Indiana Economic
Growth Region 7
Economic
Overview
October 2012
Prepared By:
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Demographic Perspective
Table 1: Population Change
Table 2: Age Breakdown
Table 3: Educational Attainment
Table 4: High School Graduation Rates
Table 5: Race/Ethnicity Breakdown
Economic Overview
Chart 1: Total Job History 2001-2011
Table 6: Unemployment Rates
Table 7: Jobs by 2-Digit NAICS Codes
Table 8: Growing Industries by 4-Digit NAICS Codes
Table 9: Declining Industries by 4-Digit NAICS Codes
Table 10: Occupations by SOC Codes
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Introduction
Indiana State University’s Strategic Plan, The Pathway to Success, envisions a culture where its graduates are productive citizens
of the world in which they live. As a commitment for improving the communities in which its students and graduates reside, the
University has a strong desire to address the needs of Indiana’s rural communities from which the majority of its students
migrate. Leadership for this endeavor lies with the newly established Rural-Urban Entrepreneurship Development Institute
(RUEDI).
RUEDI will provide engagement and research as well as a learning and leadership platform to improve the economic health and
stability of rural counties and small towns throughout Indiana. Collaboration with external businesses, industry, civic
organizations, government and academic stakeholders will play a critical role in implementing projects to reach overarching
goals of the Institute, the University and the communities in which ISU students and graduates live. RUEDI objectives include:
supporting existing commercial activity, increasing new business starts, expanding job creation, creating, growing and attracting
entrepreneurs, raising per capita incomes, and enhancing regional rural educational attainment by encouraging completion of
high school and post-secondary education.
An integral part of beginning any project is to ensure that reliable data is collected to first inform stakeholders of important
issues that exist and for which decisions need to be made and then to provide a reliable and consistent resource to measure the
effect of activities taken. Therefore, the Rural-Urban Entrepreneurship Development Institute has created a Data Center within
the Institute to oversee the collection and analysis of data as part of its activities. The RUEDI Data Center will work in
collaboration with the University’s Survey Research Lab to provide both quantitative and qualitative data throughout program
initiatives.
Because of the complex number of data resources available, RUEDI has enlisted the assistance of Economic Modeling Specialists,
Inc. (EMSI) to collect and integrate the most current data available on industries, occupations, and demographics. EMSI is a webbased tool that has assisted community colleges, universities, workforce boards, economic development groups, and private
industries throughout the United States to better understand all facets of employment and economic trends—industries,
occupations, demographics, economic impacts, and even skills, job compatibility, educational attainment, and more—at various
levels (zip code, county, state, nation) of geographic detail. The tables contained within this report have been created with the
data from EMSI’s web-tools.
For Indiana Economic Growth Region – 7, counties include Clay, Indiana (18021), Parke, Indiana (18121), Putnam, Indiana
(18133), Sullivan, Indiana (18153), Vermillion, Indiana (18165), Vigo, Indiana (18167).
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Demographic Perspective
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Economic Growth Region-7 consists of the urban county of Vigo and the rural counties of Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, and
Vermillion.
The total population of these 6 counties, 228,479, represented 3.5-percent of the State’s total population in 2011.
EGR-7’s growth rate falls below that of the State and Nation over the past decade and has slowed even further in recent
years. Percent Change from 2001 to 2006 was one-quarter of the Nation's rate of growth and one-fifth of the National rate
for 2001 to 2011.
Individually, only Putnam and Vigo Counties have shown growth in the last five years with Sullivan and Vermillion Counties
showing an overall loss during the last decade.
