In Iroquois County, jobs in the motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers industry wages were the highest in Iroquois County for 2006. The average industry job in Iroquois County was paid an annual wage of $78,134 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage rate in Illinois of $46,583 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $42,649.

High-wage employment in Iroquois County, Illinois are present in highway, street, and bridge construction ($55,260), offices of dentists ($49,839), nonresidential building construction ($40,934) and offices of physicians ($40,621) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed 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.

Iroquois County Wages have increased by 16.4% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Iroquois County, Illinois by a total of 16.4%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Illinois and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

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

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Total wages in all industries in Iroquois County, Illinois when analyzed can be described as medium-low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 41.2 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $43,351. The overall industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States 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.

Iroquois County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Iroquois County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 713.8 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Iroquois County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Illinois, where this industry saw a gain of 48.8 percent. The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry in Iroquois County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 29.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (713.8 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (124.4 percent gain)
3. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (93.3 percent gain)
4. Building equipment contractors (67.5 percent gain)
5. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (58.9 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 4.9 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent 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.

Iroquois County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 41.5 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Illinois, where the industry felt a loss of 36.7 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Iroquois County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 19.8 in percent of jobs in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (41.5 percent decline)
2. Nonresidential building construction (34.1 percent decline)
3. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (33.3 percent decline)
4. Highway, street, and bridge construction (24.9 percent decline)
5. Automobile dealers (23.6 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Iroquois County

The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has added the most employment with 69 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry makes up 17.8 percent of the total employment growth in Iroquois County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (69 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (51 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (44 new jobs)
4. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (42 new jobs)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (29 new jobs)

In Iroquois County, Illinois, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 359 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Out of the 42 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 18 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 24 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Iroquois County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 28 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry make up 14.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Iroquois County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Highway, street, and bridge construction (28 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (22 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (20 jobs lost)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (17 jobs lost)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (17 jobs lost)





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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.

Iroquois County One-Year Industry Employment Change

The total number of jobs has increased by 0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than growth in the State of Illinois, which experienced a gain of 1.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Iroquois County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 154.2 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Iroquois County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Illinois, where the industry took a gain of 6.4 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Iroquois County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 9.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (154.2 percent gain)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (91.9 percent gain)
3. Private households (90.0 percent gain)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (60.0 percent gain)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (56.5 percent gain)

Iroquois County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electronics and appliance stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 37.6 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Illinois, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 1.2 percent. The losses in the Electronics and appliance stores industry in Iroquois County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 3.4 percent in terms of employment in the Electronics and appliance stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronics and appliance stores (37.6 percent decline)
2. Legal services (32.2 percent decline)
3. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (26.9 percent decline)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (20.1 percent decline)
5. Highway, street, and bridge construction (18.1 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Iroquois County

The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has added the most employment with 38 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry makes up 13.5 percent of the total employment growth in Iroquois County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (38 new jobs)
2. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (32 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (28 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (22 new jobs)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (20 new jobs)

Given the 44 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 15 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 28 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Iroquois County, Illinois, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Iroquois County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Nursing care facilities industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 29 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Nursing care facilities industry make up 22.7 percent of the total employment decline in Iroquois County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nursing care facilities (29 jobs lost)
2. Highway, street, and bridge construction (19 jobs lost)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (17 jobs lost)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (15 jobs lost)
5. Legal services (13 jobs lost)





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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 Iroquois County, Illinois

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Iroquois County accounted a medium-high median household income of $44,543 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 22.4 percent lower than the household income median in State of Illinois of $54,510 and the median household income is 10.3 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Iroquois County, Illinois can be considered to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 8.7 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 38.9 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Iroquois County, reporting 14.4 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Hispanic households in Iroquois County, Illinois , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $43,538, this median is 2.3 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 28.6 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $31,810. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $66,463. This income level is 49.2 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Iroquois County, Illinois White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $44,604 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.1 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Iroquois County reported a median household income of $117,746, this level was 164.3 percent greater than the median for all households.







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

Higher Education in Iroquois County, Illinois

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Iroquois County, Illinois, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 41.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Iroquois on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 11.8 percent (Men) versus 11.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a High School Diploma, with 39.8 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Iroquois County, Illinois according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 11.8 percent of the White Alone, 8.6 percent of Black or African American, 78.2 percent of the Asian alone and 5 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Iroquois County, Illinois has a moderately-educated working age population, with 11.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Iroquois counted a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Illinois's proportion of 26 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.





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

Demographic Profile for Iroquois County, Illinois

Iroquois County, Illinois has a population that is comprised of 93 percent White, 1 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 4.9 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a modest level of diversity, with 6.4 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, Iroquois has increased the percent of minority population when 5.0 percent of the total population were minorities.

Since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people have migrated to Iroquois from another country. The international migration into Iroquois accounts for 0.1 percent of the total international migration into the State of Illinois. This level of international migration can be considered medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Iroquois County, Illinois to be 41.2 years of age. The median in Iroquois is greater than the median age in Illinois of 35.6. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 39.7 years old. With a total of 23.3 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Iroquois can be described as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 58.5 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 18.2 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

Iroquois County, Illinois had a population of 30,677 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 31,324. The decline represents a decrease of -2.1 percent. Iroquois ranks 84 of 102 counties by growth in total population in Illinois and the county ranks 2,848 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

When calculating the total land area, Iroquois extends a total area of 1116 square miles. The land areas has a low population density of 27 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Madison, IA (27 per sq. mile ), Saunders, NE (27 per sq. mile ), Hamilton, FL (27 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Crawford, MI (27 per sq. mile ), Missaukee, MI (27 per sq. mile ), Jasper, MS (27 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Iroquois County, Illinois

Iroquois County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $77,900, according to the Decennial Census. This median is less than the Illinois 2000 home value of $130,800 and less than home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Iroquois County, Illinois. In 2000, 85.4 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

In the State of Illinois, Iroquois County places 89 of 102 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 2,499 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

In Iroquois County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 13,580 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 164 homes since 2001, or 1.2 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Iroquois County, Wholesale trade, Finance and insurance and Construction industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Wholesale trade sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.72. The level of employment in the Wholesale trade sector is 1.72 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Iroquois may be an exporter of products or services of Wholesale trade.

Construction has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Iroquois County, growing in new jobs by 14.1 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 7.3 percent. The State of Illinois encountered a change in industry employment of -2.8 percent, since the year 2001.

The Manufacturing industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Iroquois County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 18.6 percent of total employment for the year 2001 to 13.5 percent in the year 2005.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Iroquois County. In the County, the industry averages 26 employees per business. This is less than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the Illinois typical size of 36 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Iroquois County. The sector faced a loss of 387 total jobs during the period, accounting for 29.4 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 62.4 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

In Iroquois County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Wholesale trade industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 13.8 percent of the total county employment. This totals 947 employees. The Manufacturing and Wholesale trade sectors provide 13.5 and 8.9 percent of industry employment.





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