|
|
|
|
Major
Employers
|
Number
of Employees
|
Product
|
|
The top employers of Meigs County as of
December 1999, according to the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce.
|
|
Southern
Ohio Coal Company
|
825
|
Coal
|
|
County
School Districts
|
403
|
Education
|
|
County
of Meigs
|
280
|
Government
|
|
Veterans
Memorial Hospital
|
145
|
Health
Care
|
|
Overbrook
Center
|
130
|
Long
Term Care
|
|
Rocksprings
Rehabilitation Center
|
120
|
Long
Term Care
|
|
Vaughan's
IGA
|
75
|
Groceries
|
|
The
Kroger Company
|
71
|
Groceries
|
|
Imperial
Electric Company
|
55
|
Electric
Motors
|
|
Farmer's
Bank & Savings Co.
|
50
|
Financial
Services
|
|
McDonald's
|
49
|
Food
Service
|
|
PAMIDA
|
40
|
Department
Store
|
|
Wendy's
|
40
|
Food
Service
|
|
People's
Bank
|
31
|
Financial
Services
|
|
Facemyer
Lumber Co.
|
27
|
Lumber
|
|
|
Number
of Workers
|
|
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
|
Civilian
Labor Force
|
8,600
|
8,600
|
8,500
|
8,500
|
8,400
|
|
Employment
|
7,700
|
7,700
|
7,600
|
7,500
|
7,500
|
|
Unemployment
|
900
|
900
|
900
|
1,000
|
900
|
|
Unemployment
Rate
|
11.0%
|
10.3%
|
10.7%
|
11.5%
|
10.5%
|
|
|
Employment
By Industrial Sector
|
|
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
|
All
Industry
|
4,515
|
4,630
|
4,750
|
4,811
|
4,948
|
5,000
|
|
Agriculture,
Forest, Fishing
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
|
Mining
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
|
Construction
|
272
|
260
|
276
|
288
|
329
|
312
|
|
Manufacturing
|
192
|
188
|
181
|
199
|
186
|
171
|
|
Transportation
& Utilities
|
89
|
87
|
71
|
66
|
69
|
80
|
|
Wholesale
& Retail Trade
|
1,086
|
1,034
|
1,075
|
1,105
|
1,109
|
1,122
|
|
Finance,
Insurance, Real Estate
|
139
|
140
|
146
|
157
|
160
|
174
|
|
Service
|
755
|
826
|
885
|
838
|
846
|
826
|
|
Government
|
1,080
|
1,084
|
1,087
|
1,107
|
1,134
|
1,126
|
|
|
Average
Weekly Earning By Industrial Sector
|
|
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
|
All
Industry
|
$412.19
|
$430.71
|
$420.44
|
$448.24
|
$468.64
|
$498.28
|
|
Agriculture,
Forest, Fishing
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
|
Mining
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
|
Construction
|
$488.28
|
$420.14
|
$433.47
|
$451.64
|
$497.78
|
$516.55
|
|
Manufacturing
|
$364.28
|
$378.77
|
$416.47
|
$451.96
|
$456.77
|
$505.98
|
|
Transportation
& Utilities
|
$483.68
|
$516.31
|
$583.56
|
$579.47
|
$580.29
|
$539.66
|
|
Wholesale
& Retail Trade
|
$221.34
|
$231.87
|
$228.49
|
$250.01
|
$260.86
|
$270.63
|
|
Finance,
Insurance, Real Estate
|
$350.18
|
$354.30
|
$375.91
|
$383.61
|
$393.87
|
$403.98
|
|
Service
|
$265.15
|
$277.94
|
$300.53
|
$306.65
|
$285.54
|
$296.42
|
|
Government
|
$342.80
|
$348.52
|
$358.41
|
$365.00
|
$370.63
|
$392.46
|
|
|
Education
|
|
Post-Secondary:
|
Hocking
Technical College
|
|
|
Type:
|
2
Year Associates Degree
|
|
|
Location:
|
Nelsonville
|
|
|
Enrolled:
|
4,600
|
|
Post-Secondary:
|
Ohio
University
|
|
|
Type:
|
4
Year
|
|
|
Location:
|
Athens
|
|
|
Enrolled:
|
19,155
Main Campus
|
|
|
|
8,275
Satellite Campuses
|
|
Post-Secondary:
|
Marietta
College
|
|
|
Type:
|
4
Year
|
|
|
Location:
|
Marietta
|
|
|
Enrolled:
|
1,215
|
|
Post-Secondary:
|
Washington
State Community College
|
|
|
Type:
|
2
Year Associates Degree
|
|
|
Location:
|
Marietta
|
|
|
Enrolled:
|
4600
|
|
|
Health
Care
|
|
Hospitals
|
|
Nursing
Homes
|
|
|
|
Veterans
Memorial Hospital
|
|
Overbrook
Care Center
|
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
60
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
100
|
|
|
Location
|
Pomeroy
|
|
Location
|
Middleport
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rocksprings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
100
|
|
|
|
|
|
Location
|
Pomeroy
|
|
|
|
|
|
Veterans
Memorial Hospital
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
40
|
|
|
|
|
|
Location
|
Pomeroy
|
|
|
1999 -
Business Expansions and Attractions
|
|
County
|
Company
|
City
|
Product
|
Jobs
|
Investment
|
Square
Feet
|
|
Athens
|
DEPS
|
Nelsonville
|
Data Entry
|
100
|
|
|
|
Athens
|
Holiday Inn
|
Athens
|
Hotel
|
|
$10,000,000
|
|
|
Athens
|
Sunpower Inc.
|
Athens
|
Cryocooler
|
31
|
$1,300,000
|
|
|
Hocking
|
Norse Dairy
Systems
|
Logan
|
Sandwich Wafers
|
66
|
$5,800,000
|
40,000
|
|
Noble
|
Greif Brothers
|
Olive Twp
|
Steel Drums
|
25
|
$6,000,000
|
30,000
|
|
Washington
|
Alliance
Industries
|
Marietta
|
Sewage Treatment
|
40
|
$2,000,000
|
45,000
|
|
Washington
|
Eclipse Blind
Systems
|
Warren Twp
|
Vertical Blind
|
31
|
$1,200,000
|
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