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

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Jobs in the oilseed and grain farming industry had the highest average wages in Stark County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Stark County received an annual wage of $27,477 in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry wage rate in Illinois of $33,463 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $26,010.

Top-pay jobs in Stark County, Illinois can be found in architectural and engineering services ($27,399), general freight trucking ($26,760), depository credit intermediation ($24,298) and specialized freight trucking ($23,267) 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.

Stark County Wages have increased by 15.8% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Stark County, Illinois by a total of 15.8%. 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.

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

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The average total wages in all industries in Stark County, Illinois can be understood as being relatively low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 43.3 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $43,351. The industry pay was less than the national industry average 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.

Stark County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total industry employment has increased by 3 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than growth in the State of Illinois, which experienced a loss of -1.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Stark County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Depository credit intermediation industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 7.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Stark County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Illinois, where the industry felt a loss of 0.4 percent. The Depository credit intermediation industry in Stark County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6 percent of the industry employment.

Top 1 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (7.4 percent gain)

Stark County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 33.3 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Illinois, where the industry felt a loss of 5.7 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Stark County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.3 percent in terms of employees in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (33.3 percent decline)
2. Automobile dealers (29.7 percent decline)
3. Legal services (8.6 percent decline)
4. Oilseed and grain farming (7.7 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Stark County

The Depository credit intermediation industry has grown the most with 6 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Depository credit intermediation industry makes up 100.0 percent of the total employment growth in Stark County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (6 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (35 new jobs)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (17 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (15 new jobs)

In Stark County, Illinois, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 30 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Out of the 5 4-digit NAICS industries, 4 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 1 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Stark County

Given the industries in the area, the Automobile dealers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 10 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Automobile dealers industry make up 66.7 percent of the total employment decline in Stark County, Illinois.

Top 1 Industries
1. Automobile dealers (10 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.

Stark County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Stark County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the General freight trucking industry has added the most employment with 15 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the General freight trucking industry makes up 55.6 percent of the total growth in Stark County.

Top 2 Industries
1. General freight trucking (15 new jobs)
2. Architectural and engineering services (7 new jobs)

In Stark County, Illinois, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 23 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Given the 8 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 2 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 6 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Stark County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Specialized freight trucking industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 5 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Specialized freight trucking industry make up 77.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Stark County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (5 jobs lost)
2. Legal services (1 jobs lost)
3. Employment services (75 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (51 jobs lost)
5. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (25 jobs lost)

Stark County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 32.8 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Stark County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Illinois, where this industry saw a gain of 2.6 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Stark County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 2.3 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (32.8 percent gain)
2. Architectural and engineering services (25.6 percent gain)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (17.6 percent gain)
4. Building equipment contractors (14.3 percent gain)
5. Automobile dealers (6.0 percent gain)

Stark County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 42.4 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Illinois, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 8 percent. The losses in the Specialized freight trucking industry in Stark County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 3.5 percent in terms of employment in the Specialized freight trucking industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (42.4 percent decline)
2. Legal services (11.1 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in Illinois, which experienced a gain of 1.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US 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 Stark County, Illinois

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Stark County had a medium-high median household income of $41,916 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 30 percent lower than the household income median in State of Illinois of $54,510 and the median household income is 17.2 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Stark County, Illinois may be understood as having a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 8.6 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 40 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 6 to 11 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Stark County, having 14.6 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

In Stark County, Illinois White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $41,781 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.3 percent less than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 19.7 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $33,638. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $7,313. This median income level is 82.6 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. Hispanic headed households in Stark County, Illinois , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $39,731, which is 5.2 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.







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

Higher Education in Stark County, Illinois

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Stark County, Illinois, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 40 percent achieving this level. The female population in Stark have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 14 percent (Men) versus 12.8 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma, with 38.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Stark County, Illinois is made up of a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 13.4 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Stark 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 US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Stark County, Illinois according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 13.4 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 0 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.

Demographic Profile for Stark County, Illinois

Stark County, Illinois has a population that is made up of 98.1 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 1.1 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 1.4 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, Stark has increased the level of diversity when 1.2 percent of the total population were minorities.

Since 2000, a very low number of individual migrated to the Stark internationally. The international migration into Stark accounts for 0 percent of all immigration into Illinois. This amount of international migration is very low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

When calculating the total land area, Stark extends a total area of 288 total square miles. The area has a low average population density of 21 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Glenn, CA (21 per sq. mile ), Haskell, OK (21 per sq. mile ), Montague, TX (21 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Sumner, KS (21 per sq. mile ), Beckham, OK (21 per sq. mile ), Texas, MO (21 per sq. mile ).

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Stark County, Illinois to be 42.0 years old. The median age in Stark is greater than the median age in 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 40.1 years old. With a total of 22.9 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Stark can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low presence of the 2005 population base, with 57.8 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 19.3 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

Stark County, Illinois had a total estimated population of 6,169 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 6,318. The decline denotes a decrease of -2.4 percent. Stark ranks 53 of 102 counties when calculating total change in population for Illinois and the county ranks 2,221 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

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

Housing Report for Stark County, Illinois

In Stark County, the census reported 2,816 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a total of 60 residential units since 2001, or 2.2 percent.

In the State of Illinois, Stark County places 57 of 102 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,834 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Stark County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $61,800, according to the Decennial Census. This median is less than the overall State of Illinois 2000 home value of $130,800 and less than home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

There is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Stark County, Illinois. In 2000, 91.7 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Stark County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Wholesale trade and Transportation and Warehousing are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.33. The level of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is 2.33 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Stark County may specialize, or be an exporter of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

In Stark County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Manufacturing sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 21.6 percent of the total county employment. This totals 221 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Manufacturing sectors account for 15.2 and 14.5 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Health care and social assistance is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Stark County, growing in new jobs by 9.2 percent. This is less than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 10.6 percent. The State of Illinois felt a shift in employment in the industry of 6.1 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

Health care and social assistance has the largest employers in Stark County. In the County, the industry averages 31 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 21 and greater than the State of Illinois average establishment size 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).