b'E C O N O M YMoscow is a key player in a regional economy. There are signicant economic ties among Moscow, Latah County, Pullman, and Whitman County, Washington. Moscows major employers are heavily represented in the education, healthcare, and government elds:1. University of Idaho1,9972. Gritman Medical Center3803. City of Moscow2004. Latah County160 (not all in Moscow)5. Wal-Mart1506. Moscow School District1407. Economic Modeling Specialist Inc.1308. Good Samaritan1109. Winco Foods9910. Moscow Family Medicine90The University of Idaho is the economic engine of the City of Moscow. A study completed by Steven Peterson and Stephen Pool (An Analysis of the Economic Growth of Moscow and the Regional Economy, 2013) concluded that approximately 50 percent of the local economy is supported by the University of Idaho for all sources of spending, and that every student at UI creates $57,400 in sales, $31,000 in wage and salary earnings, and three quarters of a job in the community while enrolled.10AgricultureTotal and Per Farm Overview, 2017 and change since 20122017 % change since 2012Number of farms 1,041 -1Land in farms (acres) 349,532 -16Average size of farm (acres) 336 -15Percent of county land in farms 50.7%FIGURE 6. Latah County Total Farm Overview 112017 Market Value of Agricultural Products SoldCounties Sales ($1,000) Rank in State Producing ItemTotal77,972 20 44Crops73,549 13 44Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, dry peas51,934 9 42Tobacco- - -Cotton and cottonseed- - -Vegetables, melons, potatoes, sweet potatoes224 29 41Fruits, tree nuts, berries113 9 37Nursery, greenhouse, \x1boriculture, sod3,149 9 43Cultivated Christmas trees, short rotation woody crops23 4 14Other crops and hay18,106 13 44Livestock, poultry, and products4,422 34 44472 I D A H O I N F R A S T R U C T U R E G U I D E B O O K'