In Clinton County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry reported the top wages in Clinton County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Clinton County was paid an annual wage of $98,658 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Iowa of $80,992 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $138,150.

Other top-pay jobs in Clinton County, Iowa may be found in machinery and equipment rental and leasing ($70,528), management and technical consulting services ($60,083), electronic markets and agents and brokers ($56,851) and computer systems design and related services ($53,857) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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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.

Clinton County Wages have increased by 13.6% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Clinton County, Iowa by a total of 13.6%. This is less than the growth in 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.

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

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Total wages in all industries in Clinton County, Iowa when analyzed can be described as medium-high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 12.1 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $32,587. The average pay was less than the overall average in the United States 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.

Clinton County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Out of the 67 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 32 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 33 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Clinton County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has added the most employment with 386 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Employment services industry makes up 21.1 percent of the total growth in Clinton County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (386 new jobs)
2. Business support services (353 new jobs)
3. Nonresidential building construction (278 new jobs)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (114 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (97 new jobs)

In Clinton County, Iowa, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 1,206 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Clinton County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building equipment contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 143 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 21.6 percent of the total employment decline in Clinton County, Iowa.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (143 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (68 jobs lost)
3. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (51 jobs lost)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (40 jobs lost)
5. Traveler accommodation (39 jobs lost)

Clinton County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 640.8 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Clinton County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Iowa, where it saw a gain of 17.4 percent. The Nonresidential building construction industry in Clinton County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 1.6 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (640.8 percent gain)
2. Employment services (160.7 percent gain)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (150.0 percent gain)
4. Individual and family services (110.6 percent gain)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (100.0 percent gain)

Clinton County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electric goods merchant wholesalers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 62.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Iowa, where the it saw a loss of 11.6 percent. The losses in the Electric goods merchant wholesalers industry in Clinton County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 15.7 percent in terms of employment in the Electric goods merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (62.9 percent decline)
2. Activities related to real estate (58.4 percent decline)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (57.6 percent decline)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (47.4 percent decline)
5. Private households (43.1 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 6.3 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Iowa, which went through a gain of 2.5 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.





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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.

Clinton County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has increased by 1.2 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than growth in the State of Iowa, which experienced a gain of 1.8 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Clinton County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 82.1 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Iowa, where the industry reported a loss of 3.5 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Clinton County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.9 in percent of workers in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (82.1 percent decline)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (56.2 percent decline)
3. Outpatient care centers (55.8 percent decline)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (54.2 percent decline)
5. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (36.8 percent decline)

Clinton County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 117.4 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Clinton County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Iowa, where it saw a gain of 8.6 percent. The Nonresidential building construction industry in Clinton County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 6.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (117.4 percent gain)
2. Computer systems design and related services (72.5 percent gain)
3. Consumer goods rental (64.7 percent gain)
4. Business support services (58.8 percent gain)
5. Other heavy construction (52.1 percent gain)

In Clinton County, Iowa, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 247 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

From the 78 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 44 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 32 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Clinton County

Given the industries in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 112 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 19.0 percent of the employment lost during the period in Clinton County, Iowa.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (112 jobs lost)
2. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (67 jobs lost)
3. Private households (57 jobs lost)
4. Outpatient care centers (47 jobs lost)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (47 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Clinton County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Business support services industry has added the most employment with 304 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Business support services industry makes up 36.2 percent of the total employment growth in Clinton County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (304 new jobs)
2. Nonresidential building construction (173 new jobs)
3. Plastics product manufacturing (68 new jobs)
4. Home health care services (33 new jobs)
5. Gasoline stations (33 new jobs)





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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 Clinton County, Iowa

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Clinton County, Iowa can be considered to have a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 10.2 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 32.4 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Clinton County, reporting 19.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Clinton County reported a medium-high median income for households of $43,785 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 5.5 percent lower than the median income in State of Iowa of $46,179 and this is 12.2 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 25.6 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $32,581. Hispanic Householders in Clinton County, Iowa recorded a median income of $28,984, this income level is 33.8 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $117,995. This income level is 169.5 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. In Clinton County, Iowa White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $43,962 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.4 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Clinton County had a median household income level of $17,307, this median was 60.5 percent less than the median for all households.







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

Higher Education in Clinton County, Iowa

In Clinton County, Iowa according the 2000 Decennial Census, 14.4 percent of the White Alone, 7 percent of Black or African American, 44.6 percent of the Asian alone and 11.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Clinton County, Iowa, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 42.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Clinton have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 14 percent (Men) versus 14.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 40.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Clinton County, Iowa can be considered to have a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 14.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Clinton is reported having 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.





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

Demographic Profile for Clinton County, Iowa

Since the year 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated to Clinton internationally. The migration from outside the US into Clinton totals 0.6 percent of the total international migration into the State of Iowa. This level of international migration can be considered medium-low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Clinton County, Iowa had a population that was estimated at 49,717 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 50,078. The decline shows a decrease of -0.7 percent. Clinton ranks 68 of 99 counties when calculating total change in population for Iowa and the county ranks 2,603 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

Clinton County, Iowa has a population that is made up of 94.4 percent White, 2.2 percent African American, 0.6 percent Asian, and 1.6 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 4.4 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Iowa percent of 7.3. Since 2000, Clinton has increased in diversity when 3.8 percent of the population were minorities.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Clinton County, Iowa to be 40.7 years of age. The median age in Clinton is greater than the median age in the State of Iowa of 38.6. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 38.3 years old. With 22.6 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Clinton can be described as being made up of a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 61.4 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 16 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

When measuring the total land area, Clinton spans a total of 695 square miles. The county has a medium-low population density of 72 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Simpson, KY (72 per sq. mile ), Letcher, KY (72 per sq. mile ), Coryell, TX (72 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Wyoming, NY (72 per sq. mile ), Tuscola, MI (72 per sq. mile ), Creek, OK (72 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Clinton County, Iowa

In Clinton County, the census reported 22,130 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding in all 407 residential units since 2001, or 1.9 percent.

Clinton County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $70,900, according to the Decennial Census. This home 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.

Throughout the State of Iowa, Clinton County ranks 50 of 99 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,031 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

According to the data, there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Clinton County, Iowa. In 2000, 88.4 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Administrative and waste services has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Clinton County, changing a total of 38.6 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 4.5 percent. The State of Iowa experienced a change in employment in the sector of 1.9 percent, in the last 5 years.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Clinton County, averaging 67 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the State of Iowa average establishment size of 54 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Clinton County. The sector faced a loss of 259 jobs during the period, or 5.1 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 55.5 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

In Clinton County, Manufacturing, Arts, entertainment, and recreation and Utilities industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 1.88. The percent of employment in the Manufacturing sector is 1.88 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Clinton County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.

In Clinton County, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance, and the Retail Trade industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 24.1 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 4,830 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade industries make up 18 and 13.1 percent of all employment.

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