PORTER COUNTY LABOR FORCE

Unemployment Rate Annual Average 2005:
4.7

  Annual Average 2007
Labor Force 82,500
Employed 79,316
Unemployed 3,184

BEA Annual Employment -
Porter County, IN: 2006

NAICS Industry Data
00 Total employment 74,839
00 Wage and salary employment 61,163
NA Proprietor's employment 13,676
00 Farm proprietors employment 482
00 Nonfarm proprietors employment
(see note 2/ below)
13,194
00 Farm employment 556
NA Nonfarm employment 74,283
00 Private employment 64,657
00 Forestry, fishing, related activities, and other (see note 3/ below) D
210000 Mining D
220000 Utilities D
230000 Construction 6,400
31-33 Manufacturing 9,080
420000 Wholesale trade 3,318
44-45 Retail Trade 8,635
48-49 Transportation and warehousing D
510000 Information 684
520000 Finance and insurance 2,306
530000 Real estate and rental and leasing 2,696
540000 Professional and technical services 3,463
550000 Management of companies and enterprises 161
560000 Administrative and waste services 3,456
610000 Educational services 3,310
620000 Health care and social assistance 5,837
710000 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1,236
720000 Accommodation and food services 5,789
810000 Other services, except public administration 5,115
00 Government and government enterprises 9,626
00 Federal, civilian 419
00 Military 496
00 State and local 8,711
00 State government 369
NA Local government 8,342

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 2006
A STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Profile

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Porter County and work (implied resident labor force) 103,805
Number of persons who live AND work in Porter County 68,933
Total number of persons who work in Porter County (implied work force) 83,258

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Porter County but work outside the county 34,872
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Porter County 14,325

Top five counties sending workers INTO Porter County:

Lake County 6,425  
LaPorte County 4085  
Jasper County 1046  
Starke County 756  
Illinois 817  
Total of above 13,129 workers
( 15.8% of Porter County work force)

Top five counties receiving workers FROM Porter County:

Lake County 21,861  
Illinois 6,782  
LaPorte County 3,338  
Out of State 1,101  
Jasper 436  
Total of above 33,518 workers
( 32.3% 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