South, West hot spots for sales of infant gear
By Kay Anderson -- Kids Today, 3/1/2006
High Point— Infant equipment sales are projected to grow by 24.5% between 2005 and 2010 according to statisticians at New York-based Easy Analytic Software Inc. Outside the South and West, only Delaware and New Hampshire are expected to exceed the national average in sales growth.
That doesn't mean there aren't pockets of opportunity in all regions, however. Of the nation's 934 metropolitan areas, EASI projects 344 of them will exceed the national average in sales growth for infant equipment. Of those, 60 are in the Midwest, including such diverse cities as Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., projected to grow sales by 36%; Sioux Falls, S.D.; projected to grow sales by 31%; and Faribault-Northfield, Minn., projected to grow sales by 30%.
In the Northeast, one-fourth of the regions' metros are expected to top the national average in gear-sales growth, lead by East Stroudsburg, Pa. at 37%; Seaford, Del., at 34%; and Laconia, N.H., at 32%. In the South, Palm Coast, Fla., is expected to see sales growth of 56%, whileNaples-Marco Island and Cape Coral-Fort Myers, both in Florida, and McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, Texas, will see sales grow by 39% according to EASI. In the West, four metro areas are projected to see equipment sales growth top the 40% mark: St. George, Utah; Greeley, Colo.; Heber Utah; and Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev.
| 2005 | 2010 | Change | |
| estimated | projected | ||
| Alabama | $25.6 | $31.2 | 21.7% |
| Alaska | 3.8 | 4.7 | 24.6% |
| Arizona | 32.7 | 43.6 | 33.4% |
| Arkansas | 15.2 | 18.8 | 23.6% |
| California | 191.2 | 240.8 | 25.9% |
| Colorado | 28.6 | 36.2 | 26.8% |
| Connecticut | 21.8 | 26.5 | 21.6% |
| Delaware | 5.1 | 6.4 | 25.9% |
| District of Columbia | 3.7 | 4.2 | 13.5% |
| Florida | 103.6 | 135.1 | 30.4% |
| Georgia | 51.0 | 65.5 | 28.4% |
| Hawaii | 6.6 | 8.3 | 26.2% |
| Idaho | 7.6 | 9.9 | 29.1% |
| Illinois | 73.8 | 89.7 | 21.7% |
| Indiana | 37.1 | 45.5 | 22.7% |
| Iowa | 17.4 | 21.1 | 21.4% |
| Kansas | 16.1 | 19.6 | 21.8% |
| Kentucky | 23.7 | 29.2 | 23.2% |
| Louisiana | 23.9 | 28.9 | 20.7% |
| Maine | 7.9 | 9.9 | 24.4% |
| Maryland | 34.2 | 42.6 | 24.4% |
| Massachusetts | 39.3 | 47.1 | 19.7% |
| Michigan | 60.3 | 72.9 | 20.8% |
| Minnesota | 31.4 | 38.7 | 23.3% |
| Mississippi | 15.2 | 18.6 | 22.1% |
| Missouri | 33.8 | 41.5 | 22.7% |
| Montana | 5.2 | 6.5 | 23.8% |
| Nebraska | 10.2 | 12.6 | 23.5% |
| Nevada | 13.7 | 19.0 | 38.0% |
| New Hampshire | 8.1 | 10.2 | 25.7% |
| New Jersey | 51.3 | 62.6 | 21.9% |
| New Mexico | 10.2 | 12.7 | 25.1% |
| New York | 107.7 | 129.5 | 20.3% |
| North Carolina | 50.7 | 64.4 | 27.1% |
| North Dakota | 3.6 | 4.3 | 19.0% |
| Ohio | 68.4 | 82.2 | 20.2% |
| Oklahoma | 19.8 | 24.3 | 23.0% |
| Oregon | 21.2 | 26.8 | 26.5% |
| Pennsylvania | 72.7 | 87.7 | 20.7% |
| Rhode Island | 6.4 | 7.9 | 23.8% |
| South Carolina | 24.2 | 30.4 | 25.5% |
| South Dakota | 4.3 | 5.2 | 23.0% |
| Tennessee | 34.3 | 42.6 | 24.2% |
| Texas | 121.3 | 156.4 | 28.9% |
| Utah | 11.9 | 15.3 | 27.7% |
| Vermont | 3.8 | 4.6 | 22.6% |
| Virginia | 45.7 | 57.5 | 25.7% |
| Washington | 37.4 | 46.8 | 25.3% |
| West Virginia | 10.1 | 12.2 | 20.9% |
| Wisconsin | 33.1 | 40.9 | 23.4% |
| Wyoming | 3.0 | 3.6 | 23.1% |
| Source: Easy Analytic Software Inc. |
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