In Huntington County, jobs in the specialized freight trucking pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the specialized freight trucking industry paid the average highest wages in Huntington County for 2006. The average industry job in Huntington County received a wage of $63,786 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Indiana of $37,621 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $36,645.

Top-pay jobs in Huntington County, Indiana exsists in wired telecommunications carriers ($61,204), chemical merchant wholesalers ($60,445), management of companies and enterprises ($52,678) and other general purpose machinery manufacturing ($45,692) 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.

Huntington County Wages have increased by 16.4% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Huntington County, Indiana by a total of 16.4%. This is greater than the growth in industry 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.

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

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The average total wages in all industries in Huntington County, Indiana when analyzed can be described as medium-low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 17.7 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $35,468. The average industry wage 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.

Huntington County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Huntington County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the General freight trucking industry has grown the most with 170 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the General freight trucking industry makes up 28.3 percent of the total employment growth in Huntington County.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (170 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (99 new jobs)
3. Printing and related support activities (94 new jobs)
4. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (42 new jobs)
5. Specialized freight trucking (40 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Huntington County

The Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 131 jobs. The declines in the Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry make up 18.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Huntington County, Indiana.

Top 5 Industries
1. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (131 jobs lost)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (105 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (68 jobs lost)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (43 jobs lost)
5. Traveler accommodation (40 jobs lost)

In Huntington County, Indiana, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 378 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Out of the 49 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 31 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 18 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total employment has decreased by 2.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in the State of Indiana, which went through a loss of -0.2 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Huntington County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Direct selling establishments industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 70 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 Indiana, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 16.4 percent. The losses in the Direct selling establishments industry in Huntington County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 16.8 percent in terms of employees in the Direct selling establishments industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Direct selling establishments (70 percent decline)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (54.7 percent decline)
3. Traveler accommodation (42.7 percent decline)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (41.7 percent decline)
5. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (35.7 percent decline)

Huntington County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Printing and related support activities industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 702.5 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Huntington County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Indiana, where the industry felt a loss of 12 percent. The Printing and related support activities industry in Huntington County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 18.2 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Printing and related support activities (702.5 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (163.0 percent gain)
3. Individual and family services (152.7 percent gain)
4. Lessors of real estate (88.3 percent gain)
5. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (47.2 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.

Huntington County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Huntington County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Machine shops and threaded product mfg. industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 79.6 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 seen in the Indiana, where the it saw a gain of 1.5 percent. The losses in the Machine shops and threaded product mfg. industry in Huntington County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 3.4 percent in terms of employees in the Machine shops and threaded product mfg. industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (79.6 percent decline)
2. Management and technical consulting services (50.9 percent decline)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (47.1 percent decline)
4. Professional and similar organizations (36.4 percent decline)
5. Architectural and engineering services (33.3 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 0.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in Indiana, which saw a gain of 0.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Huntington County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Florists industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 84.8 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Huntington County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Indiana, where it saw a loss of 4.8 percent. The Florists industry in Huntington County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 4.2 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Florists (84.8 percent gain)
2. Lessors of real estate (52.6 percent gain)
3. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (52.6 percent gain)
4. Employment services (42.4 percent gain)
5. Private households (33.3 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Huntington County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has added the most employment with 148 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Employment services industry makes up 41.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Huntington County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (148 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (73 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (19 new jobs)
4. Florists (19 new jobs)
5. Lessors of real estate (17 new jobs)

In Huntington County, Indiana, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 64 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Huntington County

The Machine shops and threaded product mfg. industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 172 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Machine shops and threaded product mfg. industry make up 28.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Huntington County, Indiana.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (172 jobs lost)
2. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (104 jobs lost)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (64 jobs lost)
4. Professional and similar organizations (39 jobs lost)
5. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (33 jobs lost)

Given the 59 4-digit NAICS industries, 34 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 23 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.





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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 Huntington County, Indiana

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Huntington County, Indiana can be understood to have a very low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 5.5 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 19.8 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Huntington County, accounting 9.4 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $49,140. This median income level is 0.9 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Hispanic headed households in Huntington County, Indiana reported a median household income of $47,635, this median household income is 2.2 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Huntington County reported an income level of $30,713, this level was 36.9 percent less than the median for all households. In Huntington County, Indiana White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $48,794 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 4.6 percent greater than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $50,944.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Huntington County accounted a relatively high median income for all households of $48,695 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 0.1 percent higher than the household income median in State of Indiana of $48,633 and this is 0.9 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Huntington County, Indiana

Huntington County, Indiana may to understood as having a moderately-educated working age population, with 14.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Huntington 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 national average of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Huntington County, Indiana, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 45.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Huntington have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 15 percent (Men) versus 13.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma, with 47.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Huntington County, Indiana according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 14.2 percent of the White Alone, 74 percent of Black or African American, 39 percent of the Asian alone and 16.6 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 Huntington County, Indiana

When measuring the total land area, Huntington spans a total area of 383 square miles. This area has a medium-low average area density of 100 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Fauquier, VA (100 per sq. mile ), San Patricio, TX (100 per sq. mile ), Columbia, NY (100 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Dodge, WI (100 per sq. mile ), White, GA (100 per sq. mile ), Shelby, KY (99 per sq. mile ).

Huntington County, Indiana has a population base that is comprised of 97.3 percent White, 0.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 1 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.8 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Indiana percent of 14.4. Since 2000, Huntington has increased the percent of minority makeup when 1.5 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Since 2000, a low number of individual migrated to the Huntington internationally. The international migration into Huntington accounts for 0.1 percent of all immigration into Indiana. This amount of international migration is low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Huntington County, Indiana to be 37.9 years old. The median in Huntington is greater than the median age in Indiana of 36.1. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, when it was 36.3 years of age. With 24.7 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Huntington can be understood as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 60.5 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 14.8 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

Huntington County, Indiana had a total estimated population of 38,236 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 38,100. This growth represents an increase of 0.4 percent. Huntington ranks 59 of 92 counties when analyzing total population change in Indiana and the county ranks 1,737 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

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

Housing Report for Huntington County, Indiana

Throughout the State of Indiana, Huntington County places 50 of 92 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 1,259 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

Huntington County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $81,600, reported by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the overall State of Indiana 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $94,300 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

In Huntington County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 15,978 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding in all 515 residential units since 2001, or 3.3 percent.

There is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Huntington County, Indiana. In 2000, 79.9 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Huntington County. The industry was hit with a loss of 653 jobs, or 12.3 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 69.4 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Huntington County, with the industry averaging 63 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the Indiana average establishment size of 63 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Huntington County, Manufacturing, Transportation and Warehousing and Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 2.67. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing industry is 2.67 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Huntington County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

Huntington County is ranked number 34 of 93 Counties in the State of Indiana in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 33 of 93 Counties.

In Huntington County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 34.3 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 4,651 individuals. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors account for 12.4 and 9.4 percent of total employment, respectively.

Arts, entertainment, and recreation in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Huntington County, rising by 35.2 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 4.7 percent. The State of Indiana experienced a change in employment in the sector of -0.8 percent, since the year 2001.





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