In La Salle County, jobs in the architectural and structural metals mfg. pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the architectural and structural metals mfg. industry reported the top wages in La Salle County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in La Salle County received an annual wage of $83,472 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry wage in Illinois of $43,008 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $40,269.

High-wage employment in La Salle County, Illinois can be found in cement and concrete product manufacturing ($72,178), securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($70,035), other general purpose machinery manufacturing ($60,953) and management of companies and enterprises ($58,464) industries. Note: Click Graph Above 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.

La Salle County Wages have increased by 13.1% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in La Salle County, Illinois by a total of 13.1%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for the State of Illinois and less than the growth in average wages for 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.

La Salle County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

La Salle County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Business support services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 1834.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in La Salle County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Illinois, where it saw a loss of 9.6 percent. The Business support services industry in La Salle County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 0.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (1834.0 percent gain)
2. Other chemical product and preparation mfg. (1059.3 percent gain)
3. Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers (352.4 percent gain)
4. Employment services (258.1 percent gain)
5. Computer systems design and related services (180.0 percent gain)

La Salle County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Waste collection industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 80.6 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 industry reported a gain of 39.8 percent. The losses in the Waste collection industry in La Salle County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 32.7 in percent of jobs in the Waste collection industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Waste collection (80.6 percent decline)
2. Other support services (69 percent decline)
3. Data processing and related services (55.1 percent decline)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (53 percent decline)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (49 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 1.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in Illinois, which saw a loss of -1.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in La Salle County

The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 395 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry make up 13.5 percent of the employment lost during the period in La Salle County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (395 jobs lost)
2. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (269 jobs lost)
3. General freight trucking (227 jobs lost)
4. Printing and related support activities (141 jobs lost)
5. Full-service restaurants (140 jobs lost)

In La Salle County, Illinois, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 440 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Of the 107 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 57 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 48 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in La Salle County

The Employment services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 435 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Employment services industry makes up 15.6 percent of the total employment growth in La Salle County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (435 new jobs)
2. Other chemical product and preparation mfg. (434 new jobs)
3. Business support services (287 new jobs)
4. Gasoline stations (235 new jobs)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (134 new jobs)





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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.

La Salle County One-Year Industry Employment Change

La Salle County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 337.2 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in La Salle County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Illinois, where this industry saw a gain of 11.6 percent. The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry in La Salle County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 5.9 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (337.2 percent gain)
2. Business support services (248.3 percent gain)
3. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (114.8 percent gain)
4. Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers (66.7 percent gain)
5. Book, periodical, and music stores (50.3 percent gain)

La Salle County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Travel arrangement and reservation services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 45.2 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 it saw a gain of 1.5 percent. The losses in the Travel arrangement and reservation services industry in La Salle County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 0.4 in percent of jobs in the Travel arrangement and reservation services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Travel arrangement and reservation services (45.2 percent decline)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (33.5 percent decline)
3. Drycleaning and laundry services (31.8 percent decline)
4. Private households (31.7 percent decline)
5. Data processing and related services (31.4 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 0.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in the State of Illinois, which went through a gain of 1.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in La Salle County

The Business support services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 216 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Business support services industry makes up 15.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in La Salle County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (216 new jobs)
2. Gasoline stations (115 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (104 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (82 new jobs)
5. Employment services (76 new jobs)

Of the 119 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 63 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 56 industries reported a drop in employment.

In La Salle County, Illinois, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 123 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in La Salle County

The Travel arrangement and reservation services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 187 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Travel arrangement and reservation services industry make up 14.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in La Salle County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Travel arrangement and reservation services (187 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (173 jobs lost)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (96 jobs lost)
4. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (76 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (62 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 La Salle County, Illinois

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, La Salle County was reported to have a relatively high median income for all households of $47,160 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 15.6 percent lower than the median income in State of Illinois of $54,510 and the median is 4.2 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $41,052, representing a 13 percent decline. La Salle County, Illinois, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 3 of 21 counties in percent of decline for household income in Illinois. La Salle County ranks 98 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of decline in household income across the nation.

