Monday, October 30, 2006

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

In Tuscarawas County, Mining, Manufacturing and Accommodation and food services industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.76. The percent of employment in the Mining sector is 2.76 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Tuscarawas specializes in Mining.

Information is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Tuscarawas County, increasing in size by 35 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of -14.9 percent. The State of Ohio had an industry job change of -15 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

In Tuscarawas County, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance, and the Retail Trade industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 25.8 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 8,040 employees. The Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade industries make up 14.9 and 14.7 percent of industry employment.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Tuscarawas County. The industry averages 35 jobs per place of business. This is less than the industry's national average of 39 and less than the Ohio typical size of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Tuscarawas County. The industry was hit with a loss of 983 employees during the period, or 10.9 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 57.9 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.







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

 

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