In Preble County, jobs in the electronic markets and agents and brokers pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the electronic markets and agents and brokers industry reported the top wages in Preble County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Preble County received a wage of $65,575 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the industry wage rate in Ohio of $59,166 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $67,074.

High-wage employment in Preble County, Ohio can be found in nonresidential building construction ($46,974), petroleum merchant wholesalers ($39,267), accounting and bookkeeping services ($38,296) and offices of physicians ($37,231) 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.

Preble County Wages have increased by 11.2% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Preble County, Ohio by a total of 11.2%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Ohio and less 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.

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

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The overall industry wages in Preble County, Ohio can be described as medium-low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 20.6 percent lower than the reported averages in the state 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.

Preble County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Preble County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 77.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Ohio, where the industry reported a loss of 54.4 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Preble County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 1.7 in percent of jobs in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (77.1 percent decline)
2. Other wood product manufacturing (53.7 percent decline)
3. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (43.6 percent decline)
4. General freight trucking (43.1 percent decline)
5. Grocery stores (39.6 percent decline)

Preble County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 122.2 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Preble County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Ohio, where the industry felt a gain of 2.4 percent. The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry in Preble County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 29.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (122.2 percent gain)
2. Other amusement and recreation industries (50.7 percent gain)
3. Nonresidential building construction (43.7 percent gain)
4. Other professional and technical services (35.5 percent gain)
5. Building finishing contractors (35.0 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 5.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in the State of Ohio, which experienced a loss of -2.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

In Preble County, Ohio, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 472 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Of the 40 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 20 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 20 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Preble County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has added the most employment with 77 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 30.5 percent of the growth in Preble County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (77 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (26 new jobs)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (23 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (20 new jobs)
5. Building finishing contractors (19 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Preble County

Given the industries in the area, the Grocery stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 150 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Grocery stores industry make up 25.3 percent of the total job loss in Preble County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (150 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (139 jobs lost)
3. General freight trucking (111 jobs lost)
4. Other wood product manufacturing (50 jobs lost)
5. Limited-service eating places (44 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.

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.





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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 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.

Higher Education in Preble County, Ohio

In Preble County, Ohio according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 10 percent of the White Alone, 3.8 percent of Black or African American, 44.6 percent of the Asian alone and 16.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Preble County, Ohio has a less-educated population of the working age, with 10 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Preble has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Preble County, Ohio, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 49.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Preble on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 10.6 percent (Men) versus 9.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 49.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





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

Demographic Profile for Preble County, Ohio

In terms of total land area, Preble spans a total area of 425 total square miles. The area has a medium-low average area density of 100 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Fauquier, VA (100 per sq. mile ), San Patricio, TX (100 per sq. mile ), Columbia, NY (100 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Huntington, IN (100 per sq. mile ), Dodge, WI (100 per sq. mile ), Adams, IN (100 per sq. mile ).

Preble County, Ohio has a population that is made up of 97.8 percent White, 0.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 0.6 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 1.5 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Preble has increased in diversity when 1.2 percent of the total population were minorities.

Estimated since the year 2000, a low number of individual migrated to the Preble from another country. The international migration into Preble makes up 0.1 percent of immigration into the State of Ohio. This amount of international migration is low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Preble County, Ohio had a population that was estimated at 42,527 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 42,361. This growth signifies an increase of 0.4 percent. Preble ranks 54 of 88 counties when analyzing total population change in Ohio and the county ranks 1,696 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Preble County, Ohio to be 39.5 years old. The median in Preble is greater than the median age for the State of Ohio of 37.6. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 37.6 years old. With a total of 23.4 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Preble can be described as being made up of a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 62.8 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 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.

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

Housing Report for Preble County, Ohio

In Preble County, there were a total of 17,915 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 516 homes since 2001, or 3 percent.

Preble County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $93,500, published by the Decennial Census. This value is less than the overall State of Ohio 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $103,700 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

When compared to other counties in Ohio, Preble County places 35 of 88 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 1,399 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

There is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Preble County, Ohio. In 2000, 75.5 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Preble County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 2.86. The level of employment in the Manufacturing sector is 2.86 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Preble County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

In Preble County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 36.7 percent of the total county employment. This totals 3,402 people employed. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries make up 15.1 and 8.6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Preble County, with the industry averaging 57 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the State of Ohio average establishment size of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.

Arts, entertainment, and recreation is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Preble County, moving a total of 86 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 4.7 percent. The State of Ohio had changed in sector employment of -1 percent, since the year 2001.

The Health care and social assistance sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Preble County since 2001, going from making up 7.4 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent of total employment in the year 2005.







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