Table 1: Population Change
Population
Area
Number Change
Percent Change
2001
2006
2011
2001-06
2006-11
2001-11
2001-06
2006-11
2001-11
Clay County
26,623
27,112
26,915
489
(197)
292
1.8%
-0.7%
1.1%
Parke County
17,213
17,386
17,342
173
(44)
129
1.0%
-0.3%
0.7%
Putnam County
36,398
37,779
38,040
1,381
261
1,642
3.7%
0.7%
4.3%
Sullivan County
21,785
21,552
21,487
(233)
(65)
(298)
-1.1%
-0.3%
-1.4%
Vermillion County
16,649
16,595
16,112
(54)
(483)
(537)
-0.3%
-2.9%
-3.2%
Vigo County
105,549
106,521
108,583
972
2,062
3,034
0.9%
1.9%
2.8%
EGR - 7
224,176
226,945
228,479
2,769
1,534
4,303
1.2%
0.7%
1.9%
6,129,883
6,334,225
6,544,892
204,342
210,667
415,009
3.2%
3.3%
6.6%
284,968,955
298,379,912
312,447,985
13,410,957
14,068,073
27,479,030
4.5%
4.7%
9.2%
State of Indiana
United States
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When looking at the population broken down by age it is not unusual to see strong gains in the population cohorts over
the age of 50 as Baby-Boomers have now reached the half-century mark and more and more retirees make the decision
to "age in place".
While there were single digit gains in the 25-29 year olds and those over 85, the baby boomer age cohorts showed
significant gains of 15 to 42 percent.
One- third of the Region’s population is below the age of 25, with a little over 50-percent in the age groups associated
with an active workforce, 25-64, and another 15-percent are at retirement age, 65 and above.
Table 2: EGR-7 Age Breakdown
Population
2001-2011 Change
Percent of Total
Demographic
2001
2006
2011
Number
Percent
2001
2011
Under 5 years
13,048
12,891
12,545
(503)
(3.9%)
5.8%
5.7%
5 to 9 years
14,226
13,392
13,185
(1,041)
(7.3%)
6.3%
5.9%
10 to 14 years
14,954
14,594
13,913
(1,041)
(7.0%)
6.7%
6.4%
15 to 19 years
18,104
17,658
17,119
(985)
(5.4%)
8.1%
7.8%
20 to 24 years
18,802
19,917
18,771
(31)
(0.2%)
8.4%
8.8%
25 to 29 years
13,227
13,588
14,499
1,272
9.6%
5.9%
6.0%
30 to 34 years
14,860
13,788
14,624
(236)
(1.6%)
6.6%
6.1%
35 to 39 years
16,400
15,068
13,940
(2,460)
(15.0%)
7.3%
6.6%
40 to 44 years
17,073
16,306
14,803
(2,270)
(13.3%)
7.6%
7.2%
45 to 49 years
16,165
16,853
15,938
(227)
(1.4%)
7.2%
7.4%
50 to 54 years
14,709
15,924
16,954
2,245
15.3%
6.6%
7.0%
55 to 59 years
11,398
14,523
15,619
4,221
37.0%
5.1%
6.4%
60 to 64 years
9,517
10,813
13,557
4,040
42.5%
4.2%
4.8%
65 to 69 years
8,055
8,785
10,228
2,173
27.0%
3.6%
3.9%
70 to 74 years
7,739
7,146
7,735
(4)
(0.1%)
3.5%
3.1%
75 to 79 years
6,949
6,428
5,865
(1,084)
(15.6%)
3.1%
2.8%
80 to 84 years
4,815
5,058
4,729
(86)
(1.8%)
2.1%
2.2%
85 years and over
Total
4,134
4,214
4,455
321
7.8%
1.8%
1.9%
224,176
226,945
228,479
4,303
1.9%
100.0%
100.0%
Age Breakdown
15%
24 & Below
33%
27%
25-44
45-64
25%
65 & Above
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Table 3: EGR-7 Educational Attainment for Population 25 and Above
State of Indiana
United States
2001
Population
2001 %
of Total
2011
Population
2011 % of
Total
Change
2001-11
%
Change
2001-11
7,287
5.04%
10,519
6.95%
3,232
44.35%
6.87%
33.13%
8.86%
27.67%
9th Grade to 12th Grade
19,069
13.20%
11,779
7.79%
(7,290)
(38.23%)
7.37%
(30.87%)
6.59%
(32.88%)
High School Diploma
58,667
40.60%
58,297
38.53%
(370)
(0.63%)
35.86%
4.88%
28.48%
10.86%
Some College
26,875
18.60%
32,378
21.40%
5,503
20.48%
20.53%
13.14%
20.93%
13.03%
Associate's Degree
8,838
6.12%
12,203
8.07%
3,365
38.07%
7.29%
30.73%
7.45%
28.04%
Bachelor's Degree
13,562
9.38%
14,770
9.76%
1,208
8.91%
14.19%
23.17%
17.47%
23.35%
Graduate Degree and Higher
10,213
7.07%
11,353
7.50%
1,140
11.16%
7.88%
16.70%
10.22%
25.90%
144,512
100.00%
151,298
100.00%
6,786
4.70%
100.00%
8.67%
100.00%
12.28%
Demographic
Less Than 9th Grade
Total
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2011 % of
Total
%
Change
2001-11
2011 % of
Total
%
Change
2001-11
Over the past decade increases in attaining Some College or an Associate Degree for residents 25 and older in the Region
exceeded that of the State and National Attainment.
