Labor Market Area

Owensboro
Daviess County


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, 2006			Future Labor: Becoming 18 Years of Age (2007-2010)
	Total	Unemployed	Potential Labor Supply	Future Labor: Becoming 18 Years of Age (2007-2010)
Labor Market Area	14,861	12,957	1,904	26,346
Daviess County	2,554	2,536	18	5,325

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
	2006	Jan. 2008	2006	Jan. 2008
Civilian Labor Force	47,413	47,538	245,368	241,140
Employed	44,877	45,041	232,411	228,574
Unemployed	2,536	2,497	12,957	12,566
Unemployment Rate (%)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2

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


	Unemployment Rate (%)

Year	Daviess County	Labor Market Area	Kentucky	U.S.
2002	5.6	5.2	5.7	5.8
2003	6.1	5.6	6.3	6.0
2004	5.4	5.3	5.5	5.5
2005	5.9	5.6	6	5.1
2006	5.3	5.3	5.7	4.6

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, Journey-To-Work & Migration Statistics Branch.


	Average Weekly Wage, 2006

	Daviess County	Kentucky (Statewide)	U.S.	Ohio
All Industries	$594	$677	$818	$742
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	438	549	1,504	456
Mining	832	1,071	1,504	1,123
Construction	613	717	853	811
Manufacturing	806	874	990	962
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities	584	633	716	663
Information	668	753	1235	918
Financial Activities	669	880	1321	978
Services	466	585	720	653
Public Administration	697	743	936	890
Other	396	818	772	598

	Indiana	Illinois	Tennessee	Virginia
All Industries	$703	$878	$722	$847
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	518	541	512	485
Mining	1,064	1,097	1,095	1,030
Construction	810	1,058	771	812
Manufacturing	961	1,013	861	886
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities	622	776	703	678
Information	788	1,118	943	1,398
Financial Activities	888	1,447	1,030	1,169
Services	588	777	636	813
Public Administration	703	956	734	1,142
Other	524	776	892	808