Ford County Has Deteriorated in Ownership Residential Property by 0.6%, According to the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Illinois

Category: Ford County, IL

Recently reported by the 2010 Census, Ford County, Illinois decreased in number of total housing units by 222, or 4%, since 2000. During the same period, the State of Illinois increased in residential properties by 411,100, or 8%.

Measured against the United States, Ford County has a very low amount of unoccupied real estate units. 606, or 9.6%, of properties are currently vacant in Ford County, Illinois. Of the 606 vacant housing units, 19.3% are for sale on the real estate market, while 15.5% are listed in the rental market.

Between 2000 and 2010, residential properties occupied by owners in Ford County have decreased by 0.6%. As reported in the 2010 Census, there were 4,293 (75.6%) owner-occupied housing units, while there were 1,383 (24.4%) units were rented. Ford County has a smaller amount of rentals than the State of Illinois, which the Census reported had 32.5% of the housing units occupied by renters.

Compared to counties in the US, Ford County has a very low level of residential real estate that is minority-owned. 1.9% of housing units are owned by minorities in Ford County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Illinois 20.9% of owner-occupied units are owned by minorities.

American Indian is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Ford County. 55.6% the American Indian Census group reported renting in the 2010 Census.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Ford County, Illinois, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 275 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Illinois

Category: Ford County, IL

In Ford County, Illinois, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 275 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Out of the 44 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 18 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 24 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the grocery stores industry has grown the most with 151 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in grocery stores makes up 42.1% percent of the total employment growth in Ford County, Illinois between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Grocery stores (+151)
2. Elementary and secondary schools (+52)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (+34)
4. Utility system construction (+20)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (+19)

The cement and concrete product manufacturing industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 95 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in cement and concrete product manufacturing make up 22.5% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Ford County, Illinois for the years between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (-95)
2. Automobile dealers (-48)
3. Limitedservice eating places (-37)
4. Building equipment contractors (-34)
5. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (-32)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).