These efforts have provided for Economic Growth Region-7 to have a slight advantage over the State and National in
regards to the percentages of adults completing High School, attending Some College and completing an Associate
Degree, but the Region falls short on the percentage of residents with a Bachelor Degree, Graduate Degree or Higher.
A portion of the decrease in the number of persons with a 9 th to 12th Grade Education across geographical regions can be
attributed to better high school graduation rates and adult learners returning to school, but the 44-percent increase in
population that do not acquire a 9th Grade education begs for a more thorough investigation into what might have
precipitated this increase.
EGR- 7 is home to five postsecondary educational institutions offering Bachelor or Higher Degrees including Indiana State
University, Ball State University, DePauw University, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology and St. Mary-of-the-Woods
College along with Ivy Tech Community College offering primarily Associate Degrees along with a limited number
Bachelor Degree programs.
Approximately one-third of all Indiana's four-year college students graduate on time and just over half graduate after six
years.
Only 4 percent of the state's two-year college students complete on time and 12 percent graduate within three years.
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Economic Growth Region-7 has 13 public school corporations within its borders. Of the 2,540 students expected to
graduate in 2011 from these school corporations, 2218 did graduate for an overall graduation rate of 87.3-percent.
Statewide, Indiana’s high school graduation rate improved to 85.7 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, increasing 1.6
percent over the previous year and 4.3 percent over the 2009 rate.
Overall the State’s graduation rate is broken down as follows:
o 85.7 percent of students graduated within four years
o 6.1 percent of students are reported dropouts or undetermined, which means they either moved out of state,
dropped out or left school without formally withdrawing
o 6.3 percent of students are still in school
o 0.4 percent of students earned a General Education Development (GED) diploma
o 1.2 percent of students earned a Special Education Certificate
o 0.2 percent of students earned a non-diploma Course Completion Certificate
While High School Graduation rates have improved across the state, Indiana’s Commission on Higher Education urges
stronger engagement among the postsecondary and K-12 educational systems to ensure that postsecondary expectations
for students are clear as 66-percent of Indiana’s high school graduates with a General Diploma require remedial
education when they enter college and 38-percent of students receiving a Core-40 Diploma need remedial education.
Table 4: EGR-7 High School Graduation Rates
2010
2009
Cohort Size
Graduates
Grad Rate
Grad Rate
Grad Rate
Clay Community Schools
325
287
88.3%
91.2%
83.0%
Southwest Parke Com School Corp
104
84
80.8%
80.2%
76.5%
Corp ID
County
Corporation Name
1125
Clay
6260
Parke
2011
6300
Parke
Rockville Community School Corp
58
53
91.4%
91.5%
90.1%
6310
Parke
Turkey Run Community School Corp
51
46
90.2%
75.6%
90.0%
6705
Putnam
South Putnam Community Schools
108
102
94.4%
83.5%
86.5%
6715
Putnam
North Putnam Community Schools
127
112
88.2%
86.9%
86.6%
6750
Putnam
Cloverdale Community Schools
107
79
73.8%
75.0%
73.3%
6755
Putnam
Greencastle Community School Corp
147
127
86.4%
83.9%
81.3%
7645
Sullivan
Northeast School Corp
102
87
85.3%
84.1%
87.0%
7715
Sullivan
Southwest School Corp
144
122
84.7%
87.9%
85.9%
8010
Vermillion
North Vermillion Com School Corp
64
59
92.2%
93.5%
83.5%
8020
Vermillion
South Vermillion Com School Corp
134
115
85.8%
88.4%
77.5%
8030
Vigo
Vigo County School Corp
1069
945
88.4%
84.8%
84.2%
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The Region like the State and Nation saw a decrease in the overall percent of White, Non-Hispanic people represented in the area.
