In Knox County, jobs in the medical and diagnostic laboratories pay the highest wages

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Employment in the medical and diagnostic laboratories industry reported the top wages in Knox County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Knox County received an annual wage of $234,210 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the industry wage rate in Ohio of $41,194 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $50,276.

Other top-pay jobs in Knox County, Ohio may be found in electronic markets and agents and brokers ($72,456), printing and related support activities ($57,579), insurance carriers ($51,108) and legal services ($51,084) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail 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.

Knox County Wages have increased by 21.0% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Knox County, Ohio by a total of 21.0%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Ohio and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

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

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Total wages in all industries in Knox County, Ohio can be described as medium-high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 10.7 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $36,666. The industry pay was less than the industry average in the US 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.

Knox County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Knox County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 337 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 24.1 percent of the total number of new jobs in Knox County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (337 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (140 new jobs)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (82 new jobs)
4. Community care facilities for the elderly (80 new jobs)
5. Gasoline stations (67 new jobs)

In Knox County, Ohio, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 1,528 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 64 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 23 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 40 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Knox County

Given the industries in the area, the Printing and related support activities industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 102 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Printing and related support activities industry make up 17.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Knox County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Printing and related support activities (102 jobs lost)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (83 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (56 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (51 jobs lost)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (45 jobs lost)

The total number of jobs has increased by 10.1 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than growth in Ohio, which saw a loss of -2.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Knox County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 533.3 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Knox County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Ohio, where the industry felt a gain of 0.4 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Knox County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 22.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (533.3 percent gain)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (288.9 percent gain)
3. Other miscellaneous store retailers (205.3 percent gain)
4. Oil and gas extraction (120.7 percent gain)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (118.0 percent gain)

Knox County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 95.7 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Ohio, where the industry felt a loss of 54.4 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Knox County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 1.7 in percent of workers in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (95.7 percent decline)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (83 percent decline)
3. Insurance carriers (61 percent decline)
4. Computer systems design and related services (57.5 percent decline)
5. Printing and related support activities (52 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.

Knox County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Knox County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 96.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Knox County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Ohio, where the industry took a gain of 7.4 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Knox County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 9.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (96.6 percent gain)
2. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (95.7 percent gain)
3. Computer systems design and related services (87.5 percent gain)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (65.2 percent gain)
5. Specialized freight trucking (62.3 percent gain)

Knox County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 92.7 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Ohio, where the it saw a loss of 5.1 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Knox County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 12.1 in percent of workers in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (92.7 percent decline)
2. Clothing stores (78 percent decline)
3. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (46.3 percent decline)
4. Architectural and engineering services (45.6 percent decline)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (33.7 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 1.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Ohio, which went through a gain of 0.4 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Knox County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 48 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 12.4 percent of the total employment growth in Knox County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (48 new jobs)
2. Nursing care facilities (39 new jobs)
3. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (32 new jobs)
4. Converted paper product manufacturing (31 new jobs)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (29 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Knox County

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 56 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 11.7 percent of the employment lost during the period in Knox County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (56 jobs lost)
2. Clothing stores (47 jobs lost)
3. Printing and related support activities (46 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (45 jobs lost)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (44 jobs lost)

In Knox County, Ohio, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 269 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Out of the 71 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 37 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 33 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





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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 Knox County, Ohio

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Knox County accounted a medium-high median household income of $45,486 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 5.3 percent lower than the median income in State of Ohio of $47,919 and this is 8 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Knox County, Ohio may be understood as having a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 10.1 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 33.4 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Knox County, having 16.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $86,092. This median is 89.3 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 34.4 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $29,835. Hispanic in Knox County, Ohio , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $42,779, which is 6 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. In Knox County, Ohio White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $45,625 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.3 percent greater than the median in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Knox County reported an income level of $19,013, which was 58.2 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.







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

Higher Education in Knox County, Ohio

Knox County, Ohio has a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 16.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Knox 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 the national average of 24.4 percent.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Knox County, Ohio, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 42.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Knox have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 18 percent (Men) versus 15.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 42 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Knox County, Ohio as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 16.6 percent of the White Alone, 25.2 percent of Black or African American, 52.4 percent of the Asian alone and 3.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

Demographic Profile for Knox County, Ohio

Knox County, Ohio has a population base that is comprised of 97 percent White, 0.9 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 0.8 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity, with 2.1 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Knox has increased the percent of minority makeup when 1.9 percent of the total population were minorities.

Knox County, Ohio had an estimated population of 58,398 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 54,655. This growth denotes an increase of 6.8 percent. Knox ranks 14 of 88 counties in terms of population growth in Ohio and the county ranks 600 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Knox County, Ohio to be 36.6 years old. The median in Knox is less than the median age in the State of Ohio of 37.6. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 36.5 years of age. With 22.7 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Knox can be described as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 63.5 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 13.8 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

When measuring the total land area, Knox spans a total area of 527 total square miles. The area has a medium-low average area density of 111 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Greene, VA (111 per sq. mile ), Oconee, SC (111 per sq. mile ), Culpeper, VA (112 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Liberty, GA (111 per sq. mile ), Orleans, NY (111 per sq. mile ), Franklin, NC (111 per sq. mile ).

From 2000, a low number of individual migrated to the Knox from outside the country. The immigration into Knox accounts for 0.1 percent of the total international migration into the State of Ohio. This level of international migration can be considered low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

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

Housing Report for Knox County, Ohio

In Knox County, there were a total of 23,515 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 1,325 residential units since 2001, or 6 percent.

When compared to other counties in Ohio, Knox County places 11 of 88 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 687 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Knox County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $92,100, accounted by the Decennial Census. This value is less than the Ohio 2000 home value of $103,700 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

There seems to be a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Knox County, Ohio. In 2000, 73.3 percent of housing was valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Wholesale trade since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Knox County. The sector faced a loss of 119 total jobs during the period, accounting for 25.9 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 55.6 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

Information has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Knox County, with an employment growth of 62.9 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of -14.9 percent. The State of Ohio had an industry job change of -15 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

Educational services has a largest number of employee per establishment in Knox County, averaging 108 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's national average of 27 and greater than the Ohio average establishment size of 34 for the Educational services industry.

In Knox County, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance, and the Retail Trade sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 28.4 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 4,628 employees. The Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade sectors account for 14.6 and 14.2 percent of industry employment.

In Knox County, Educational services, Manufacturing and Mining have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Educational services sector in the county has a location quotient of 3.75. The percent of employment in the Educational services industry is 3.75 times greater than the national average, signifying that Knox specializes in Educational services.







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