Employment Report for Preble County, Ohio -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
In Preble County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 2.86. The level of employment in the Manufacturing sector is 2.86 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Preble County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.
In Preble County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 36.7 percent of the total county employment. This totals 3,402 people employed. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries make up 15.1 and 8.6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.
Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Preble County, with the industry averaging 57 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the State of Ohio average establishment size of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.
Arts, entertainment, and recreation is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Preble County, moving a total of 86 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 4.7 percent. The State of Ohio had changed in sector employment of -1 percent, since the year 2001.
The Health care and social assistance sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Preble County since 2001, going from making up 7.4 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent of total employment in the year 2005.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
In Preble County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 2.86. The level of employment in the Manufacturing sector is 2.86 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Preble County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.
In Preble County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 36.7 percent of the total county employment. This totals 3,402 people employed. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries make up 15.1 and 8.6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.
Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Preble County, with the industry averaging 57 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the State of Ohio average establishment size of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.
Arts, entertainment, and recreation is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Preble County, moving a total of 86 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 4.7 percent. The State of Ohio had changed in sector employment of -1 percent, since the year 2001.
The Health care and social assistance sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Preble County since 2001, going from making up 7.4 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent of total employment in the year 2005.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).

