The Barton County Administrator serves as the the economic development director. For questions concerning Barton County contact Richard Boeckman. rboeckman@bartoncounty.org  The major cities within the county are Great Bend, Hoisington, Ellinwood and Claflin. For questions concerning Great Bend contact Jan Peters, Great Bend Chamber and Economic Development Director jpeters@greatbend.org . For information concerning Hoisington contact Allen Dinkel, City Manager adinkel@hoisingtonks.org  For information concerning Ellinwood contact Bob Peters, City Manager rpeter@cityofellinwood.com  For information concerning Claflin contact Patty Schmidt pschmidt13@yahoo.com

Leading Employers	pdf     excel
Average Wages	pdf     excel
Business Costs	pdf     excel
Business Services	pdf      excel
Labor Force	pdf
Local Tax Rates	pdf
Tax Rates	pdf
Retail Sales	pdf
Retail Market	pdf     excel
Overall Jobs	excel
Fast Facts	Data from the Census

Local Incentives	pdf
Kansas Incentives	pdf
Demographics Overview	pdf      excel
Rank of Current Industry	pdf      excel
Suggested Industries	pdf      excel
State of Economy	pdf
Educational Attainment	pdf
Educational Level	pdf
Prairie Enterprise Project	pdf

Kansas Statistical Abstracts	2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005
Trade Pull Factors - explanation	Barton County 2004 - All Counties 2004 - All Counties 2005 - All Counties 2006
City Trade Pull Factors	All Cities 2005 - All Cities 2006
Trade Balances- explanation	pdf excel

Leading College	Barton County Community College
	National Center for Educational
Workforce Development	WTCE
Community Education	WTCE
K-12 Schools	USD 428 Great Bend
	USD 431 Hoisington
	USD 355 Ellinwood
	USD 354 Claflin
State Department of Ed	KSDE

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