While White, Hispanic is the cohort showing the largest gains nationally, the cohort ranks third for the Region with Black, NonHispanic retaining the number two spot.
Together White, Non-Hispanic, Black, Non-Hispanic and White, Hispanic comprises 98.37% of the total population as compared to
91.73% on the National level and 97.16% at the State level.
Table 5: EGR-7 Race/Ethnicity Breakdown
Region Population
Percent of Total Population
2001
2006
2011
Change
2001-11
White, Non-Hispanic
209,642
210,382
210,240
598
93.52%
92.02%
82.30%
64.24%
Black, Non-Hispanic
9,159
10,139
10,728
1,569
4.09%
4.70%
9.22%
12.46%
Demographic
American Indian or Alaskan Native, Non-Hispanic
Region
2001
Region
2011
State
2011
Nation
2011
671
661
629
(42)
0.30%
0.28%
0.22%
0.75%
1,809
2,059
2,337
528
0.81%
1.02%
1.66%
4.92%
56
61
36
(20)
0.02%
0.02%
0.03%
0.16%
108
151
195
87
0.05%
0.09%
0.19%
0.46%
White, Hispanic
2,279
2,953
3,770
1,491
1.02%
1.65%
5.64%
15.03%
Black, Hispanic
171
175
177
6
0.08%
0.08%
0.31%
0.78%
American Indian or Alaskan Native, Hispanic
106
139
128
22
0.05%
0.06%
0.16%
0.50%
36
43
30
(6)
0.02%
0.01%
0.04%
0.17%
Asian, Non-Hispanic
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic
Two or More Races, Non-Hispanic
Asian, Hispanic
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Hispanic
Two or More Races, Hispanic
Total
32
33
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(21)
0.01%
0.00%
0.03%
0.06%
108
151
197
89
0.05%
0.09%
0.20%
0.47%
224,176
226,945
228,479
4,303
100%
100%
100%
100%
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Economic Overview
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Total Employment (jobs in EGR-7,
EGR-7 Jobs 2001-2011
fourth quarter 2011) is 106,289,
111,000
representing a 3-percent
decrease from 2001 employment
110,000
and a 3.6-percent decrease from
peak employment of 110,236 in
109,000
2007.
The chart shows a series of peaks
108,000
and valleys in Economic Growth
Region-7’s employment base
107,000
over the past decade.
106,000
The Indiana Department of
Workforce Development reports
105,000
that for the past three years,
unemployment rates in January
104,000
were approximately 2-percent
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
higher than that of the National
or State rate.
Of Indiana’s 12 Economic Growth Regions, EGR-7 ranks number one in highest unemeployment rates.
Jobs
Table 6: EGR-7 Unemployment Rates
Month
EGR-7
Indiana
U.S.
January-12
11.2%
9.2%
8.8%
January-11
11.0%
9.0%
9.1%
January-10
11.8%
10.6%
9.7%
Source: Indiana Department of Workforce Development
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The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is a system used by the United States Government to classify industries
by type. NAICS codes can be expressed at a 2 to 6-digit level with the higher number of digits providing a more detailed description
of the industry type.
