Employment Report for Bartholomew County, Indiana -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
In Bartholomew County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 41.4 percent of the total county employment. This totals 14,852 jobs. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 11.5 and 8.9 percent of industry employment.
Educational services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Bartholomew County, with a job growth of 39.6 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 13.8 percent. The State of Indiana faced a industry job change of 14.4 percent, in the last 5 years.
In Bartholomew County, Manufacturing, Transportation and Warehousing and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Manufacturing industry has a US LQ in the county of 3.22. The level of employment in the Manufacturing industry is 3.22 times greater than the national average, signifying that Bartholomew County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.
Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Bartholomew County. The industry lost a total of 996 total jobs during the period, accounting for 6.3 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 63.5 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.
Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Bartholomew County, with the industry averaging 107 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the State of Indiana typical size of 63 for the Manufacturing industry.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
In Bartholomew County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 41.4 percent of the total county employment. This totals 14,852 jobs. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 11.5 and 8.9 percent of industry employment.
Educational services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Bartholomew County, with a job growth of 39.6 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 13.8 percent. The State of Indiana faced a industry job change of 14.4 percent, in the last 5 years.
In Bartholomew County, Manufacturing, Transportation and Warehousing and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Manufacturing industry has a US LQ in the county of 3.22. The level of employment in the Manufacturing industry is 3.22 times greater than the national average, signifying that Bartholomew County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.
Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Bartholomew County. The industry lost a total of 996 total jobs during the period, accounting for 6.3 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 63.5 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.
Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Bartholomew County, with the industry averaging 107 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the State of Indiana typical size of 63 for the Manufacturing industry.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
