Employment Report for Meigs County, Ohio -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
In Meigs County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Construction sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 23.9 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 595 people employed. The Accommodation and food services and Construction industries make up 13.5 and 9.5 percent of the total jobs, respectively.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting has a largest number of employee per establishment in Meigs County, with the industry averaging 19 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 12 and greater than the Ohio average establishment size of 12 for the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry.
The Mining sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Meigs County since 2001, going from making up 23.2 percent of total employment for the year 2001 to 5.6 percent in the year 2005.
Mining between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Meigs County. The sector faced a loss of 703 employees during the period, or 83.4 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 64 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.
Meigs is the County that is ranked 84 of 89 Counties in the State of Ohio in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 83 of 89 Counties.
In Meigs County, Mining, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 11.1. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining sector is 11.1 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Meigs County may specialize, or be an exporter of Mining.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
In Meigs County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Construction sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 23.9 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 595 people employed. The Accommodation and food services and Construction industries make up 13.5 and 9.5 percent of the total jobs, respectively.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting has a largest number of employee per establishment in Meigs County, with the industry averaging 19 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 12 and greater than the Ohio average establishment size of 12 for the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry.
The Mining sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Meigs County since 2001, going from making up 23.2 percent of total employment for the year 2001 to 5.6 percent in the year 2005.
Mining between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Meigs County. The sector faced a loss of 703 employees during the period, or 83.4 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 64 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.
Meigs is the County that is ranked 84 of 89 Counties in the State of Ohio in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 83 of 89 Counties.
In Meigs County, Mining, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 11.1. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining sector is 11.1 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Meigs County may specialize, or be an exporter of Mining.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
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