In Crawford County, jobs in the other miscellaneous manufacturing pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the other miscellaneous manufacturing industry had the highest average wages in Crawford County for 2006. The average industry job in Crawford County received an annual wage of $57,713 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage in Ohio of $36,643 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $38,965.

Other top-pay jobs in Crawford County, Ohio are present in computer systems design and related services ($51,777), outpatient care centers ($47,191), electronic markets and agents and brokers ($44,926) and nonresidential building construction ($42,040) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Crawford County Wages have increased by 10.6% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Crawford County, Ohio by a total of 10.6%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Ohio and less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

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

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The average total wages in all industries in Crawford County, Ohio when analyzed can be understood as being medium-low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 23.1 percent lower than the with an state average of $36,666. The average pay was less than the US average pay 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.

Crawford County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Crawford County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 62.3 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Ohio, where the industry felt a loss of 2.5 percent. The losses in the Other specialty trade contractors industry in Crawford County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 22.3 in percent of workers in the Other specialty trade contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (62.3 percent decline)
2. General freight trucking (60.3 percent decline)
3. Nonresidential building construction (42.7 percent decline)
4. Other textile product mills (38.5 percent decline)
5. Full-service restaurants (37.3 percent decline)

Crawford County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 400.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Crawford County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Ohio, where it saw a loss of 54.4 percent. The Unclassified industry in Crawford County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 1.7 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (400.0 percent gain)
2. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (93.9 percent gain)
3. Private households (84.0 percent gain)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (83.3 percent gain)
5. Specialized freight trucking (80.6 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 9.7 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in Ohio, which experienced a loss of -2.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

In Crawford County, Ohio, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 1,451 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Crawford County

The Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry has added the most employment with 208 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry makes up 31.9 percent of the growth in Crawford County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (208 new jobs)
2. Home health care services (86 new jobs)
3. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (60 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (58 new jobs)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (52 new jobs)

From the 54 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 31 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 23 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Crawford County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other fabricated metal product manufacturing industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 207 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Other fabricated metal product manufacturing industry make up 19.1 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Crawford County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other fabricated metal product manufacturing (207 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (202 jobs lost)
3. Nonresidential building construction (83 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (76 jobs lost)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (66 jobs lost)





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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.

Crawford County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Crawford County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry has grown the most with 38 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry makes up 14.1 percent of the growth in Crawford County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (38 new jobs)
2. Home health care services (36 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (32 new jobs)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (25 new jobs)
5. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (22 new jobs)

In Crawford County, Ohio, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 161 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Crawford County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the General freight trucking industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 71 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the General freight trucking industry make up 15.7 percent of the total employment decline in Crawford County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (71 jobs lost)
2. Offices of physicians (49 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (43 jobs lost)
4. Nonresidential building construction (33 jobs lost)
5. Printing and related support activities (26 jobs lost)

Of the 62 4-digit NAICS industries, 33 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 26 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Crawford County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 58.7 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Ohio, where the it saw a gain of 1.4 percent. The losses in the General freight trucking industry in Crawford County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.3 in percent of workers in the General freight trucking industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (58.7 percent decline)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (31.6 percent decline)
3. Offices of physicians (30.4 percent decline)
4. Nonresidential building construction (23.1 percent decline)
5. Residential building construction (22.9 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 1.2 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in Ohio, which saw a gain of 0.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Crawford County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Newspaper, book, and directory publishers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 69.1 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Crawford County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Ohio, where the industry felt a loss of 1.1 percent. The Newspaper, book, and directory publishers industry in Crawford County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 1.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (69.1 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (62.2 percent gain)
3. Activities related to real estate (33.3 percent gain)
4. Consumer goods rental (33.0 percent gain)
5. Gasoline stations (32.8 percent gain)





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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 Crawford County, Ohio

Compared to counties across the United States, Crawford County reported a medium-high median household income of $42,386 (2005 Dollars). This median is 13.1 percent lower than the median in Ohio of $47,919 and the median household income is 15.9 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Crawford County, Ohio can be understood to have a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 10.4 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 15.1 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Crawford County, accounting 22.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Hispanic Householders in Crawford County, Ohio , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $44,710, this median is 5.5 percent greater than the areas median income level for all households. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $50,018. This income level is 18 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 0.3 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $42,241. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Crawford County reported a median household income of $41,499, this was 2.1 percent less than the median for all households. In Crawford County, Ohio White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $42,437 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.1 percent greater than the median income in 2000.







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

Higher Education in Crawford County, Ohio

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Crawford County, Ohio, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 50.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Crawford have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 10.2 percent (Men) versus 9.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 48.4 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Crawford County, Ohio as reported in the 2000 Census, 9.4 percent of the White Alone, 9 percent of Black or African American, 57.2 percent of the Asian alone and 7 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Crawford County, Ohio has a less-educated 2000 population, with 9.6 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Crawford counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.





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

Demographic Profile for Crawford County, Ohio

Crawford County, Ohio has a population that is comprised of 97.3 percent White, 0.7 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 1 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 2.1 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Crawford has increased the percent of minority makeup when 1.8 percent of the population were minorities.

When calculating the total land area, Crawford encompasses a total area of 402 square miles. This area has a medium-low density of 114 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Wagoner, OK (114 per sq. mile ), St. Clair, AL (114 per sq. mile ), Isabella, MI (114 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Parker, TX (114 per sq. mile ), Hood, TX (114 per sq. mile ), Kaufman, TX (113 per sq. mile ).

Crawford County, Ohio had a population that was estimated at 45,774 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 46,902. The decline shows a decrease of -2.4 percent. Crawford ranks 76 of 88 counties by growth in total population in Ohio and the county ranks 2,981 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Crawford County, Ohio to be 40.1 years old. The median in Crawford is greater than the median age in the State of Ohio of 37.6. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 38.3 years old. With 23.3 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Crawford can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 60.7 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 16 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

From 2000, a very low number of individuals have migrated to Crawford internationally. The migration from outside the US into Crawford makes up 0 percent of immigration into the State of Ohio. This percent of international migration is very low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

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

Housing Report for Crawford County, Ohio

The State of Ohio, Crawford County is positioned 74 of 88 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 2,671 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

In Crawford County, the real estate market was made up of 20,445 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a total of 183 residential units since 2001, or 0.9 percent.

Crawford County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $79,200, reported by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the Ohio 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $103,700 and less than home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Crawford County, Ohio. In 2000, 85 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Real estate and rental and leasing has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Crawford County, growing by 21.1 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 4.3 percent. The State of Ohio had changed in sector employment of -4.1 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

In Crawford County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 39.3 percent of total employment in the county, making up 5,318 individuals. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries make up 10.3 and 8.8 percent of industry employment.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Crawford County. The sector faced a loss of 733 employees during the period, or 12.1 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 58.3 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

Crawford is the County that is ranked 56 of 89 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of Ohio by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 54 of 89 Counties.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Crawford County, averaging 55 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the Ohio establishments size average of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Crawford County, Manufacturing, Accommodation and food services and Finance and insurance industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 3.07. The percent of employment in the Manufacturing industry is 3.07 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Crawford specializes in Manufacturing.





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