PORTER COUNTY LABOR FORCE

Unemployment Rate Annual Average 2005:
4.7

  Annual Average 2005
Labor Force 80,314
Employed 76,553
Unemployed 3,761

BEA Annual Employment -
Porter County, IN: 2004

NAICS Industry Data
00 Total employment 70,666
00 Wage and salary employment 58,561
NA Proprietor's employment 12,105
00 Farm proprietors employment 483
00 Nonfarm proprietors employment
(see note 2/ below)
11,622
00 Farm employment 543
NA Nonfarm employment 70,123
00 Private employment 60,737
00 Forestry, fishing, related activities, and other (see note 3/ below) D
210000 Mining D
220000 Utilities D
230000 Construction 5,323
31-33 Manufacturing 9,185
420000 Wholesale trade 2,937
44-45 Retail Trade 8,425
48-49 Transportation and warehousing D
510000 Information 685
520000 Finance and insurance 2,091
530000 Real estate and rental and leasing 2,413
540000 Professional and technical services 3,297
550000 Management of companies and enterprises 115
560000 Administrative and waste services 3,247
610000 Educational services 3,190
620000 Health care and social assistance 5,585
710000 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1,248
720000 Accommodation and food services 5,433
810000 Other services, except public administration 4,698
00 Government and government enterprises 9,386
00 Federal, civilian 412
00 Military 495
00 State and local 8,479
00 State government 358
NA Local government 8,121

D = Not shown to avoid disclosure of confidential information, but the estimates for this item are included in the totals.
2/ = Excludes limited partners.
3/ = "Other" consists of the number of jobs held by U.S. residents employed by international organizations and foreign embassies and consulates in the United States.

Data source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
Provided by: Indiana Business Research Center, IU Kelley School of Business
Table produced by STATS Indiana

WORK/RESIDENCE PATTERNS
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2004
A STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Profile

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Porter County and work (implied resident labor force) 101,319
Number of persons who live AND work in Porter County 67,544
Total number of persons who work in Porter County (implied work force) 80,812

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Porter County but work outside the county 33,775
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Porter County 13,268

Top five counties sending workers INTO Porter County:

Lake County 5,955  
LaPorte County 3,805  
Jasper County 956  
Starke County 793  
Illinois 620  
Total of above 12,129 workers
( 15.0% of Porter County work force)

Top five counties receiving workers FROM Porter County:

Lake County 21,344  
Illinois 6,238  
LaPorte County 3,296  
Out of State 1,111  
St Joseph County 386  
Total of above 32,375 workers
( 32.0% of Porter County labor force)

All data is provided by Indiana Department of Revenue and
information produced by STATS Indiana
For more information visit /www.stats.indiana.edu/commtframe.html