Monday, October 30, 2006

Employment Report for Clinton County, Ohio -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Clinton County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 21.2 percent of the total county employment. This totals 4,526 people employed. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 8.2 and 5.2 percent of industry employment.

Retail Trade since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Clinton County. The sector dealt with a loss of 544 jobs, or 23.8 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 50.2 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

Administrative and waste services in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Clinton County, with an employment growth of 45.8 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 4.5 percent. The State of Ohio underwent a employment change in the industry of 1 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

Clinton County is ranked at 40 of 89 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of Ohio by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 39 of 89 Counties.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Clinton County, averaging 92 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the Ohio typical size of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Clinton County, Manufacturing, Wholesale trade and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 1.65. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing sector is 1.65 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Clinton County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.





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

 

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