Union County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Union County

The Employment services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 70 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Employment services industry make up 22.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Union County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (70 jobs lost)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (38 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (33 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (33 jobs lost)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (22 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Union County

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 133 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry makes up 14.9 percent of the total employment growth in Union County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (133 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (100 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (97 new jobs)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (93 new jobs)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (89 new jobs)

Out of the 54 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 21 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 31 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Union County, Ohio, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 151 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Union County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Computer systems design and related services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 48.3 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Ohio, where the it saw a gain of 5.9 percent. The losses in the Computer systems design and related services industry in Union County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 6.8 percent in terms of employment in the Computer systems design and related services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (48.3 percent decline)
2. Private households (45.5 percent decline)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (31.8 percent decline)
4. Death care services (28.4 percent decline)
5. Other crop farming (23.4 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 0.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in the State of Ohio, which went through a gain of 0.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Union County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Insurance carriers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 172.7 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Union County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Ohio, where this industry saw a gain of 2 percent. The Insurance carriers industry in Union County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 0.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance carriers (172.7 percent gain)
2. Management and technical consulting services (104.3 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (80.6 percent gain)
4. Advertising and related services (72.7 percent gain)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (71.5 percent gain)





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 Union County, Ohio

Compared to counties across the United States, Union County accounted a relatively high median income for households of $60,539 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 20.8 percent higher than the median in Ohio of $47,919 and the median is 18.8 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $113,195. This income level is 87 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Hispanic households in Union County, Ohio , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $42,961, this income level is 29 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In Union County, Ohio White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $60,580 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.1 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 33 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $40,585. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Union County had a median income of $8,653, this was 85.7 percent less than the median for all households.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Union County, Ohio can be considered to have a very low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 4.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 19 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Union County, having 8.3 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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