Employment Report for Union County, Illinois -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
In Union County, Utilities, Retail Trade and Manufacturing are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Utilities sector has a United State LQ of 3.86. The level of employment in the Utilities industry is 3.86 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Union County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Utilities.
In Union County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 20.5 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 704 employees. The Manufacturing and Accommodation and food services industries total 16.1 and 8.8 percent of industry employment.
Transportation and Warehousing has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Union County, changing a total of 60 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of -1 percent. The State of Illinois underwent a employment change in the industry of -3.4 percent, since the year 2001.
Union County ranks 78 of 103 Counties throughout the State of Illinois in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 76 of 103 Counties.
Manufacturing has the largest employers in Union County, with the industry averaging 42 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the Illinois typical size of 36 for the Manufacturing industry.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
In Union County, Utilities, Retail Trade and Manufacturing are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Utilities sector has a United State LQ of 3.86. The level of employment in the Utilities industry is 3.86 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Union County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Utilities.
In Union County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 20.5 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 704 employees. The Manufacturing and Accommodation and food services industries total 16.1 and 8.8 percent of industry employment.
Transportation and Warehousing has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Union County, changing a total of 60 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of -1 percent. The State of Illinois underwent a employment change in the industry of -3.4 percent, since the year 2001.
Union County ranks 78 of 103 Counties throughout the State of Illinois in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 76 of 103 Counties.
Manufacturing has the largest employers in Union County, with the industry averaging 42 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the Illinois typical size of 36 for the Manufacturing industry.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
