Knox County Has shrunk in Terms of Ownership of Real Estate by 1.9%, From 2000 to 2010, According to the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Illinois

Category: Knox County, IL

Recently reported by the 2010 Census, Knox County, Illinois decreased in number of total housing units by 360, or 2%, (since the 2000), while the State of Illinois increased in total housing units by 411,100, or 8%.

Compared against the United States, Knox County has a medium amount of unoccupied residential properties. 2,542, or 10.6%, are reported as unoccupied units in Knox County, Illinois. Within the 2,542 vacant properties, 12.9% are listed to be sold, while 24.2% are reported as being listed for rented.

Between 2000 and 2010, residential properties occupied by owners in Knox County have decreased by 1.9%. Reported in the 2010 Census, there were 15,003 (69.7%) owner-occupied units, while 6,532 (30.3%) residential properties were being rented. Knox County has a smaller portion of rental units than the State of Illinois, which reportedly had 32.5% of the housing units rented.

When compared to all counties across the US, Knox County has a medium level of homes that are owned by minorities. 5.9% are owned by minorities in Knox County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Illinois 20.9% of residential real estate is minority-owned.

Native Hawaiian rented the most often, of all race\ethnic groups, in Knox County. 66.7% the Native Hawaiian Census group reportedly were renters in 2010.

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 Knox County, Illinois, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 12 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Illinois

Category: Knox County, IL

In Knox County, Illinois, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 12 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Given the 92 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 37 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 49 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

The wired telecommunications carriers industry has added the most employment with 104 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in wired telecommunications carriers makes up 9.9% percent of the total number of new jobs in Knox County, Illinois for the years between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Wired telecommunications carriers (+104)
2. General medical and surgical hospitals (+103)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (+99)
4. Home health care services (+91)
5. Department stores (+86)

Given the industries in the area, the employment services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 512 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in employment services make up 22.7% percent of the total employment decline in Knox County, Illinois for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Employment services (-512)
2. Depository credit intermediation (-319)
3. Alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers (-170)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (-160)
5. Executive, legislative and general government (-117)

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