Lee County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Lee County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 45.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Illinois, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 1.5 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Lee County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 2.2 in percent of workers in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (45.4 percent decline)
2. Specialized freight trucking (42 percent decline)
3. Business support services (41.8 percent decline)
4. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (30.4 percent decline)
5. General freight trucking (25.1 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 1.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Illinois, which saw a gain of 1.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Lee County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 516.7 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Lee County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Illinois, where it saw a loss of 8.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Lee County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 12.1 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (516.7 percent gain)
2. Consumer goods rental (77.6 percent gain)
3. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (53.4 percent gain)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (48.0 percent gain)
5. Building equipment contractors (42.7 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Lee County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 55 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry makes up 22.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Lee County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (55 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (24 new jobs)
3. Nursing care facilities (22 new jobs)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (18 new jobs)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (14 new jobs)

Given the 46 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 22 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 22 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Lee County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 106 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 35.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Lee County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (106 jobs lost)
2. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (29 jobs lost)
3. Limited-service eating places (27 jobs lost)
4. Specialized freight trucking (17 jobs lost)
5. General freight trucking (14 jobs lost)

In Lee County, Illinois, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 196 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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 Lee County, Illinois

Hispanic households in Lee County, Illinois , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $40,374, this median household income is 15.8 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. In Lee County, Illinois White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $48,081 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.3 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $59,049. This income level is 23.2 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Lee County had a median income of $39,488, which was 17.6 percent less than the median for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 29.1 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $34,004.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Lee County, Illinois may be understood as having a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 7.7 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 37.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Lee County, reporting 12.1 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Lee County accounted a relatively high household income of $47,931 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 13.7 percent lower than the median in State of Illinois of $54,510 and the median is 2.5 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







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