In Hamilton County, jobs in the general freight trucking pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the general freight trucking industry had the highest average wages in Hamilton County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Hamilton County received an annual wage of $28,443 in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry wage in Illinois of $43,668 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $41,086.

Other high-paying jobs in Hamilton County, Illinois may be found in building foundation and exterior contractors ($25,328), insurance agencies, brokerages, and related ($24,399), other specialty trade contractors ($24,075) and specialized freight trucking ($22,027) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Hamilton County Wages have increased by 30.8% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Hamilton County, Illinois by a total of 30.8%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Illinois and greater 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.

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

Hamilton County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Hamilton County

Given the industries in the area, the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 8 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry make up 40.0 percent of the total employment decline in Hamilton County, Illinois.

Top 3 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (8 jobs lost)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (7 jobs lost)
3. Legal services (5 jobs lost)

Of the 7 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 4 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 3 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Hamilton County, Illinois, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 97 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Hamilton County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 20 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 65.6 percent of the total growth in Hamilton County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (20 new jobs)
2. Specialized freight trucking (8 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (3 new jobs)
4. Gasoline stations (73 new jobs)

Hamilton County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 62.2 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Hamilton County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Illinois, where this industry saw a gain of 7 percent. The Specialized freight trucking industry in Hamilton County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.8 percent.

Top 3 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (62.2 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (29.8 percent gain)
3. General freight trucking (20.5 percent gain)

Hamilton County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 45.5 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Illinois, where the it saw a loss of 1.1 percent. The losses in the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Hamilton County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 0.2 percent in terms of employment in the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (45.5 percent decline)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (34.3 percent decline)
3. Legal services (31.8 percent decline)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (2.3 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 9 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than percent in Illinois, which experienced a loss of -1.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level 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.

Hamilton County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Hamilton County

The Grocery stores industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 3 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Grocery stores industry makes up 50.0 percent of the total employment growth in Hamilton County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Grocery stores (3 new jobs)
2. Specialized freight trucking (3 new jobs)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (29 new jobs)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (5 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Hamilton County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Limited-service eating places industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 10 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 74.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Hamilton County, Illinois.

Top 2 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (10 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (2 jobs lost)

Out of the 7 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 4 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 2 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Hamilton County, Illinois, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 57 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Hamilton County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 15.4 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Hamilton County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Illinois, where the industry took a gain of 8 percent. The Specialized freight trucking industry in Hamilton County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 3.5 percent in this industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (15.4 percent gain)
2. Grocery stores (5.1 percent gain)

Hamilton County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 11.7 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Illinois, where the industry felt a gain of 2.6 percent. The losses in the General freight trucking industry in Hamilton County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.3 percent in terms of employment in the General freight trucking industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. General freight trucking (11.7 percent decline)
2. Limited-service eating places (10.1 percent decline)
3. Legal services (6.3 percent decline)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (2.3 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 5.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Illinois, which saw a gain of 1.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 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.

Income and Poverty in Hamilton County, Illinois

The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $105,431. This household income level is 195.5 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Hispanic Householders in Hamilton County, Illinois , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $19,013, this median is 46.7 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Hamilton County had a median household income level of $30,713, this median was 13.9 percent less than the areas median level for all households. In Hamilton County, Illinois White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $36,121 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.2 percent greater than the median household income in 2000.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Hamilton County, Illinois can be considered to have a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 12.9 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 37.5 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Hamilton County, having 26.2 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Hamilton County had a medium-low household income of $35,680 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 52.8 percent lower than the median income in State of Illinois of $54,510 and the median is 37.7 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Hamilton County, Illinois

In Hamilton County, Illinois as reported in the 2000 Census, 10.4 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 100 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Hamilton County, Illinois, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 34.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Hamilton on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 10.8 percent (Men) versus 10.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree, with 31.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Hamilton County, Illinois may to understood as having a less-educated population, with 10.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Hamilton counted a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Illinois's proportion of 26 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.





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

Demographic Profile for Hamilton County, Illinois

Hamilton County, Illinois had an estimated population of 8,301 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 8,600. The decline shows a decrease of -3.5 percent. Hamilton ranks 68 of 102 counties when analyzing total population change in Illinois and the county ranks 2,507 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

From 2000, a very low amount of people have migrated to Hamilton from outside the country. The immigration into Hamilton totals 0 percent of the total migration into the State of Illinois. This level of international migration can be considered very low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

When calculating the total land area, Hamilton extends a total area of 435 total square miles. The area has a very low density of 19 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Montmorency, MI (19 per sq. mile ), Lee, AR (19 per sq. mile ), Douglas, WA (19 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Perry, AR (19 per sq. mile ), Robertson, TX (19 per sq. mile ), Lake, MT (19 per sq. mile ).

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Hamilton County, Illinois to be 42.2 years of age. The median age in Hamilton is greater than the median age in Illinois of 35.6. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 40.7 years of age. With 22 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Hamilton can be described as having 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 59 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 19 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.

Hamilton County, Illinois has a population that is made up of 97.8 percent White, 0.6 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 1.1 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 1.9 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, Hamilton has increased in diversity when 1.5 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

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

Housing Report for Hamilton County, Illinois

In Hamilton County, there were a total of 4,098 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding in all 76 housing units since the year 2001, or 1.9 percent.

When compared to other counties in Illinois, Hamilton County stands 64 of 102 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 2,020 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

According to the data, there is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Hamilton County, Illinois. In 2000, 94 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Hamilton County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $47,800, according to the Decennial Census. This value is less than the overall Illinois 2000 home median value of $130,800 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Hamilton County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Accommodation and food services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 13.9 percent of total employment in the county, making up 156 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Accommodation and food services industries make up 9.2 and 9.2 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Hamilton County since 2001, going from making up 6.2 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 0 percent of employment in 2005.

Transportation and Warehousing has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Hamilton County, with a job growth of 72.4 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of -1 percent. The State of Illinois faced a industry job change of -3.4 percent, in the last 5 years.

Health care and social assistance is the industry with the largest establishments in Hamilton County, with the industry averaging 11 employees per business. This is less than the US industry average of 21 and less than the Illinois establishments size average of 25 for the Health care and social assistance industry.









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