Table 7: EGR - 7 Employment by Major Industry Sector
Jobs
Change
NAICS
Code
Description
2001
2011
Number
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Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
3,580
3,559
(21)
21
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas
Extraction
656
1,116
22
Utilities
962
797
23
Construction
31-33
Manufacturing
42
Wholesale Trade
44-45
Retail Trade
48-49
Transportation and Warehousing
51
Location Quotients
2011 Earnings
2011
Percent
2011
State
2011
National
Region
Nation
Establishments
(1%)
1.64
1.72
$31,962
$26,453
77
460
70%
3.21
1.38
$68,265
$77,058
22
(165)
(17%)
1.73
2.24
$110,651
$119,493
35
6,365
5,806
(559)
(9%)
0.98
1.05
$42,023
$47,011
439
15,328
13,453
(1,875)
(12%)
0.96
1.81
$59,893
$73,698
229
2,120
2,055
(65)
(3%)
0.57
0.56
$44,732
$72,738
211
15,546
11,785
(3,761)
(24%)
1.07
1.10
$21,960
$29,494
696
3,634
3,568
(66)
(2%)
0.86
1.05
$42,619
$49,555
191
Information
1,365
972
(393)
(29%)
0.74
0.50
$39,726
$81,339
56
52
Finance and Insurance
3,247
3,401
154
5%
0.78
0.59
$39,449
$77,402
284
53
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
2,269
3,089
820
36%
0.77
0.65
$19,443
$25,651
144
54
Professional, Scientific, and Technical
Services
2,643
2,763
120
5%
0.59
0.37
$35,973
$71,365
333
315
408
93
30%
0.49
0.33
$56,791
$114,099
22
4,186
5,816
1,630
39%
0.92
0.91
$20,509
$32,977
211
3,820
4,549
729
19%
2.03
1.77
$29,964
$35,383
39
55
61
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Administrative and Support and Waste
Management and Remediation Services
Educational Services (Private)
62
Health Care and Social Assistance
10,714
12,013
1,299
12%
1.01
1.03
$45,829
$50,850
478
71
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
1,057
1,169
112
11%
0.58
0.52
$11,257
$26,471
61
72
Accommodation and Food Services
7,811
7,664
(147)
(2%)
1.04
1.05
$13,989
$20,213
454
81
Other Services (except Public Administration)
90
Government
99
Unclassified Industry
56
Total
6,249
5,511
(738)
(12%)
0.89
0.86
$19,782
$23,652
417
17,709
16,793
(916)
(5%)
1.26
1.15
$47,067
$63,472
343
<10
<10
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--
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$10,552
$60,620
--
109,577
106,289
(3,288)
-3%
$ 37,746
$ 49,851
4,740
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At an aggregrate two-digit NAICS Code, the five largest indsutries by employment in EGR-7 are Government (NAICS 90),
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), Health Care and Social Assistance (NAICS 62), Retail Trade (NAICS 44-45), and Accomodation
and Food Services (NAICS 72).
With the exception of Healthcare and Social Assistance(NAICS 62), all five of the top industry sectors declined within the time
period indicated.
Retail Trade (NAICS 44-45) demonstrated the most significant loss in actual numbers, 3,751, representing a 24-percent loss in
jobs for this industry sector.
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) was second in number of jobs lost, 1,875, at a rate of 12-percent.
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services (NAICS 56) demonstrated the largest increase
in actual number of jobs, 1,630, followed by the Health Care and Social Assistance (NAICS 62) Industry with 1,299 new jobs.
Average Annual Earnings for a Hoosier male living in EGR-7 is $44,921 while a female makes an average of $29,799, both are
approximately 75-peprcent of the National Average for their gender.
Overall Average Earnings for a resident of EGR-7 is $37,746 which is 76-percent of the National Average of $49,851.
The location quotient is a measure of relative concentration of an industry’s presence in a given geographical region
compared to the United States. If the quotient is greater than one, the geography has a higher concentration (percentage of
employment) of that industry than the Nation as a whole. The location quotient measures concentration rather than
absolute size.
Utilities (NAICS 22) has the highest location quotient with 2.24, followed by Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) with a quotient of
1.81 and then Educational Services (NAICS 61) with a quotient of 1.77.
In addition to having the highest National Location Quotient, the Utilities Industry (NAICS 22) also pays the highest annual
earnings with $110,650 per worker followed by the related energy cluster industry of Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas
Extraction (NAICS 21) at $68,266 per worker.
Drilling down to the four-digit NAICS level provides insight into which specific industries are growing or declining the fastest. In
Tables 8 and 9 we review the Top 25 Fastest Growing and the Top 25 Fastest Declining Industries in Economic Growth Region-7.
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The Top 25 Fastest Growing Industries represented just over 15,200 jobs in 2001 and have grown by more than 50-percent
during the last decade to represent more than 23,200 jobs in 2011 or 22-percent of the Region’s total employment.
There are approximately 500 employers within these industries making up 10-percent of total business establishments in
EGR-7.
