In Butler County, jobs in the offices of physicians pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the offices of physicians industry reported the top wages in Butler County for 2006. The average industry job in Butler County received a wage of $37,982 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the industry wage in Iowa of $67,413 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $64,740.

Other top-pay jobs in Butler County, Iowa can be found in machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($36,621), wired telecommunications carriers ($36,462), depository credit intermediation ($33,294) and misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers ($30,838) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Butler County Wages have increased by 13.3% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Butler County, Iowa by a total of 13.3%. This is less than the growth in average industry wages for Iowa and less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Butler County Industry Wages Lag Behind Iowa, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The overall industry wages in Butler County, Iowa when analyzed can be described as relatively low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 26.5 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $32,587. The average industry wage was less than the industry average in the US of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Butler County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Butler County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 38 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 30.4 percent of the total number of new jobs in Butler County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (38 new jobs)
2. Specialized freight trucking (31 new jobs)
3. Building finishing contractors (18 new jobs)
4. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (17 new jobs)
5. Nursing care facilities (16 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Butler County

Given the industries in the area, the Gasoline stations industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 24 jobs. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 30.8 percent of the total job loss in Butler County, Iowa.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (24 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (15 jobs lost)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (13 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (9 jobs lost)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (9 jobs lost)

In Butler County, Iowa, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 151 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

From the 15 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 8 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 7 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total industry employment has increased by 6 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in Iowa, experiencing a gain of 2.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Butler County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 41.9 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Iowa, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 12.2 percent. The losses in the General freight trucking industry in Butler County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 0.2 in percent of jobs in the General freight trucking industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (41.9 percent decline)
2. Limited-service eating places (34.3 percent decline)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (31 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (17.6 percent decline)
5. Legal services (11.3 percent decline)

Butler County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 78.6 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Butler County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Iowa, where this industry saw a gain of 11.9 percent. The Building finishing contractors industry in Butler County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 17.4 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (78.6 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (76.0 percent gain)
3. Full-service restaurants (44.2 percent gain)
4. Other professional and technical services (14.3 percent gain)
5. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (13.5 percent gain)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Butler County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Butler County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 36.8 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Butler County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Iowa, where the industry felt a loss of 3.8 percent. The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry in Butler County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 1.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (36.8 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (33.1 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (24.0 percent gain)
4. Building finishing contractors (19.0 percent gain)
5. Other professional and technical services (17.3 percent gain)

Butler County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 46.2 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Iowa, where the industry felt a gain of 2.8 percent. The losses in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Butler County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 3.1 in percent of jobs in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (46.2 percent decline)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (23.7 percent decline)
3. Other fabricated metal product manufacturing (20 percent decline)
4. General freight trucking (20 percent decline)
5. Limited-service eating places (9.3 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 3.4 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Iowa, experiencing a gain of 1.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

In Butler County, Iowa, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 88 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Butler County

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 10 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry make up 38.5 percent of the total job loss in Butler County, Iowa.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (10 jobs lost)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (6 jobs lost)
3. Limited-service eating places (3 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (3 jobs lost)
5. Other fabricated metal product manufacturing (1 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Butler County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has grown the most with 23 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry makes up 24.2 percent of the growth in Butler County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (23 new jobs)
2. Nursing care facilities (18 new jobs)
3. Specialized freight trucking (18 new jobs)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (8 new jobs)
5. Full-service restaurants (7 new jobs)

From the 22 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 8 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 14 industries reported employment loss in the period.





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Butler County, Iowa

In Butler County, Iowa White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $42,091 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.3 percent greater than the median in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $62,888. This median income level is 49.8 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Hispanic headed households in Butler County, Iowa , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $41,193, which is 1.9 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Butler County, Iowa can be understood to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 8.0 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 41.7 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Butler County, reporting 13.4 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Butler County had a medium-high median income for households of $41,983 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 10 percent lower than the household income median in State of Iowa of $46,179 and the income level is 17 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Butler County, Iowa

Butler County, Iowa can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 12.4 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Butler was reported to have a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Iowa's proportion of 21.2 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Butler County, Iowa as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 12.4 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 33.4 percent of the Asian alone and 6.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Butler County, Iowa, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 43.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Butler on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 11.2 percent (Men) versus 13.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 39.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Butler County, Iowa

Butler County, Iowa has a population that is comprised of 98.6 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 0.7 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 1.0 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Iowa percent of 7.3. Since 2000, Butler has increased the level of diversity when 0.9 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Butler County, Iowa had an estimated population of 15,072 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 15,319. The decline signifies a decrease of -1.6 percent. Butler ranks 58 of 99 counties when calculating total change in population for Iowa and the county ranks 2,421 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

In terms of total land area, Butler covers a total land area of 580 total square miles. The area has a low average population density of 26 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Union, LA (26 per sq. mile ), Charlotte, VA (26 per sq. mile ), Todd, MN (26 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Clay, AR (26 per sq. mile ), Burleson, TX (26 per sq. mile ), Sibley, MN (26 per sq. mile ).

Since 2000, a very low amount of people migrated to Butler internationally. The migration from outside the US into Butler totals 0 percent of immigration into the State of Iowa. This percent of international migration is very low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Butler County, Iowa to be 43.6 years old. The median in Butler is greater than the median age in Iowa of 38.6. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 41.4 years of age. With a total of 20.9 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Butler can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 59.9 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 19.3 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Butler County, Iowa

Butler County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $62,200, according to the Decennial Census. This value is less than the State of Iowa 2000 home median value of $82,500 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

In the State of Iowa, Butler County is positioned 72 of 99 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 2,683 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

In Butler County, there were a total of 6,642 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding a total of 58 homes since 2001, or 0.9 percent.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Butler County, Iowa. In 2000, 92 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Butler County, Iowa -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Butler County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Wholesale trade industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 22.2 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 562 individuals. The Retail Trade and Wholesale trade sectors provide 13.7 and 12.2 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Real estate and rental and leasing saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Butler County, increasing in size by 180 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 4.3 percent. The State of Iowa saw a change in employment in the sector of 0.9 percent, since the year 2001.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Butler County, averaging 20 jobs per place of business. This is less than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the Iowa establishments size average of 54 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Butler County, Wholesale trade, Manufacturing and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Wholesale trade industry has a US LQ in the county of 2.34. The percent of employment in the Wholesale trade sector is 2.34 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Butler may be an exporter of products or services of Wholesale trade.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).