In Vermilion County, jobs in the other general purpose machinery manufacturing pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry wages were the highest in Vermilion County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Vermilion County earned an annual wage of $67,641 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry pay the State of Illinois of $58,549 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $51,398.

High-wage employment in Vermilion County, Illinois are present in securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($64,820), specialized freight trucking ($57,669), offices of physicians ($55,238) and grain and oilseed milling ($50,519) 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.

Vermilion County Wages have increased by 17.4% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Vermilion County, Illinois by a total of 17.4%. This is greater than the growth in 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.

Vermilion County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Vermilion County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 1,073 jobs. The declines in the Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry make up 30.3 percent of the total job loss in Vermilion County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (1,073 jobs lost)
2. Department stores (478 jobs lost)
3. Health and personal care stores (403 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (208 jobs lost)
5. Nonresidential building construction (183 jobs lost)

In Vermilion County, Illinois, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 820 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

From the 75 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 51 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 24 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Vermilion County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other general merchandise stores industry has added the most employment with 364 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Other general merchandise stores industry makes up 25.0 percent of the growth in Vermilion County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (364 new jobs)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (301 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (157 new jobs)
4. Employment services (147 new jobs)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (103 new jobs)

Vermilion County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 88.4 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Illinois, where the industry felt a loss of 21.2 percent. The losses in the Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry in Vermilion County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 16.2 in percent of jobs in the Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (88.4 percent decline)
2. Architectural and engineering services (70.7 percent decline)
3. Private households (67.3 percent decline)
4. Nonresidential building construction (65.5 percent decline)
5. Management and technical consulting services (64.4 percent decline)

Vermilion County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 400.0 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Vermilion County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Illinois, where it saw a gain of 6.6 percent. The Unclassified industry in Vermilion County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1.7 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (400.0 percent gain)
2. Other general merchandise stores (167.7 percent gain)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (145.6 percent gain)
4. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (100.0 percent gain)
5. Individual and family services (69.6 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 3.2 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Illinois, which saw a loss of -1.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt 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.

Vermilion County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Vermilion County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 60 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Illinois, where the it saw a loss of 8.1 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Vermilion County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 12.1 in percent of jobs in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (60 percent decline)
2. Special food services (45.5 percent decline)
3. General freight trucking (41.1 percent decline)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (28.2 percent decline)
5. Oilseed and grain farming (27.5 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 1.4 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Illinois, experiencing a gain of 1.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Vermilion County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 49.2 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Vermilion County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Illinois, where this industry saw a loss of 2 percent. The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry in Vermilion County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (49.2 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (32.1 percent gain)
3. Specialized freight trucking (29.1 percent gain)
4. Building finishing contractors (29.1 percent gain)
5. Investigation and security services (27.5 percent gain)

Of the 81 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 46 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 33 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Vermilion County, Illinois, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 360 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Vermilion County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Grain and oilseed milling industry has grown the most with 82 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Grain and oilseed milling industry makes up 18.7 percent of the total growth in Vermilion County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grain and oilseed milling (82 new jobs)
2. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (55 new jobs)
3. Offices of physicians (39 new jobs)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (30 new jobs)
5. Specialized freight trucking (23 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Vermilion County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 113 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 14.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Vermilion County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (113 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (91 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (50 jobs lost)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (47 jobs lost)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (42 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 Vermilion County, Illinois

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Vermilion County, Illinois can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 13.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 35.9 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Vermilion County, with 24.4 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The median household income in the area has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $34,664, which represents a 13 percent decline. Vermilion County, Illinois, when analyzing percentage of decline, ranks 2 of 21 counties in percent of decline for income levels in the State of Illinois. Vermilion County ranks 97 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in household income across the nation.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $119,115. This median is 198.8 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Vermilion County had a median household income level of $23,400, this was 41.3 percent less than the median for all households. In Vermilion County, Illinois White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $41,357 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 3.7 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 44.2 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $22,250. Hispanic households in Vermilion County, Illinois recorded a median income of $39,114, this median household income is 1.9 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Vermilion County had a medium-high household income of $39,863 (2005 Dollars). This median is 36.7 percent lower than the median in Illinois of $54,510 and the median is 23.3 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The poverty rate in Vermilion County, Illinois has increased by 6.4 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 13.3 percent to 19.7 percent.

As the median household income witnessed a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Vermilion County, Illinois, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in household income was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 84.3 percent from 2000 to 2005. The American Indian and Alaska Native population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Vermilion County, experiencing a 76.3 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

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

Higher Education in Vermilion County, Illinois

In Vermilion County, Illinois as reported in the 2000 Census, 12.8 percent of the White Alone, 6 percent of Black or African American, 62 percent of the Asian alone and 7.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

From 2000, Vermilion has decreased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has declined by 0.8 percent to a total of 11.6 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 average US percent of 27.2.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Vermilion County, Illinois, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 37.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Vermilion on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 12.8 percent (Men) versus 12.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma, with 39.2 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has decreased by 1.4 percent. As reported in 2005, 11.6 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 decreased by a total of 0.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 11.8 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

Vermilion County, Illinois has a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 12.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Vermilion 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.

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

Demographic Profile for Vermilion County, Illinois

Vermilion County, Illinois has a population that is made up of 83.9 percent White, 11 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 3.4 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a modest level of diversity, with 14.9 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, Vermilion has increased the level of diversity when 14.2 percent of the total population were minorities.

Since 2000, a medium-low number of individual migrated to the Vermilion internationally. The migration from outside the US into Vermilion totals 0.1 percent of all immigration into Illinois. This amount of international migration is medium-low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Vermilion County, Illinois had a total estimated population of 82,344 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 83,826. The decline denotes a decrease of -1.8 percent. Vermilion ranks 96 of 102 counties by growth in total population in Illinois and the county ranks 3,029 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Vermilion County, Illinois to be 38.5 years old. The median age in Vermilion is greater than the median age in Illinois of 35.6. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 38.0 years of age. With 24.5 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Vermilion can be described as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 59.4 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 16.1 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.

When measuring the total land area, Vermilion spans a total of 899 square miles. The land areas has a medium-low average area density of 92 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Dade, GA (92 per sq. mile ), Meade, KY (92 per sq. mile ), Jefferson, AR (92 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Colbert, AL (92 per sq. mile ), Warren, TN (92 per sq. mile ), Johnson, KY (92 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Vermilion County, Illinois

The owner-occupied dwellings in Vermilion County, Illinois have moderate increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $9,900, or 17.7 percent, since 2000 when they were valued at $56,000.

The State of Illinois, Vermilion County ranks 94 of 102 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 2,634 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

Vermilion County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $65,900, published by the American Community Survey. This home value is less than the Illinois 2005 home median value of $183,900 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

In Vermilion County, the real estate market was made up of 36,828 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 360 housing units since the year 2001, or 1 percent.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of affordable housing in Vermilion County, Illinois. In 2005, 84.6 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Vermilion County has a small, but present percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 0 percent owner-occupied dwelling are valued over a half a million dollars.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau