In Alexander County, jobs in the oilseed and grain farming pay the highest wages

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Employment in the oilseed and grain farming industry reported the top wages in Alexander County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Alexander County earned an annual wage of $29,990 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry wage in Illinois of $33,463 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $26,010.

Top-pay jobs in Alexander County, Illinois may be found in legal services ($20,348), gasoline stations ($16,219), accounting and bookkeeping services ($15,238) and drinking places, alcoholic beverages ($12,506) 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.

Alexander County Wages have increased by 3.2% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Alexander County, Illinois by a total of 3.2%. This is less than the growth in wages for the State of Illinois and less than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

Alexander County Industry Wages Lag Behind Illinois, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The overall industry wages in Alexander County, Illinois can be described as medium-low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 38.2 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $43,351. The overall 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.

Alexander County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Alexander County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 40.0 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Alexander County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Illinois, where the industry felt a gain of 10.1 percent. The Limited-service eating places industry in Alexander County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 13.9 percent in this industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (40.0 percent gain)

Alexander County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Legal services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 60 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Illinois, where the it saw a gain of 7.9 percent. The losses in the Legal services industry in Alexander County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 8.3 percent in terms of employees in the Legal services industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Legal services (60 percent decline)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (41.9 percent decline)
3. Full-service restaurants (30.3 percent decline)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (1.5 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 16.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Illinois, experiencing a loss of -1.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Alexander County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 3 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 111.1 percent of the total employment growth in Alexander County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (3 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (354 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (326 new jobs)
4. Grocery stores (252 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Alexander County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 18 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 62.1 percent of the total employment decline in Alexander County, Illinois.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (18 jobs lost)

Of the 5 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 4 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 1 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Alexander County, Illinois, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 255 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.





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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.

Alexander County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Alexander County, Illinois, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 31 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Of the 7 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 1 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 4 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Alexander County

The Legal services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 0 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Legal services industry make up . percent of the employment lost during the period in Alexander County, Illinois.

Top 4 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (35 jobs lost)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (23 jobs lost)
3. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (22 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (17 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Alexander County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has added the most employment with 12 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 52.2 percent of the growth in Alexander County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (12 new jobs)

Total employment has increased by 2.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Illinois, which saw a gain of 1.5 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Alexander County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 80.6 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Alexander County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Illinois, where the industry took a loss of 0.2 percent. The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry in Alexander County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 1.5 percent.

Top 4 Industries
1. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (80.6 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (40.9 percent gain)
3. Oilseed and grain farming (12.5 percent gain)
4. Gasoline stations (7.4 percent gain)

Alexander County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Legal services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 7.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Illinois, where the industry reported a gain of 1.4 percent. The losses in the Legal services industry in Alexander County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 0.6 in percent of jobs in the Legal services industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Legal services (7.7 percent decline)





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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 Alexander County, Illinois

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 36.6 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $19,320. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Alexander County had a median household income level of $74,588, this was 144.8 percent greater than the median for all households. In Alexander County, Illinois White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $35,721 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 17.2 percent greater than the median in 2000. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $17,550. This income level is 42.4 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Hispanic in Alexander County, Illinois , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $31,340, which is 2.9 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Alexander County, Illinois can be considered to have a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 26.1 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 70.5 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Alexander County, accounting 50 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Alexander County reported a relatively low median income for all households of $30,469 (2005 Dollars). This median is 78.9 percent lower than the median income in State of Illinois of $54,510 and the median is 61.3 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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

Demographic Profile for Alexander County, Illinois

From 2000, a very low number of individuals have migrated to Alexander from outside the country. The immigration into Alexander accounts for 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Illinois. This level of international migration can be considered very low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Alexander County, Illinois to be 39.0 years old. The median in Alexander is greater than the median age for the State of Illinois of 35.6. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 38.1 years old. With 25.1 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Alexander can be understood as being made up of a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low presence of the population, with 57.2 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 17.7 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

Alexander County, Illinois had a population that was estimated at 8,927 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 9,588. The decline represents a decrease of -6.9 percent. Alexander ranks 85 of 102 counties by growth in total population in Illinois and the county ranks 2,852 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

When measuring the total land area, Alexander extends a total area of 236 square miles. The county has a low average population density of 38 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Summers, WV (38 per sq. mile ), Hampton, SC (38 per sq. mile ), Washington, NC (38 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Pike, IN (38 per sq. mile ), Jasper, TX (38 per sq. mile ), Washington, KY (38 per sq. mile ).

Alexander County, Illinois has a population that is comprised of 62.3 percent White, 34.7 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 1.7 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 36.9 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is greater than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, Alexander has increased the percent of minority makeup when 36.7 percent of the population were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Alexander County, Illinois

The State of Illinois, Alexander County ranks 102 of 102 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,945 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

Alexander County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $33,400, published by the Decennial Census. This value is less than the State of Illinois 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $130,800 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

In Alexander County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 4,630 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a total of 16 residential units since 2001, or 0.3 percent.

According to the data, there is a abundant amount affordable residential real estate in Alexander County, Illinois. In 2000, 97.2 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Alexander County, Illinois -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Alexander County, Utilities, Manufacturing and Other services, except public administration industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Utilities sector in the county has a location quotient of 5.84. The level of employment in the Utilities sector is 5.84 times greater than the national average, signifying that Alexander County may specialize, or be an exporter of Utilities.

In Alexander County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 12.9 percent of total employment in the county, making up 155 individuals. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries total 11.5 and 7.1 percent of all employment.

The Transportation and Warehousing industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Alexander County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 10.5 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent of total employment in the year 2005.

Alexander is the County that is ranked 93 of 103 total Counties throughout Illinois in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 91 of 103 Counties.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Alexander County, with the industry averaging 26 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and less 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).