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Labor Market Area

Labor market counties are composed of counties which significantly exist within the sixty (60) minute drive range of the originating county’s county seat. A county will be included within the radius if the centroid point of a county (a point representing the center of the geographic area of a county) falls within the drive zone. Additionally, all contiguous counties will be classified as part of the labor market with the exception of non-Kentucky contiguous counties which have been excluded by the above mentioned 60-minute drive range and have a border with the Mississippi and/or Ohio Rivers.


	Total Available Labor

	Available Labor, 2010			Future Labor: Becoming 18 Years of Age (2011-2014)
	Total	Unemployed	Potential Labor Supply	Future Labor: Becoming 18 Years of Age (2011-2014)
Labor Market Area	23,902	22,508	1,394	25,674
Daviess County	4,528	4,528	N/A	5,201

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development (KCED); U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
Note: Total Available Labor = Unemployed + Potential Labor Supply.
Unemployed - people currently not employed, but actively seeking work.
Potential Labor Supply: Determined by the national labor force participation rate minus each county’s labor force participation rate. Labor force participation rates are calculated by dividing the labor force by the population. NA (Not Applicable) applies to counties with a labor force participation rate greater than the national average.
Future Labor - people becoming 18 years of age (not part of the total available labor statistics).


	Civilian Labor Force

	Daviess County		Labor Market Area
	2010	Dec. 2011	2010	Dec. 2011
Civilian Labor Force	49,135	48,527	246,467	246,157
Employed	44,607	44,986	223,959	227,421
Unemployed	4,528	3,541	22,508	18,736
Unemployment Rate (%)	9.2	7.3	9.1	7.6

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.


	Unemployment Rate (%)

Year	Daviess County	Labor Market Area	Kentucky	U.S.
2006	5.3	5.3	5.7	4.6
2007	4.9	4.9	5.5	4.6
2008	5.7	5.7	6.4	5.8
2009	9.5	9.1	10.5	9.3
2010	9.2	9.1	10.5	9.6

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.


	Commuting Patterns

Residents of Daviess County	2000	Percent
Working and Residing In County	36,476	86.2
Commuting Out of County	5,822	13.8
Total Residents	42,298	100.0
Employees in Daviess County
Working and Residing In County	36,476	84.0
Commuting Into County	6,946	16.0
Total Employees	43,422	100.0

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.


	Average Weekly Wage, 2010

	Daviess County	Kentucky (Statewide)	U.S.	Ohio
All Industries	$666	$745	$899	$804
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	652	590	515	514
Mining	1,124	1,298	1,742	1,264
Construction	713	838	951	904
Manufacturing	901	955	1,108	1,025
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities	656	688	768	712
Information	711	803	1,388	1,017
Financial Activities	765	994	1,419	1,068
Services	511	660	809	727
Public Administration	731	804	1,046	995
Other	322	948	972	628

	Indiana	Illinois	Tennessee	Virginia
All Industries	$755	$952	$799	$955
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	586	598	526	526
Mining	1,182	1,285	1,226	1,271
Construction	951	1,126	838	899
Manufacturing	1,046	1,141	998	1,008
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities	667	817	759	728
Information	857	1,214	1,031	1,465
Financial Activities	945	1,567	1,145	1,238
Services	647	861	722	938
Public Administration	782	1,100	787	1,328
Other	637	801	1,299	763

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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