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Table 8: EGR - 7 Fastest Growing Industries Sorted by 4-Digit NAICS Codes
Jobs
NAICS
Code
6241
Description
Individual and Family Services
6214
Outpatient Care Centers
1120
Animal Production
5617
Services to Buildings and Dwellings
5311
Lessors of Real Estate
5613
Employment Services
5614
2001
275
Change
Location Quotients
2011 Earnings
2011
2011
1,002
Number
727
Percent
264%
2011
State
1.50
2011
National
1.09
Region
$29,437
Nation
$27,426
Establishments
32
16
79
793
714
904%
2.23
2.03
$70,573
$64,304
870
1,460
590
68%
1.62
2.07
$33,053
$25,932
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1,308
1,888
580
44%
0.94
0.87
$16,922
$20,899
118
832
1,374
542
65%
0.86
0.89
$20,040
$33,750
51
1,212
1,713
501
41%
0.72
0.96
$17,550
$35,197
19
Business Support Services
465
885
420
90%
1.71
1.30
$18,878
$35,419
16
6232
Residential Mental Retardation, Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Facilities
317
640
323
102%
1.92
1.70
$21,810
$31,168
31
3346
Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and
Optical Media
1,058
1,377
319
30%
25.21
79.63
$59,073
$99,450
1
2121
Coal Mining
6113
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
(Private)
3362
6111
208
509
301
145%
5.11
9.14
$100,955
$95,322
3
3,201
3,498
297
9%
2.96
3.27
$32,128
$46,166
3
Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing
768
1,057
289
38%
1.33
15.11
$44,686
$59,480
2
Elementary and Secondary Schools (Private)
201
474
273
136%
1.20
0.79
$31,852
$35,088
6
5239
Other Financial Investment Activities
184
382
198
108%
0.57
0.26
$21,974
$59,536
15
5313
Activities Related to Real Estate
501
698
197
39%
0.65
0.51
$15,461
$20,911
28
4529
Other General Merchandise Stores
1,163
1,353
190
16%
0.87
1.46
$22,075
$27,367
44
6243
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
418
598
180
43%
1.35
2.64
$21,037
$28,740
7
3327
Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut,
and Bolt Manufacturing
386
562
176
46%
1.31
2.59
$44,043
$58,657
24
4481
Clothing Stores
271
447
176
65%
0.81
0.61
$12,714
$20,973
33
1151
Support Activities for Crop Production
123
299
176
143%
2.00
1.03
$23,796
$26,052
5
3363
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
781
954
173
22%
0.68
3.59
$56,884
$72,814
8
5611
Office Administrative Services
6233
Community Care Facilities for the Elderly
3118
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing
3391
Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing
Total
98
259
161
164%
1.22
0.58
$26,365
$55,887
6
233
389
156
67%
0.84
0.80
$29,555
$29,002
6
47
203
156
332%
0.90
1.14
$40,804
$42,079
3
240
395
155
65%
0.64
2.05
$52,913
$84,115
8
15,239
23,209
7,970
52.30%
$37,746
$49,851
496
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Individual and Family Services (NAICS 6241) and Outpatient Care Centers (NAICS 6214) led the Region in creating jobs with
both adding more than 700 jobs. These two industries along with Residential Mental Retardation, Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Facilities (NAICS 6232), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (NAICS 6243) and Community Care Facilities for
the Elderly (NAICS 6233) demonstrate why the Health Care and Social Assistance industry sector had such strong growth
over the past decade.
Overall Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) demonstrated a loss in employment during 2001-2011, but six sub-sectors are included
within the top 25 Fastest Growing Industries and include Manufacturing and Reporducing Magnetic and Optical Media
(NAICS 3346), Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing (NAICS 3362), Machine Shops; Turned Product and Screw, Nut
and Bolt Manufacturing (NAICS 3327), Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (NAICS 3363), Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing
(NAICS 3113) and Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (NAICS 3391).
While 25 Fastest Growing Industries added nearly 8,000 jobs to the economy between 2001 and 2011, the 25 Fastest
Declining Industries reduced employment by 10,500 jobs during the same time period.
Declining Industries represent more than 1,000 employers.
