In Jennings County, the building finishing contractors industry jobs pay the highest wages

Individuals that are employed in the building finishing contractors industry had the highest average wages in Jennings County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Jennings County received a wage of $51,985 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry wage rate in Indiana of $33,237 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $35,357.

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Top-pay jobs in Jennings County, Indiana can be found in metalworking machinery manufacturing ($45,514), building equipment contractors ($39,661), general freight trucking ($39,219) and architectural and engineering services ($38,839 industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed 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.

Jennings County Wages have increased by 21.5% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Jennings County, Indiana by a total of 21.5%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Indiana and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

Jennings County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Jennings County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Plastics product manufacturing industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 131 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Plastics product manufacturing industry makes up 36.5 percent of the growth in Jennings County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Plastics product manufacturing (131 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (120 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (51 new jobs)
4. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (15 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (12 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Jennings County

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 152 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry make up 30.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Jennings County, Indiana.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (152 jobs lost)
2. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (149 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (51 jobs lost)
4. Residential building construction (46 jobs lost)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (25 jobs lost)

In Jennings County, Indiana, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 34 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Given the 26 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 13 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 13 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Jennings County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 74.8 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Indiana, where the it saw a gain of 4.6 percent. The losses in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Jennings County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 20.8 percent in terms of employment in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (74.8 percent decline)
2. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (60.4 percent decline)
3. Residential building construction (52.9 percent decline)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (36.8 percent decline)
5. Full-service restaurants (34 percent decline)

Jennings County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 77.7 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Jennings County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Indiana, where the industry felt a gain of 0.1 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Jennings County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (77.7 percent gain)
2. General freight trucking (35.6 percent gain)
3. Other professional and technical services (35.6 percent gain)
4. Plastics product manufacturing (28.1 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (19.1 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 0.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is less than growth in the State of Indiana, experiencing a loss of -0.2 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Jennings County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Jennings County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 67.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Indiana, where the industry reported a loss of 0.5 percent. The losses in the Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry in Jennings County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 2.2 in percent of workers in the Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (67.7 percent decline)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (28.6 percent decline)
3. Child day care services (25.9 percent decline)
4. Residential building construction (25 percent decline)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (17.1 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 3.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in the State of Indiana, which went through a gain of 0.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Jennings County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 55.2 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Jennings County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Indiana, where it saw a loss of 1.6 percent. The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry in Jennings County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous store retailers (55.2 percent gain)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (45.0 percent gain)
3. Civic and social organizations (31.6 percent gain)
4. General freight trucking (29.4 percent gain)
5. Architectural and engineering services (23.5 percent gain)

In Jennings County, Indiana, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 218 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Jennings County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Metalworking machinery manufacturing industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 26 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Metalworking machinery manufacturing industry makes up 24.1 percent of the total growth in Jennings County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (26 new jobs)
2. Plastics product manufacturing (25 new jobs)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (15 new jobs)
4. Other miscellaneous store retailers (11 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (11 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Jennings County

Given the industries in the area, the Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 204 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry make up 59.5 percent of the employment lost during the period in Jennings County, Indiana.

Top 5 Industries
1. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (204 jobs lost)
2. Building equipment contractors (29 jobs lost)
3. Specialized freight trucking (14 jobs lost)
4. Child day care services (14 jobs lost)
5. Limited-service eating places (14 jobs lost)

Of the 33 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 17 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 13 industries reported employment loss in the 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 Jennings County, Indiana

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Jennings County was reported to have a relatively high median household income of $46,100 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 5.5 percent lower than the median in Indiana of $48,633 and the income level is 6.6 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Jennings County, Indiana may be understood as having a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 9.2 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 23.1 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Jennings County, accounting 14.1 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $178,235. This median income level is 286.6 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 10.8 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $41,133. Hispanic households in Jennings County, Indiana recorded a median income of $38,547, which is 16.4 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. In Jennings County, Indiana White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $46,426 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.7 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Jennings County had a median household income level of $24,863, which was 46.1 percent less than the median for all households.







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

Higher Education in Jennings County, Indiana

Jennings County, Indiana has a less-educated population of the working age, with 8.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Jennings has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Indiana's proportion of 19.4 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Jennings County, Indiana as reported in the 2000 Census, 8 percent of the White Alone, 17 percent of Black or African American, 73.4 percent of the Asian alone and 9.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Jennings County, Indiana, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 45.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Jennings have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 8.8 percent (Men) versus 8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma, with 48 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





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

Demographic Profile for Jennings County, Indiana

When measuring the total land area, Jennings covers a total land area of 377 total square miles. The area has a medium-low density of 75 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Westmoreland, VA (75 per sq. mile ), Warren, IA (75 per sq. mile ), Franklin, VT (75 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Saline, KS (75 per sq. mile ), Georgetown, SC (75 per sq. mile ), Lincoln, KY (75 per sq. mile ).

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Jennings County, Indiana to be 35.6 years old. The median in Jennings is less than the median age for the State of Indiana of 36.1. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 34.7 years of age. With 26.9 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Jennings can be described as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 62.2 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 11 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

Jennings County, Indiana has a population that is made of 97.1 percent White, 0.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 0.9 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 2.0 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Indiana percent of 14.4. Since 2000, Jennings has increased the percent of minority population when 1.8 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Jennings County, Indiana had a population of 28,427 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 27,697. This growth shows an increase of 2.6 percent. Jennings ranks 36 of 92 counties when analyzing total population change in Indiana and the county ranks 1,244 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Estimated since the year 2000, a low amount of people have migrated to Jennings internationally. The migration from outside the US into Jennings totals 0.1 percent of all immigration into Indiana. This percent of immigration can be considered low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

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

Housing Report for Jennings County, Indiana

Jennings County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $81,900, reported by the Decennial Census. This is less than the State of Indiana 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $94,300 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

The State of Indiana, Jennings County is positioned 23 of 92 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 706 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

According to the data, there is a large amount of affordable housing in Jennings County, Indiana. In 2000, 85.7 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

In Jennings County, the real estate market was made up of 12,556 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding all together 692 residential structures since 2001, a change of 5.8 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Transportation and Warehousing has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Jennings County, with a job growth of 54.9 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of -1 percent. The State of Indiana experienced a sector employment shift of 0 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

The Health care and social assistance has seen the largest decrease in industry presence in Jennings County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 10.5 percent of employment in 2001 to 0 percent in the year 2005.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Jennings County, with the industry averaging 51 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and less than the State of Indiana establishments size average of 63 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Jennings County, Transportation and Warehousing, Manufacturing and Construction are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Transportation and Warehousing sector has a United State LQ of 3.72. The level of employment in the Transportation and Warehousing sector is 3.72 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Jennings County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Transportation and Warehousing.

In Jennings County, Manufacturing, Transportation and Warehousing, and the Construction industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 33.5 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 2,264 individuals. The Transportation and Warehousing and Construction sectors account for 13.8 and 10.9 percent of the total jobs, respectively.







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