In Adams County, jobs in the unclassified pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the unclassified industry reported the top wages in Adams County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Adams County was paid an annual wage of $71,529 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry pay the State of Ohio of $28,574 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $35,742.

High-wage employment in Adams County, Ohio can be found in building equipment contractors ($35,981), computer systems design and related services ($35,199), offices of other health practitioners ($34,720) and offices of physicians ($33,295) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed Comparison

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

Adams County Wages have increased by 23.1% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Adams County, Ohio by a total of 23.1%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of Ohio and greater than the growth in average wages for the US.

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

Adams County Industry Wages Lag Behind Ohio, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Adams County, Ohio when analyzed can be described as medium-low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 24.7 percent lower than the with an state average of $36,666. The overall industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

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

Adams County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Adams County

The Grocery stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 67 jobs. The declines in the Grocery stores industry make up 27.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Adams County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (67 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (56 jobs lost)
3. Consumer goods rental (24 jobs lost)
4. Nursing care facilities (21 jobs lost)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (18 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Adams County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 47 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 20.3 percent of the growth in Adams County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (47 new jobs)
2. Health and personal care stores (28 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (27 new jobs)
4. Child day care services (23 new jobs)
5. Depository credit intermediation (22 new jobs)

In Adams County, Ohio, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 98 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Out of the 29 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 16 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 12 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Adams County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 540.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Adams County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Ohio, where it saw a gain of 4.9 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Adams County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (540.0 percent gain)
2. Other miscellaneous store retailers (95.8 percent gain)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (93.0 percent gain)
4. Child day care services (64.8 percent gain)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (58.1 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in the State of Ohio, which went through a loss of -2.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Adams County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Consumer goods rental industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 53.3 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Ohio, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 16.1 percent. The losses in the Consumer goods rental industry in Adams County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 9.2 in percent of workers in the Consumer goods rental industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Consumer goods rental (53.3 percent decline)
2. Florists (52.9 percent decline)
3. Unclassified (52.6 percent decline)
4. Specialized freight trucking (37.9 percent decline)
5. Residential building construction (31.9 percent decline)





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

Adams County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Adams County, Ohio, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 126 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Adams County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Automobile dealers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 11 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Automobile dealers industry make up 12.7 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Adams County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automobile dealers (11 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (10 jobs lost)
3. Direct selling establishments (10 jobs lost)
4. Offices of dentists (9 jobs lost)
5. Death care services (8 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Adams County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has grown the most with 38 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 25.7 percent of the growth in Adams County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (38 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (36 new jobs)
3. Child day care services (16 new jobs)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (12 new jobs)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (9 new jobs)

Out of the 35 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 16 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 18 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total employment has increased by 2.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in the State of Ohio, experiencing a gain of 0.4 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Adams County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 243.2 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Adams County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Ohio, where the industry felt a gain of 2.2 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Adams County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 5.5 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (243.2 percent gain)
2. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (85.7 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (42.9 percent gain)
4. Child day care services (37.3 percent gain)
5. Consumer goods rental (30.6 percent gain)

Adams County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 50 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Ohio, where the industry felt a loss of 3 percent. The losses in the Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry in Adams County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 1.2 in percent of jobs in the Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (50 percent decline)
2. Death care services (39 percent decline)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (21.2 percent decline)
4. Offices of dentists (19.6 percent decline)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (19.5 percent decline)





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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 Adams County, Ohio

Compared to counties across the United States, Adams County accounted a relatively low median income for households of $34,299 (2005 Dollars). This median is 39.7 percent lower than the median in Ohio of $47,919 and the median household income is 43.2 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Adams County, Ohio may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 17.4 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 27.5 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Adams County, with 23.8 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Hispanic households in Adams County, Ohio , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $24,863, this median is 27.5 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Adams County, Ohio White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $34,568 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.8 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 44.6 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $19,013. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $94,171. This household income level is 174.6 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Adams County had a median income of $20,150, which was 41.3 percent less than the median for all households.







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

Higher Education in Adams County, Ohio

Adams County, Ohio is made up of a less-educated working age population, with 7.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Adams counted a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Adams County, Ohio, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 45 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Adams have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 7.6 percent (Men) versus 6.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 44 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Adams County, Ohio as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 7.2 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 28.6 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

Demographic Profile for Adams County, Ohio

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Adams County, Ohio to be 36.5 years of age. The median age in Adams is less than the median age for the State of Ohio of 37.6. From 2000, the area has seen no change in the median age, at that time the median was 36.5 years old. With a total of 24.4 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Adams can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 62.3 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 13.3 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.

In terms of total land area, Adams extends a total area of 584 square miles. The county has a low average area density of 49 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Pontotoc, OK (49 per sq. mile ), Allegany, NY (49 per sq. mile ), Buchanan, VA (49 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Covington, MS (49 per sq. mile ), Washington, UT (49 per sq. mile ), Dickenson, VA (49 per sq. mile ).

Estimated since the year 2000, a low amount of people migrated to Adams from outside the country. The immigration into Adams makes up 0 percent of immigration into the State of Ohio. This percent of international migration is low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Adams County, Ohio had an estimated population of 28,454 in the year 2005. The population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 27,338. This growth represents an increase of 4.1 percent. Adams ranks 30 of 88 counties when analyzing total population change in Ohio and the county ranks 1,049 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Adams County, Ohio has a population that is comprised of 97.4 percent White, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 0.7 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.1 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Adams has increased the percent of minority makeup when 0.9 percent of the population were minorities.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Adams County, Ohio

In Adams County, the census reported 12,092 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding in all 146 housing units since the year 2001, or 1.2 percent.

Throughout the State of Ohio, Adams County ranks 70 of 88 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 2,500 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

Adams County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $67,400, published by the Decennial Census. This value is less than the State of Ohio 2000 home median value of $103,700 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

There seems to be a large amount of housing that is affordable in Adams County, Ohio. In 2000, 89.1 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Adams County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 25.4 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 1,233 individuals. The Manufacturing and Accommodation and food services industries make up 16 and 11.7 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

In Adams County, Mining, Retail Trade and Manufacturing are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.4. This means the percent of total employment in the Mining sector is 2.4 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Adams County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Mining.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Adams County, with the industry averaging 24 employees per business. This is less than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and less than the State of Ohio typical size of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.

Wholesale trade saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Adams County, moving a total of 35.3 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of 0.4 percent. The State of Ohio had changed in sector employment of -4.6 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.









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