In Benton County, jobs in the other specialty trade contractors pay the highest wages

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Employment in the other specialty trade contractors industry reported the top wages in Benton County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Benton County received an annual wage of $35,820 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry wage in Indiana of $37,219 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $39,240.

High-wage employment in Benton County, Indiana may be found in general freight trucking ($34,954), farm product raw material merch. whls. ($34,292), building material and supplies dealers ($33,109) and oilseed and grain farming ($32,135) 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.

Benton County Wages have increased by 17.1% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Benton County, Indiana by a total of 17.1%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Indiana 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.

Benton County Industry Wages Lag Behind Indiana, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Benton County, Indiana when analyzed can be understood as being relatively low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 26.6 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $35,468. The overall industry wage was less than the industry average in the US 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.

Benton County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Benton County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Legal services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 34.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Indiana, where the industry felt a gain of 4.7 percent. The losses in the Legal services industry in Benton County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 8.3 percent in terms of employees in the Legal services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Legal services (34.8 percent decline)
2. Limited-service eating places (30.1 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (11.5 percent decline)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (9.2 percent decline)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (8.1 percent decline)

Benton County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 78.6 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Benton County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Indiana, where it saw a gain of 1 percent. The Building finishing contractors industry in Benton County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 17.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (78.6 percent gain)
2. General freight trucking (39.7 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (39.5 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 12 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in the State of Indiana, which saw a loss of -0.2 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Benton County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the General freight trucking industry has grown the most with 21 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the General freight trucking industry makes up 60.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Benton County.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (21 new jobs)
2. Building finishing contractors (7 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (6 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (242 new jobs)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (194 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Benton County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Limited-service eating places industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 17 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 34.7 percent of the employment lost during the period in Benton County, Indiana.

Top 3 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (17 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (9 jobs lost)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (8 jobs lost)

Of the 10 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 7 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 3 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Benton County, Indiana, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 241 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.





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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.

Benton County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Benton County, Indiana, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 62 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Benton County

The Other amusement and recreation industries industry has grown the most with 5 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Other amusement and recreation industries industry makes up 22.2 percent of the total growth in Benton County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other amusement and recreation industries (5 new jobs)
2. Gasoline stations (5 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (5 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (4 new jobs)
5. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (3 new jobs)

Given the 13 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 8 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Benton County

The Limited-service eating places industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 7 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 53.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Benton County, Indiana.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (7 jobs lost)
2. Depository credit intermediation (4 jobs lost)
3. Legal services (2 jobs lost)
4. Residential building construction (7 jobs lost)
5. Gasoline stations (7 jobs lost)

Benton County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Legal services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 28.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Indiana, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 0.3 percent. The losses in the Legal services industry in Benton County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 0.6 in percent of workers in the Legal services industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Legal services (28.6 percent decline)
2. Limited-service eating places (15.3 percent decline)
3. Depository credit intermediation (3.7 percent decline)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (2.9 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 3.4 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in the State of Indiana, which experienced a gain of 0.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Benton County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building material and supplies dealers industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 23.4 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Benton County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Indiana, where the industry took a gain of 2.6 percent. The Building material and supplies dealers industry in Benton County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 4.4 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (23.4 percent gain)
2. Other amusement and recreation industries (21.6 percent gain)
3. Gasoline stations (8.0 percent gain)
4. General freight trucking (6.9 percent gain)
5. Oilseed and grain farming (6.3 percent gain)





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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 Benton County, Indiana

It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $80,145. This household income level is 72.1 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Benton County had a median household income level of $86,288, this median was 85.2 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area. Hispanic households in Benton County, Indiana , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $36,899, this income level is 20.8 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 51 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $22,815. In Benton County, Indiana White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $46,937 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.8 percent greater than the median in 2000.

Compared to counties across the United States, Benton County was reported to have a relatively high median income for all households of $46,581 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 4.4 percent lower than the median in State of Indiana of $48,633 and the median household income is 5.5 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Benton County, Indiana can be recognized as having a very low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 5.5 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 30 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Benton County, accounting 10.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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

Higher Education in Benton County, Indiana

Benton County, Indiana can be considered to have a moderately-educated working age population, with 13 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Benton counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Indiana's proportion of 19.4 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Benton County, Indiana as reported in the 2000 Census, 13.4 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 16.6 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Benton County, Indiana, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 47.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Benton have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 13.8 percent (Men) versus 12.4 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma, with 48.4 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





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

Demographic Profile for Benton County, Indiana

Benton County, Indiana has a population that is made up of 95.5 percent White, 0.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 2.8 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 3.4 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Indiana percent of 14.4. Since 2000, Benton has increased in diversity when 2.8 percent of the total population were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Benton County, Indiana to be 39.1 years old. The median in Benton is greater than the median age in the State of Indiana of 36.1. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 36.8 years old. With 26.6 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Benton can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low presence of the population, with 57.9 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 15.5 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

Benton County, Indiana had a total estimated population of 9,039 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 9,386. The decline signifies a decrease of -3.7 percent. Benton ranks 76 of 92 counties when calculating total change in population for Indiana and the county ranks 2,583 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

When measuring the total land area, Benton extends a total area of 406 square miles. This area has a low average population density of 22 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Clarke, AL (22 per sq. mile ), Tallahatchie, MS (22 per sq. mile ), Pennington, MN (22 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Ripley, MO (22 per sq. mile ), Miller, GA (22 per sq. mile ), Barton, MO (22 per sq. mile ).

Estimated since the year 2000, a very low number of individual migrated to the Benton internationally. The migration from outside the US into Benton makes up 0 percent of all immigration into Indiana. This amount of international migration is very low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

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

Housing Report for Benton County, Indiana

Benton County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $75,000, reported by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the overall Indiana 2000 median home value of $94,300 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

In Benton County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 3,886 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding in all 40 residential units since 2001, or 1 percent.

In the State of Indiana, Benton County is positioned 92 of 92 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,608 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

There is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Benton County, Indiana. In 2000, 90.8 percent of housing was valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Benton County, Indiana -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Benton County, Manufacturing, Wholesale trade, and the Retail Trade industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 31.3 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 553 people employed. The Wholesale trade and Retail Trade sectors provide 15.4 and 14.3 percent of industry employment.

Construction is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Benton County, increasing by 58.2 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 7.3 percent. The State of Indiana experienced a change in employment in the sector of 0.1 percent, during the period.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Benton County, averaging 31 jobs per establishment, which is less than the US industry average of 39 and less than the Indiana establishments size average of 63 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Benton County, Wholesale trade, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Manufacturing industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Wholesale trade sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.96. The percent of employment in the Wholesale trade sector is 2.96 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Benton specializes in Wholesale trade.









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