The American Indian and Alaska Native households in La Salle County had a median income of $50,789, this level was 7.7 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area. In La Salle County, Illinois White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $47,295 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.3 percent greater than the median in 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $71,438. This median is 51.5 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 41.8 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $27,451. Hispanic in La Salle County, Illinois , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $43,802, this median is 7.1 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

The poverty rate in La Salle County, Illinois has increased by 3.9 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 9.1 percent to 13 percent.

As the median income level saw a decline in the last five year in La Salle County, Illinois, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in the household income level was the Hispanic category. This category saw a decline of 38.3 percent in the last five years. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in La Salle County, seeing a 86 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, La Salle County, Illinois can be understood to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 9.1 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 35.8 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in La Salle County, with 13.8 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in La Salle County, Illinois

La Salle County, Illinois may to understood as having a moderately-educated working age population, with 13.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. La Salle has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Illinois's proportion of 26 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 0.8 percent. In the year 2005, 14.8 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 3.6 percent. By 2005, a total of 16.2 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

Since the year 2000, La Salle has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 2.4 percent to a total of 15.6 in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the 2005 State of Illinois percent of 29.2 and less than the national percent of 27.2.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in La Salle County, Illinois, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 38 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in La Salle have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 14 percent (Men) versus 12.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a High School Diploma, with 39.2 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In La Salle County, Illinois according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 13.2 percent of the White Alone, 3 percent of Black or African American, 65.2 percent of the Asian alone and 6.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for La Salle County, Illinois

La Salle County, Illinois had a population of 112,604 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 111,529. This growth signifies an increase of 1 percent. La Salle ranks 22 of 102 counties by growth in total population in Illinois and the county ranks 1,070 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in La Salle County, Illinois to be 39.0 years old. The median age in La Salle is greater than the median age for the State of Illinois of 35.6. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 38.2 years of age. With 23.8 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, La Salle can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 60.3 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 15.9 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

From 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated to La Salle from another country. The international migration into La Salle totals 0.2 percent of all immigration into Illinois. This level of international migration can be considered medium-low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

When measuring the total land area, La Salle covers a total land area of 1135 square miles. This area has a medium-low average area density of 99 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Tioga, NY (99 per sq. mile ), Nassau, FL (99 per sq. mile ), Caroline, MD (99 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Richmond, NC (99 per sq. mile ), Laurens, SC (98 per sq. mile ), Holmes, OH (98 per sq. mile ).

La Salle County, Illinois has a population that is made up of 90.6 percent White, 1.5 percent African American, 0.6 percent Asian, and 6.5 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a modest level of diversity, with 8.6 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, La Salle has increased the percent of minority makeup when 7.3 percent of the people were minorities.

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

Housing Report for LaSalle County, Illinois

In LaSalle County, there were a total of 48,545 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding a total of 1,488 residential structures since 2001, a change of 3.2 percent.

When compared to other counties in Illinois, LaSalle County places 32 of 102 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,321 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

The owner-occupied dwellings in LaSalle County, Illinois have seen large increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $27,500, or 31.6 percent, from when in 2000 they were valued at $87,000.

It can be understood that there is a large amount affordable residential real estate in LaSalle County, Illinois. In 2005, 56.7 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

LaSalle County had a median home value in the year 2005 of $114,500, reported by the American Community Survey. This is less than the overall State of Illinois 2005 home median value of $183,900 and less than home value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

LaSalle County has a medium proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 1.1 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for La Salle County, Illinois -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In La Salle County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 18.4 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 6,901 employees. The Manufacturing and Health care and social assistance industries make up 18.4 and 13 percent of total employment, respectively.

Administrative and waste services is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in La Salle County, growing by 52.4 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 4.5 percent. The State of Illinois experienced a sector employment shift of 4.4 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

Utilities is the industry with the largest establishments in La Salle County. The industry averages 75 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 34 and greater than the State of Illinois typical size of 51 for the Utilities industry.

In La Salle County, Utilities, Mining and Manufacturing have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Utilities industry has an LQ of 4.44. This means the percent of total employment in the Utilities sector is 4.44 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that La Salle County may specialize, or be an exporter of Utilities.

Wholesale trade since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in La Salle County. The sector faced a loss of 468 employees during the period, or 16.1 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 23.9 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.







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