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NOTE: Beginning October 2002, all Covered Employment and Wages publications are based on the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). All previous publications were based on the former Standard Industry Classification (SIC) system. Because of industry code changes between years, there may be substantial employment and wage shifts among industries.

More Details Follow the links below for approximate workforce and population data within a 25 and 40-mile radius of communities with available industrial sites and buildings in Portage County.

Portage County, Ohio – Employment Trends – Civilian Labor Force Estimates
Portage County LMI	County 2007	County 2008	County 2009	County 2010	County 2011	State 2011
Civilian Labor Force	91,000	92,700	92,500	91,300	91,000	5,806,000
Employment	86,100	86,900	83,400	82,400	83,500	5,305,000
Unemployment	4,900	5,800	9,100	8,900	7,600	501,000
Unemployment Rate	5.4%	6.3%	9.8%	9.8%	8.3%	8.6%
Source: Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services - Bureau of Labor Market Information.


Portage County -- Civilian Labor Force Estimates for 2011 & 2012
Month / Year	Civilian Labor Force	Employment	Unemployment	Unemployment Rate
June - 2011	91,200	83,400	7,900	8.6%
July - 2011	91,800	83,800	8,000	8.7%
August - 2011	91,300	84,000	7,300	8.0%
September - 2011	90,800	83,800	7,100	7.8%
October - 2011	91,800	84,900	6,900	7.5%
November - 2011	90,600	84,500	6,100	6.7%
December - 2011	90,300	83,800	6,500	7.2%
January - 2012	89,200	81,700	7,500	8.4%
February - 2012	89,900	82,400	7,500	8.3%
March - 2012	89,600	82,700	7,000	7.8%
April - 2012	89,800	83,700	6,200	6.9%
May - 2012	89,900	84,200	5,700	6.3%
June - 2012	90,500	84,500	6,000	6.6%
Source: Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services - Bureau of Labor Market Information.


Portage County, Ohio - Employment by Industrial Sector
LMI (Covered Employment)	Number of Establishments 2009	All Employment 2009	Average Annual Wage 2009
All Industries Private Sector	3,113	37,105	$33,685
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting	20	178	$22,629
Mining	31	341	$60,036
Construction	396	1,732	$40,658
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)	285	9,171	$48,111
Service-Providing	-	-	-
Wholesale Trade	218	2,569	$52,970
Retail Trade	420	5,846	$21,569
Information	51	325	$40,444
Financial and Insurance	142	745	$38,681
Real estate / Rental & leasing	122	561	$29,417
Administrative and waste services	186	1,160	$27,209
Health care and social assistance	221	3,885	$28,703
Arts, entertainment and recreation	55	779	$15,767
Accommodation and food services	275	4,722	$11,950
Other services, except public admin.	272	1,429	$22,345
Source: Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services - Bureau of Labor Market Information.

Portage County, Ohio – Top 25 Employers
No.	Name of Employer	Community	Number of Employees
1	Kent State University	Kent	3,150
2	Robinson Memorial Hospital	Ravenna	1,537
3	Portage County Government	Ravenna	1,089
4	GE Lighting, Inc.	Ravenna	600
5	Kent City School District	Kent	585
6	Step II Corporation	Streetsboro	500
7	Ravenna City School District	Ravenna	499
8	St. Gobain	Aurora, Mantua, Ravenna	475
9	McMaster Carr Supply Company	Aurora	453
10	Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)	Rootstown	400
11	Hattie Larlham Foundation	Mantua	359
12	Hiram College	Hiram	350
13	Davey Tree Expert Company	Kent	350
14	Soft-Lite Windows, Inc.	Streetsboro	343
15	The Press of Ohio/Hess Printing	Brimfield	342
16	Parker Hannifin	Ravenna, Kent	340
17	East Manufacturing	Randolph	280
18	Automated Packaging	Streetsboro	270
19	Delta Systems, Inc.	Streetsboro	252
20	Paris Companies	Ravenna	249
21	Commercial Turf Products	Streetsboro	240
22	PartsSource	Aurora	235
23	USA Instruments/GE	Aurora	231
24	Technical Consumer Products (TCP, Inc.)	Aurora	230
25	Deluxe Business Systems	Streetsboro	225
Source: Portage County Enterprise Zone Agreements, Harris InfoSource Book, Greater Akron Chamber and company web sites.