TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Government officials and economists say economic recovery has not been uniform across Kansas since the recession, leaving some areas behind.

Wichita State University economist Kenneth Kriz says a major amount of job growth since the end of the recession has happened in northeast Kansas in the Kansas City metropolitan area and the surrounding counties, including Lawrence. He says Topeka has seen slightly slower growth, and Wichita has not grown much at all.

According to Kriz, Wichita has dealt with Boeing’s decision in 2012 to pull its military manufacturing division out of Kansas, and other issues centered on the aviation industry have impacted the area’s economy.

The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1HDlPZX ) reports officials say the agriculture industry’s consolidation, low wages and sales tax increases have factored into the slow economic recovery of the state’s rural counties.