Clark County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Clark County

The Building material and supplies dealers industry has grown the most with 166 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building material and supplies dealers industry makes up 13.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Clark County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (166 new jobs)
2. Clothing stores (83 new jobs)
3. Civic and social organizations (73 new jobs)
4. Printing and related support activities (67 new jobs)
5. Electronics and appliance stores (66 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Clark County

The Employment services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 247 jobs. The declines in the Employment services industry make up 22.8 percent of the total employment decline in Clark County, Indiana.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (247 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (114 jobs lost)
3. Lessors of real estate (52 jobs lost)
4. Other schools and instruction (48 jobs lost)
5. Traveler accommodation (46 jobs lost)

Given the 97 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 50 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 46 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Clark County, Indiana, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 540 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total industry employment has increased by 1.4 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Indiana, experiencing a gain of 0.8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Clark County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized design services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 130.0 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Clark County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Indiana, where the industry felt a loss of 0.1 percent. The Specialized design services industry in Clark County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 7 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized design services (130.0 percent gain)
2. Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers (116.4 percent gain)
3. Special food services (94.6 percent gain)
4. Vocational rehabilitation services (78.6 percent gain)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (72.7 percent gain)

Clark County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other schools and instruction industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 56.7 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Indiana, where the industry reported a gain of 0.4 percent. The losses in the Other schools and instruction industry in Clark County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5.7 in percent of jobs in the Other schools and instruction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other schools and instruction (56.7 percent decline)
2. Private households (39.7 percent decline)
3. Wireless telecommunications carriers (33 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (24.9 percent decline)
5. Freight transportation arrangement (21.2 percent decline)





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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 Clark County, Indiana

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Clark County, Indiana can be considered to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 8.1 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 18.2 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Clark County, with 13.7 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Clark County accounted a relatively high household income of $46,930 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 3.6 percent lower than the median in Indiana of $48,633 and the income level is 4.7 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

The median household income in the area has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $42,153, which amounts to a 10.2 percent decline. Clark County, Indiana, when analyzing percentage of decline, ranks 17 of 24 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Indiana. Clark County ranks 215 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in median income level for the United States.

In Clark County, Indiana White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $47,580 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.4 percent greater than the median in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $36,563. This income level is 22.1 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 15.7 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $39,565. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Clark County reported an income level of $37,343, this level was 20.4 percent less than the areas median level for all households. Hispanic households in Clark County, Indiana , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $43,088, this median household income is 8.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

While the median household income saw a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Clark County, Indiana, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in the household income level was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 50.2 percent from 2000 to 2005. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Clark County, undergoing a 173.9 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

The poverty rate in Clark County, Indiana has increased by 3.0 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 8.1 percent to 11.1 percent.

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