Employment Report for Lorain County, Ohio -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
Educational services is the industry with the largest establishments in Lorain County. The industry averages 52 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the US industry average of 27 and greater than the Ohio establishments size average of 34 for the Educational services industry.
In Lorain County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 24.8 percent of the total county employment. This totals 21,253 individuals. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries total 15.7 and 14.4 percent of total employment, respectively.
Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Lorain County. The sector dealt with a loss of 4,808 jobs during the period, or 18.4 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 82 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.
In Lorain County, Manufacturing, Educational services and Retail Trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 1.93. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing sector is 1.93 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Lorain specializes in Manufacturing.
Lorain is the County that is ranked 11 of 89 total Counties throughout Ohio in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 10 of 89 Counties.
Administrative and waste services from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Lorain County, moving a total of 18.2 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 4.5 percent. The State of Ohio underwent a employment change in the industry of 1 percent, in the last 5 years.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
Educational services is the industry with the largest establishments in Lorain County. The industry averages 52 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the US industry average of 27 and greater than the Ohio establishments size average of 34 for the Educational services industry.
In Lorain County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 24.8 percent of the total county employment. This totals 21,253 individuals. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries total 15.7 and 14.4 percent of total employment, respectively.
Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Lorain County. The sector dealt with a loss of 4,808 jobs during the period, or 18.4 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 82 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.
In Lorain County, Manufacturing, Educational services and Retail Trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 1.93. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing sector is 1.93 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Lorain specializes in Manufacturing.
Lorain is the County that is ranked 11 of 89 total Counties throughout Ohio in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 10 of 89 Counties.
Administrative and waste services from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Lorain County, moving a total of 18.2 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 4.5 percent. The State of Ohio underwent a employment change in the industry of 1 percent, in the last 5 years.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
