Stephenson County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Stephenson County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 262.9 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Stephenson County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Illinois, where the industry felt a gain of 4 percent. The Building finishing contractors industry in Stephenson County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.4 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (262.9 percent gain)
2. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (105.1 percent gain)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (86.2 percent gain)
4. Animal food manufacturing (66.7 percent gain)
5. Oilseed and grain farming (65.3 percent gain)

Stephenson County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 55.6 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Illinois, where the industry reported a loss of 8.1 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Stephenson County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 12.1 in percent of workers in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (55.6 percent decline)
2. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (43.2 percent decline)
3. Computer systems design and related services (36.4 percent decline)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (35 percent decline)
5. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (34.1 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 0 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than growth in the State of Illinois, experiencing a gain of 1.5 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Stephenson County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building finishing contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 109 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Building finishing contractors industry makes up 22.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Stephenson County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (109 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (89 new jobs)
3. Animal food manufacturing (45 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (42 new jobs)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (41 new jobs)

In Stephenson County, Illinois, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 2 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Stephenson County

The Legal services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 45 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Legal services industry make up 12.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Stephenson County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Legal services (45 jobs lost)
2. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (43 jobs lost)
3. Highway, street, and bridge construction (36 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (32 jobs lost)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (23 jobs lost)

Given the 66 4-digit NAICS industries, 36 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 26 industries reported employment loss in the period.





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 Stephenson County, Illinois

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Stephenson County, Illinois can be considered to have a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 9.0 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 30.8 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Stephenson County, having 17.6 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 40.1 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $28,267. Hispanic in Stephenson County, Illinois , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $37,213, which is 21.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Stephenson County, Illinois White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $48,714 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 3.1 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 $43,510. This income level is 7.9 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Stephenson County had a median income of $41,891, this level was 11.3 percent less than the median for all households.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Stephenson County had a relatively high household income of $47,228 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 15.4 percent lower than the median in Illinois of $54,510 and the income level is 4 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







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