222,354, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index

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Missouri collected $96.8 million in tobacco products sales tax in 2020

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

Of the $12.4 billion in taxes collected by Missouri in 2020, 0.8 percent, or $96.8 million, came from tobacco products sales tax, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Rental vacancies in Missouri down 1.6% from Q2 to Q3 2018

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

Rental vacancies in Missouri were 8.1 percent in the third quarter of 2018, a decrease of 1.6 percent from the previous quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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29 people die in Missouri from kidney disease in week ending May 15

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

There were 29 deaths with nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis listed as the underlying cause reported in Missouri during the week ending May 15, a 20.8 percent increase over the previous week.

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Missouri collected 2% more in tobacco products sales tax in 2020

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

Of the $12.4 billion in taxes collected by Missouri in 2020, $96.8 million came from tobacco products sales tax, a 2 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Missouri ranks 48th in the U.S. for the most other taxes paid in 2020

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

In 2020, Missouri collected $13.6 million in other taxes, ranking it 48th in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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VA provides 1,738 home purchase loans in Missouri in Q2

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

There were 1,738 VA home purchase loans issued in Missouri in the second quarter of the fiscal year 2021 totaling $423.3 million, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Home vacancies in Missouri down 0.1 percent in Q2

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

Missouri’s home vacancy rate was 0.6 percent in the second quarter of 2021, a decrease of 0.1 percent from the previous quarter, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report.

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Missouri’s combined tax revenues up 54.2 percent in Q2 since the same quarter of the previous year

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

Missouri collected $4.5 billion in combined tax revenues, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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Missouri’s sales and gross receipts tax revenue up 15.6 percent in Q2 since the previous quarter

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

Missouri collected $1.7 billion in sales and gross receipts taxes during the second quarter of 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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Missouri reports $181 million in license tax revenue in Q2

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

Missouri collected $181 million in license taxes during the second quarter of 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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Missouri’s sales and gross receipts tax revenue up 29 percent in Q2 since the same quarter of the previous year

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

Missouri collected $1.7 billion in sales and gross receipts taxes during the second quarter of 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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Missouri’s license tax revenue up 4.6 percent in Q2 since the previous quarter

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

Missouri collected $181 million in license taxes during the second quarter of 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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Missouri’s license tax revenue up 19.9 percent in Q2 since the same quarter of the previous year

By Show-Me State Times | Jul 4, 2021

Missouri collected $181 million in license taxes during the second quarter of 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.