Electronic Shopping and Mail Order Houses lost nearly 2,000 jobs between 2001 and 2011 resulting in the largest loss of jobs
in the Retail Trade (NAICS 44-45) industry with additional losses reported in Department Stores (NAICS 4521), Gasoline
Stations (NAICS 4471), Direct Selling Establishments (NAICS 4543) , Automobile Dealers (NAICS 4411), and Lawn and Garden
Equipment and Supplies Stores(NIACS 4442).
Industries that are declining should not be considered lost causes. The Plastic Products Manufacturing (NAICS 3261) lost over
1,000 jobs during the study period, but continues to have a strong presence in the Region with more than 2,700 jobs and a
National Location Quotient of 8.71.
Improvements in productivity and transition into new related markets might cause establishments to fluctuate in the number
of employees within an industry sector.
In Table 10: EGR-7 Occupations it is noted that more than one-third of the Region’s residents are employed within three
occupations, Office and Administrative Support (SOC 43), Sales and Related (SOC 41) and Production (SOC 51).
There are more than 5,000 occupational openings within the Region annually representing new job creation and openings
produced by retirement and termination of employment.
Average hourly wages for all Occupations across the Region is $16.27 per hour as compared to that of the State at $17.90 and
the Nation at $19.92.
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Table 9: EGR - 7 Declining Industries Sorted by 4-Digit NAICS Codes
Jobs
Change
Location Quotients
2011 Earnings
2011
NAICS
Code
4541
Description
Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses
2001
2,052
2011
134
Number
(1,918)
Percent
(93%)
2011
State
0.59
2011
National
0.57
Region
$13,688
Nation
$43,926
Establishments
2
3261
Plastics Product Manufacturing
3,765
2,710
(1,055)
(28%)
3.14
8.71
$60,237
$57,906
18
1110
Crop Production
2,366
1,553
(813)
(34%)
1.56
1.80
$33,519
$26,044
39
9029
State Government, Excluding Education and Hospitals
2,765
2,045
(720)
(26%)
2.21
1.47
$48,142
$65,976
90
6244
Child Day Care Services
1,219
680
(539)
(44%)
0.79
0.65
$13,634
$17,024
74
4521
Department Stores
1,664
1,127
(537)
(32%)
1.70
1.24
$22,195
$24,769
12
6221
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (Private)
3,709
3,234
(475)
(13%)
1.03
1.22
$57,301
$65,554
5
4471
Gasoline Stations
1,423
1,040
(383)
(27%)
1.63
2.00
$17,954
$22,859
105
4543
Direct Selling Establishments
1,165
800
(365)
(31%)
1.01
1.13
$7,290
$13,206
12
4411
Automobile Dealers
1,146
791
(355)
(31%)
1.02
1.12
$36,976
$53,596
47
3323
Architectural and Structural Metals Manufacturing
449
97
(352)
(78%)
0.30
0.48
$44,218
$57,184
8
3231
Printing and Related Support Activities
973
697
(276)
(28%)
1.34
2.19
$42,730
$50,882
26
7221
2,879
2,605
(274)
(10%)
0.91
0.94
$15,268
$19,836
138
951
686
(265)
(28%)
1.00
1.04
$28,343
$39,353
59
3251
Full-Service Restaurants
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior
Contractors
Basic Chemical Manufacturing
344
103
(241)
(70%)
1.18
1.18
$92,339
$115,204
3
3254
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
779
548
(231)
(30%)
1.13
3.22
$139,366
$133,835
3
3273
Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing
432
201
(231)
(53%)
1.99
1.95
$48,546
$59,410
10
2361
Residential Building Construction
1,011
788
(223)
(22%)
1.07
1.09
$35,724
$41,278
111
8134
Civic and Social Organizations
618
396
(222)
(36%)
0.92
1.57
$10,340
$19,223
55
9036
5,745
5,542
(203)
(4%)
1.06
1.08
$47,235
$55,403
55
837
669
(168)
(20%)
1.98
2.67
