Preble County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Preble County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 166.7 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Preble County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Ohio, where it saw a loss of 5.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Preble County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 12.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (166.7 percent gain)
2. Plastics product manufacturing (27.7 percent gain)
3. Specialized freight trucking (23.6 percent gain)
4. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (21.0 percent gain)
5. Personal care services (20.7 percent gain)

Preble County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 54.5 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Ohio, where the it saw a gain of 0.3 percent. The losses in the Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry in Preble County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5.9 in percent of workers in the Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (54.5 percent decline)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (35.4 percent decline)
3. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (33.8 percent decline)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (11.7 percent decline)
5. Death care services (10.1 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 1.3 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in the State of Ohio, which experienced a gain of 0.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Preble County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 24 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 17.0 percent of the employment lost during the period in Preble County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (24 jobs lost)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (23 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (15 jobs lost)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (11 jobs lost)
5. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (8 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Preble County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 11 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry makes up 10.2 percent of the growth in Preble County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (11 new jobs)
2. Plastics product manufacturing (11 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (11 new jobs)
4. Specialized freight trucking (8 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (8 new jobs)

In Preble County, Ohio, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 118 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

From the 42 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 19 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 21 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

Income and Poverty in Preble County, Ohio

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Preble County had a relatively high median income for households of $49,249 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 2.7 percent higher than the median in Ohio of $47,919 and this is 0.2 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 29.9 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $34,515. Hispanic households in Preble County, Ohio recorded a median income of $38,860, this median is 21.1 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Preble County had a median income of $32,053, this median was 34.9 percent less than the median for all households. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $59,475. This median income level is 20.8 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. In Preble County, Ohio White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $49,365 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median in 2000.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Preble County, Ohio can be understood to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 6.1 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 34.1 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Preble County, reporting 8.9 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.