Employment Report for Cleveland County, Oklahoma -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
In Cleveland County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 17.9 percent of total employment in the county, making up 8,283 employees. The Accommodation and food services and Health care and social assistance industries total 17.4 and 12.5 percent of total employment, respectively.
Information since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Cleveland County. The industry was hit with a loss of 419 jobs during the period, or 37.3 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 39.7 percent of all employment losses in the county.
Utilities is the industry with the largest establishments in Cleveland County. In the County, the industry averages 44 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average in the United States of 34 and greater than the State of Oklahoma average of 22 for the Utilities industry.
In Cleveland County, Accommodation and food services, Administrative and waste services and Retail Trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Accommodation and food services sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.77. The level of employment in the Accommodation and food services industry is 1.77 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Cleveland specializes in Accommodation and food services.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Cleveland County, growing in new jobs by 50 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of -0.6 percent. The State of Oklahoma had an industry job change of 2.8 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
In Cleveland County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 17.9 percent of total employment in the county, making up 8,283 employees. The Accommodation and food services and Health care and social assistance industries total 17.4 and 12.5 percent of total employment, respectively.
Information since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Cleveland County. The industry was hit with a loss of 419 jobs during the period, or 37.3 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 39.7 percent of all employment losses in the county.
Utilities is the industry with the largest establishments in Cleveland County. In the County, the industry averages 44 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average in the United States of 34 and greater than the State of Oklahoma average of 22 for the Utilities industry.
In Cleveland County, Accommodation and food services, Administrative and waste services and Retail Trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Accommodation and food services sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.77. The level of employment in the Accommodation and food services industry is 1.77 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Cleveland specializes in Accommodation and food services.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Cleveland County, growing in new jobs by 50 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of -0.6 percent. The State of Oklahoma had an industry job change of 2.8 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
