Ashland County, Ohio  Labor Force Characteristics
Civilian Labor Force (Source Ohio LM)	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Unemployment Rate (for month & year use most recent information available and seasonally adjusted annual average	4.10%	4.10%	4.10%	4.50%	6.50%	7.20%	6.90%	6.20%	5.80%
Non-Agricultural Employment Reported by Place of Work (Information provided by Ohio Labor Market Information-this data only covers employees covered under the unemployment compensation law)	Total Number Employed				Percentage of Total Employed Persons
	2000	2003 Est.	1995	5 Yr. Projection	2000	2003 est.	1995	5 Yr. Projection
Mining	34	23	0	N/A	0.10%	0.13%	0	N/A
Construction	690	572	472		3.50%	3.13%	2.50%
Manufacturing	6,643	4,853	7,128		34.70%	26.50%	38.20%
Transportation & Public Utilities	357	339	295		1.80%	1.85%	1.60%
Wholesale and Retail Trade	3,979	2,503	3,607		20.40%	13.68%	19.30%
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	379	486	429		1.90%	2.66%	2.30%
Service	4,598	6,241	3,955		23.60%	34.11%	21.20%
Government	2,835	3,012	2,559		14.50%	16.46%	13.70%
Total	19,510	18,299	18,659
Resident Employment Reported by Group Occupation	2000	1990
Executive	2,560	1,851
Professional	3,681	2,494
Technician	N/A	618
Sales	2,462	1,922
Administrative/Clerical	3,039	2,598
Service	3,274	2,590
Farming and Forestry	331	1,188
Precision Production	N/A	2,792
Machine Operators	N/A	3,119
Transportation & Public Utilities	N/A	1,060
Laborers/Handlers	N/A	1,359
Private Household	N/A	97
Protected Service	N/A	374
Employed Residents Working in 2000	Number	Percent
Outside the County of Residence	N/A	32.20%
Commute Times (Source: 2000 census)	Number	Percent
Less than 15 Minutes	11,999	47.10%
15-29 Minutes	6,989	29.30%
Over 30 Minutes	5,590	23.40%
Mean Travel Time (Minutes)	20.3
Labor Participation Rate (Source: 2000 census)	Percentage
Male	54.7
Female	45.30%
Total	100.00%
Education & Labor Force (Source:  publicschoolreview.com)	2006 Enrollment	Graduation Rate
High School (Public/Private) Total:	2418	Approximently 92%
Alternative High School	50	88%
Ashland High School	1242	88%
Hillsdale High School	396	98%
Loudonville-Perrysville High School	416	91%
Mapleton High School	314	95%
High School Students Enrolling in College
Community College (Full-Time)	1,004
Four Year University (Full-Time)	2,117
Military Presence	Civilian Employment		Military Personnel		Annual Number of Military Personnel Discharge			Number of Military Dependents
Names of Installations	N/A		N/A		N/A			N/A
Data Compiled by the Ashland Area Council for Economic Development Updated 2006