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Welcome to Pennsylvania's Innovation Economy Dashboard. This dashboard, along with the report: Pennsylvania's Innovation Economy Annual Report (May 2021), was developed by students at Carnegie Mellon University. The information here focuses on translating new ideas into jobs, developing and maintaining a talented workforce, and connecting workers to jobs--to keep our state prosperous, competitive, and supportive of all Pennsylvanians.

The data submitted reflects the number of trainings of Pennsylvania workers offered by DCED and its affiliate programs in Fiscal Year 2015-2018

The Inc. 5000 is an annually released list that tracks the 5,000 companies in the U.S. that are experiencing the highest revenue growth. Of those companies on the 2020 list, 188 are headquartered in PA.
The literature shows that high growth firms (defined as firms experiencing 20% or greater compound annual revenue grown over 3-years) are responsible for a significantly outsized contribution to economic growth and job creation. It also suggests that small, young, and knowledge-based firms are much more likely to achieve the levels of high growth seen on this list.
The Brookings Institute conducted an analysis and general endorsement of the list: https://www.brookings.edu/research/high-growth-firms-and-cities-in-the-us-an-analysis-of-the-inc-5000/
Source: INC 5000, Introducing the 5,000 Fastest-Growing Companies in America

By Law The Municipal Statistics Office collects data from municipalities through required e-Filing forms.
Information available:
Local Tax Data
Local Government Data and Demographics
Local Government Annual Financial Reports
Municipal Authority Data

Contact information:
Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
Governor's Center for Local Government Services
400 North Street, 4th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0235 Phone: 888-223-6837
Fax: 717-783-1402
Email: RA-munistats@pa.gov

While STEM graduates aren't the only contributors to PA’s innovation economy, the number of STEM degrees awarded each year serves as a proxy for the labor pool’s interests and its level of skill development and sophistication (Milken 2018 Report).
As businesses grow in PA, they need skilled and well-educated workers who are prepared for the innovation economy. STEM degree programs help equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to enter the workforce and be successful in a tech-driven, global economy. (PA Department of Education).
Note about data: This table presents data collected from Title IV institutions in the United States. Prior to 2009-10, the data include only Title IV primarily postsecondary institutions.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS),Completions component final data (2001-02 - 2017-18) and provisional data(2018-19).

Data source: 2015, 5-year average, American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau.

Notes: The Census Bureau does not provide data on every municipalities. Municipalities with very small populations are in some cases not reported.

The median housing value and median household income for Ferguson Township, Clearfield County is an average of the median housing value and household income of former Lumber City Borough and Ferguson Township.
A note of caution: A municipality can update information at any time after submission of a form. The Municipal Statistics site is built to reflect any data updates, the following day, in the Public Reports section of the Municipal Statistics site. http://munstats.pa.gov/public/

Utility patents are also described as patents for invention, meaning they are one of the better measures of innovative development. PA lags behind its peers, and the national average on the number of patents per 100,000 residents. This metric is expanded upon and analyzed in this report from the Brookings Institution: https://www.brookings.edu/research/ideas-for-pennsylvania-innovation-examining-efforts-by-competitor-states-and-national-leaders/
Sources:
Patents: USPTO
U.S. and State Population: U.S.Census Bureau, State Population Totals 2010-2019