$115,145
$127,448
19
454
298
(156)
(34%)
0.79
0.83
$30,364
$59,212
14
8123
Education and Hospitals (Local Government)
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and
Distribution
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory
Publishers
Dry-cleaning and Laundry Services
358
204
(154)
(43%)
1.04
1.02
$29,978
$29,251
19
2382
Building Equipment Contractors
1,576
1,430
(146)
(9%)
1.03
1.13
$61,350
$56,175
93
4442
Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores
1.40
1.76
$32,928
$32,110
20
$37,746
$49,851
1,037
2381
2211
5111
Total
304
158
(146)
(48%)
38,984
28,536
-10,448
-26.8%
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Table 10: EGR-7 Occupations
SOC
Code
11-0000
Jobs
Change
2011
Annual Openings
2011 Average Hourly
Wage/Worker
Description
Management Occupations
2001
7,414
2011
7,261
Number
(153)
Percent
(2%)
National
LQ
1.01
EGR-7
278
National
558,350
EGR-7
$22.66
State
$28.54
National
$33.12
13-0000
Business and Financial Operations
Occupations
2,771
3,012
241
9%
0.52
160
491,480
$25.13
$26.91
$30.34
15-0000
Computer and Mathematical Occupations
17-0000
Architecture and Engineering Occupations
19-0000
Life, Physical, and Social Science
Occupations
21-0000
Community and Social Services
Occupations
23-0000
958
855
(103)
(11%)
0.37
33
158,455
$25.06
$29.61
$35.59
1,039
932
(107)
(10%)
0.58
57
124,767
$29.66
$30.88
$34.94
715
681
(34)
(5%)
0.58
49
122,529
$26.06
$26.60
$31.67
1,345
1,692
347
26%
1.14
117
119,058
$17.59
$18.83
$20.56
458
489
31
7%
0.55
25
55,976
$30.28
$34.62
$42.47
6,308
6,593
285
5%
1.17
274
424,710
$19.57
$20.09
$23.05
1,950
1,918
(32)
(2%)
0.62
113
289,151
$16.45
$16.87
$19.93
4,912
5,364
452
9%
1.08
260
396,637
$30.03
$31.92
$34.86
2,090
2,362
272
13%
0.84
113
216,690
$11.88
$12.39
$12.72
31-0000
Legal Occupations
Education, Training, and Library
Occupations
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and
Media
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
Occupations
Healthcare Support Occupations
33-0000
Protective Service Occupations
3,117
2,785
(332)
(11%)
1.41
139
171,811
$16.40
$17.07
$19.89
35-0000
Food Preparation and Serving Related
Occupations
8,447
8,235
(212)
(3%)
1.17
424
671,502
$9.05
$9.24
$10.04
37-0000
Building and Grounds Cleaning and
Maintenance
3,983
4,333
350
9%
1.00
194
330,685
$10.16
$11.09
$11.42
39-0000
Personal Care and Service Occupations
41-0000
45-0000
Sales and Related Occupations
Office and Administrative Support
Occupations
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations
47-0000
49-0000
25-0000
27-0000
29-0000
43-0000
51-0000
3,888
3,745
(143)
(4%)
0.80
235
479,558
$9.69
$10.28
$10.65
13,407
12,796
(611)
(5%)
0.92
609
1,207,274
$13.19
$15.45
$17.04
16,019
14,577
(1,442)
(9%)
0.99
483
871,077
$13.58
$14.74
$15.93
461
599
138
30%
0.81
59
76,305
$12.82
$12.29
$11.28
Construction and Extraction Occupations
5,633
5,307
(326)
(6%)
1.09
295
425,300
$17.49
$18.73
$18.39
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
Occupations
4,428
4,199
(229)
(5%)
1.16
178
252,984
$17.50
$19.13
$19.24
10,736
9,795
(941)
(9%)
1.74
539
433,953
$16.22
$16.51
$15.89
8,329
7,652
(677)
(8%)
1.25
341
473,242
$14.27
$15.26
$15.71
783
715
(68)
(9%)
0.57
32
83,656
$19.37
$19.72
$14.52
387
393
6
2%
0.82
23
34,618
$11.93
$12.75
$15.82
109,577
106,289
-3,288
-3%
5,032
8,469,769
$16.27
$17.90
$19.92
55-0000
Production Occupations
Transportation and Material Moving
Occupations
Military Occupations
99-0000
Unclassified Occupation
53-0000
Total
15
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