Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Mining has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Coshocton County, changing a total of 60.4 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 4.7 percent. The State of Ohio went through a industry job change of -13 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

Utilities has the largest businesses in Coshocton County. The industry averages 104 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average at the national level of 34 and greater than the Ohio typical size of 37 for the Utilities industry.

In Coshocton County, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance, and the Retail Trade sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 35 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 3,785 people employed. The Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade industries make up 16.4 and 12.1 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

In Coshocton County, Utilities, Mining and Manufacturing industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Utilities sector in the county has a location quotient of 7.72. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Utilities sector is 7.72 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Coshocton County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Utilities.

Professional and technical services saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Coshocton County. The sector dealt with a loss of 278 jobs, or 67.1 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 38.8 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.







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

 

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