|
|
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|
Major
Employers
|
Number
of Employees
|
Product
|
|
The top employers of
Monroe County as of December 1999, according to the Monroe County Chamber
of Commerce.
|
|
Ormet
Primary Aluminum Corp.
|
1,500
|
Primary
aluminum
|
|
Ormet
Aluminum Mill Products
|
800
|
Rolled
aluminum
|
|
Woodsfield
Nursing & Rehab
|
100
|
Long
term care
|
|
Monroe
Manufacturing
|
25
|
Clothing
|
|
Native
Manufacturing
|
15
|
Wood
products
|
|
|
Number
of Workers
|
|
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
|
Civilian
Labor Force
|
6,100
|
6,100
|
6,000
|
5,900
|
5,800
|
|
Employment
|
5,400
|
5,500
|
5,400
|
5,300
|
5,200
|
|
Unemployment
|
700
|
600
|
500
|
600
|
500
|
|
Unemployment
Rate
|
11.0%
|
9.8%
|
8.9%
|
9.5%
|
9.4%
|
|
|
Employment
By Industrial Sector
|
|
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
|
All
Industry
|
4,837
|
5,025
|
5,027
|
5,011
|
5,058
|
5,159
|
|
Agriculture,
Forest, Fishing
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
|
Mining
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
|
Construction
|
136
|
138
|
173
|
162
|
170
|
173
|
|
Manufacturing
|
2,458
|
2,436
|
2,459
|
2,325
|
2,342
|
2,450
|
|
Transportation
& Utilities
|
80
|
80
|
102
|
103
|
109
|
104
|
|
Wholesale
& Retail Trade
|
530
|
614
|
646
|
663
|
638
|
701
|
|
Finance,
Insurance, Real Estate
|
119
|
139
|
133
|
156
|
156
|
133
|
|
Service
|
317
|
298
|
336
|
332
|
350
|
373
|
|
Government
|
909
|
903
|
874
|
881
|
892
|
888
|
|
|
Average
Weekly Earning By Industrial Sector
|
|
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
|
All
Industry
|
$511.19
|
$549.14
|
$548.83
|
$586.73
|
$576.38
|
$563.52
|
|
Agriculture,
Forest, Fishing
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
|
Mining
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
|
Construction
|
$403.56
|
$343.68
|
$394.90
|
$399.48
|
$471.49
|
$437.12
|
|
Manufacturing
|
$682.85
|
$699.96
|
$711.74
|
$784.78
|
$744.01
|
$741.26
|
|
Transportation
& Utilities
|
$366.67
|
$436.66
|
$379.46
|
$401.77
|
$443.90
|
$476.74
|
|
Wholesale
& Retail Trade
|
$239.96
|
$231.00
|
$231.95
|
$233.57
|
$254.65
|
$236.03
|
|
Finance,
Insurance, Real Estate
|
$279.59
|
$272.82
|
$314.52
|
$343.84
|
$358.89
|
$346.51
|
|
Service
|
$182.05
|
$195.98
|
$184.22
|
$201.10
|
$212.07
|
$215.13
|
|
Government
|
$384.67
|
$399.61
|
$394.45
|
$393.24
|
$402.70
|
$408.56
|
|
|
Education
|
|
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
|
|
| |
Nearest
Hospital
|
Barnesville
|
|
Woodsfield
Nursing Center
|
|
| |
Distance
|
19
Miles
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
100
|
| |
|
|
|
Location
|
Woodsfield
|
| |
|
|
|
Monroe
County Care Center
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
60
|
| |
|
|
|
Location
|
Woodsfield
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
Washington
|
Hampton Inn
|
Marietta
|
Hotel
|
|
$2,000,000
|
|
|
|
1998 -
Business Expansions and Attractions
|
|
County
|
Company
|
City
|
Product
|
Jobs
|
Investment
|
Square
Feet
|
|
Athens
|
Super 8 Motel
|
Athens
|
Hotel
|
|
$1,000,000
|
26,000
|
|
Athens
|
TS Trim
|
Athens
|
Auto Stampings
|
15
|
$6,000,000
|
53,000
|
|
Hocking
|
Rocky Shoes &
Boots
|
Green Twp
|
Footwear
|
45
|
$6,400,000
|
190,000
|
|
Washington
|
Amoco
|
Warren Twp
|
Plastic resins
|
4
|
$5,200,000
|
|
|
Washington
|
Broughton Foods
Co
|
Marietta
|
Dairy products
|
130
|
$16,100,000
|
70,000
|
|
Washington
|
Degussa Corp
|
Belpre Twp
|
Carbon Black
|
7
|
$7,000,000
|
|
|
Washington
|
Lee Middletown
Doll
|
Belpre
|
Collectibles
|
95
|
$2,800,000
|
56,000
|
|
Washington
|
Settlers Bank
|
Marietta
|
Bank
|
|
$1,200,000
|
12,000
|
|
Washington
|
Wetz Investments
|
Belpre
|
Speculative
distbtn
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
Washington
|
Wetz Investments
|
Belpre
|
Speculative
distbtn
|
|
|
54,000
|
|
|
1997 -
Business Expansions and Attractions
|
|
County
|
Company
|
City
|
Product
|
Jobs
|
Investment
|
Square
Feet
|
|
Athens
|
Hocking College
Mt Ldge
|
Nelsonville
|
Hotel
|
|
$4,500,000
|
|
|
Hocking
|
Metal Power
Specialists
|
Logan
|
Powdered Metal
Parts
|
|
$1,075,000
|
30,000
|
|
Noble
|
International
Converter
|
Caldwell
|
Laminated Foil
|
11
|
$2,500,000
|
25,000
|
|
Perry
|
Buckeye Ice Inc.
|
New Lexington
|
Ice
|
5
|
$1,000,000
|
13,500
|
|
Perry
|
Ferro Corp
|
Crooksville
|
Refractories
|
36
|
$1,500,000
|
25,600
|
|
Perry
|
ITT Automotive
|
Pike Twp
|
Auto Parts
|
6
|
$4,552,000
|
|
|
Perry
|
Myco Corp
|
Junction City
|
Plastics
|
|
|
48,500
|
|
Washington
|
Brooks Beverage
Mgmnt.
|
Belpre
|
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