Wood County, Ohio

In Wood County, jobs in the management of companies and enterprises pay the highest wages

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:47:00 +0000

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Employment in the management of companies and enterprises industry paid the average highest wages in Wood County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Wood County received an annual wage of $98,239 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Ohio of $79,413 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $82,655.

Other top-pay jobs in Wood County, Ohio exsists in securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($79,206), motor vehicle parts manufacturing ($73,473), power generation and supply ($65,421) and electronic markets and agents and brokers ($64,653) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail Comparison

About: These facts are part of 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.

Wood County Wages have increased by 15.5% Since 2001

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:39:00 +0000

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Wood County, Ohio by a total of 15.5%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of 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.

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

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:22:00 +0000

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Total wages in all industries in Wood County, Ohio when analyzed can be described as relatively high when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 5.5 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $36,666. The overall industry wage was less than the industry average in the US of $40,259.

About: These facts are part of 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.

Wood County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:43:00 +0000

Wood County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for road transportation industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 94.8 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Ohio, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 4.8 percent. The losses in the Support activities for road transportation industry in Wood County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 18.2 percent in terms of employment in the Support activities for road transportation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for road transportation (94.8 percent decline)
2. Social advocacy organizations (73.5 percent decline)
3. Death care services (61.6 percent decline)
4. Other professional and technical services (54.4 percent decline)
5. Travel arrangement and reservation services (52.3 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 0.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is less than growth in Ohio, experiencing a loss of -2.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Wood County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Warehousing and storage industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 627.7 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Wood County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Ohio, where this industry saw a gain of 46.1 percent. The Warehousing and storage industry in Wood County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 22.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Warehousing and storage (627.7 percent gain)
2. Advertising and related services (558.8 percent gain)
3. Activities related to credit intermediation (420.0 percent gain)
4. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (347.6 percent gain)
5. Other schools and instruction (245.2 percent gain)

Given the 108 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 50 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 57 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Wood County

The Employment services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 911 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Employment services industry make up 17.8 percent of the employment lost during the period in Wood County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (911 jobs lost)
2. Other professional and technical services (527 jobs lost)
3. Other general merchandise stores (317 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (300 jobs lost)
5. Plastics product manufacturing (267 jobs lost)

In Wood County, Ohio, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 70 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Wood County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Warehousing and storage industry has added the most employment with 793 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Warehousing and storage industry makes up 14.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Wood County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Warehousing and storage (793 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (694 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (581 new jobs)
4. Specialized freight trucking (225 new jobs)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (216 new jobs)

About: This report is part 2 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 Wood County, Ohio

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:29:00 +0000

While household income level experienced a decline in the last five year in Wood County, Ohio, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in household income was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 18 percent since 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Wood County, undergoing a 151.1 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Wood County, Ohio can be recognized as having a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 9.6 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 30.7 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 18 to 64 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Wood County, accounting 11 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

In Wood County, Ohio White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $52,480 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.9 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 48.8 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $26,633. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $42,333. This median is 18.6 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Hispanic headed households in Wood County, Ohio , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $46,490, which is 10.6 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Wood County reported an income level of $36,226, this median was 30.3 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Wood County accounted a relatively high household income of $51,997 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 7.8 percent higher than the median in Ohio of $47,919 and this is 5.5 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The median household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $46,893, posting a 9.8 percent decline. Wood County, Ohio, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 18 of 38 counties in percent of decline for household income in Ohio. Wood County ranks 228 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income in the US.

The rate of poverty in Wood County, Ohio has increased by 3.6 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 9.6 percent to 13.2 percent.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Wood County, Ohio

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:05:00 +0000

In Wood County, Ohio as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 26 percent of the White Alone, 34.6 percent of Black or African American, 59.4 percent of the Asian alone and 11 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

From the year 2000, Wood has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 1.4 percent to a total of 27.6 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Wood County, Ohio, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 33.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Wood have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 27.6 percent (Men) versus 25 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 35.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 0.8 percent. By the year 2005, 28.8 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 1.6 percent. By 2005, a total of 26.6 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

Wood County, Ohio may to understood as having a highly-educated population, with 26.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Wood has a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Wood County, Ohio

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:00:00 +0000

Since the year 2000, a medium-high number of individuals have migrated to Wood from outside the country. The immigration into Wood makes up 0.9 percent of immigration into the State of Ohio. This amount of international migration is medium-high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Wood County, Ohio has a population that is made up of 92.6 percent White, 1.5 percent African American, 1.2 percent Asian, and 3.8 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a modest level of diversity, with 6.5 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Wood has increased in diversity when 5.6 percent of the total population were minorities.

Wood County, Ohio had a population of 123,929 in 2005. The total population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 121,199. This growth denotes an increase of 2.3 percent. Wood ranks 17 of 88 counties when calculating total change in population for Ohio and the county ranks 698 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Wood County, Ohio to be 33.1 years old. The median in Wood is less than the median age in the State of Ohio of 37.6. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 32.7 years old. With 20.8 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Wood can be described as having a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high representation within the population, making up 67.8 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 11.4 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.

When measuring the total land area, Wood extends a total area of 617 total square miles. The area has a medium-high population density of 201 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Daviess, KY (201 per sq. mile ), Northumberland, PA (201 per sq. mile ), Lee, AL (202 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Brazoria, TX (201 per sq. mile ), Johnson, TX (201 per sq. mile ), Wichita, TX (201 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Wood County, Ohio

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:03:00 +0000

In Wood County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 50,823 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 2,414 residential structures since 2001, a change of 5 percent.

Wood County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $141,000, reported by the American Community Survey. This home value is greater than the overall Ohio 2005 home median value of $129,600 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

The residential housing values in Wood County, Ohio have moderate increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $21,000, or 17.5 percent, since 2000 when they were valued at $120,000.

When compared to other counties in Ohio, Wood County places 16 of 88 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 847 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

According to the data, there is a fair amount of housing that is affordable in Wood County, Ohio. In 2005, 40.2 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Wood County is made up of a small, but present percentage of high-priced residential real estate. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 0.8 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:38:00 +0000

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

In Wood County, Manufacturing, Transportation and Warehousing and Wholesale trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 2.14. This means the percent of total employment in the Manufacturing industry is 2.14 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Wood specializes in Manufacturing.

Management of companies and enterprises has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Wood County, growing in new jobs by 57.5 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 1.6 percent. The State of Ohio had changed in sector employment of 22.5 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Wood County, with the industry averaging 61 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the State of Ohio average of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.

Wood County ranks 18 of 89 Counties throughout the State of Ohio by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 17 of 89 Counties.

In Wood County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 27.4 percent of the total county employment. This totals 12,841 individuals. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries total 13.1 and 11.6 percent of industry employment.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Wood County. The industry was hit with a loss of 2,216 total jobs during the period, accounting for 14.7 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 50.8 percent of all employment losses in the county.

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