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Major
Employers
|
Number
of Employees
|
Product
|
|
The top employers of
Morgan County as of December 1999, according to the Morgan County Chamber
of Commerce.
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Tomkins
Industries
|
425
|
Wood
Windows
|
|
AEP
Power Plant
|
298
|
Electric
Utility
|
|
Morgan
Local Schools
|
294
|
Education
|
|
Gould
Electronics
|
250
|
Copper
Foil
|
|
Glacier-Clevite
|
241
|
Heavy
Wall Bearings
|
|
Central
Ohio Coal
|
217
|
Coal
|
|
Mark
Rest Center
|
185
|
Nursing
Home
|
|
Ohio
National Guard
|
83
|
National
Defense
|
|
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Number
of Workers
|
|
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
|
Civilian
Labor Force
|
4,900
|
4,900
|
4,900
|
4,700
|
4,500
|
|
Employment
|
4,200
|
4,300
|
4,200
|
4,000
|
3,900
|
|
Unemployment
|
700
|
600
|
700
|
700
|
600
|
|
Unemployment
Rate
|
14.7%
|
12.4%
|
13.4%
|
14.3%
|
12.4%
|
|
|
Employment
By Industrial Sector
|
|
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
|
All
Industry
|
4,058
|
3,775
|
3,798
|
3,648
|
3,779
|
3,765
|
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Agriculture,
Forest, Fishing
|
na
|
na
|
15
|
17
|
16
|
na
|
|
Mining
|
na
|
na
|
245
|
282
|
288
|
na
|
|
Construction
|
195
|
205
|
217
|
225
|
249
|
311
|
|
Manufacturing
|
1,107
|
1,052
|
1,007
|
940
|
1,002
|
932
|
|
Transportation
& Utilities
|
442
|
448
|
449
|
419
|
416
|
398
|
|
Wholesale
& Retail Trade
|
517
|
545
|
616
|
619
|
625
|
655
|
|
Finance,
Insurance, Real Estate
|
78
|
83
|
83
|
87
|
90
|
90
|
|
Service
|
561
|
433
|
428
|
415
|
434
|
427
|
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Government
|
630
|
637
|
660
|
645
|
660
|
644
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Average
Weekly Earning By Industrial Sector
|
|
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
|
All
Industry
|
$474.96
|
$498.04
|
$483.31
|
$513.53
|
$523.83
|
$553.92
|
|
Agriculture,
Forest, Fishing
|
na
|
na
|
$219.37
|
$232.32
|
$257.63
|
na
|
|
Mining
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
$891.57
|
$968.15
|
na
|
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Construction
|
$662.88
|
$657.60
|
$654.37
|
$652.38
|
$662.82
|
$737.89
|
|
Manufacturing
|
$471.97
|
$534.47
|
$513.62
|
$558.51
|
$562.36
|
$583.74
|
|
Transportation
& Utilities
|
$789.10
|
$825.71
|
$834.21
|
$928.09
|
$924.14
|
$976.36
|
|
Wholesale
& Retail Trade
|
$220.69
|
$220.62
|
$226.44
|
$229.36
|
$228.77
|
$238.17
|
|
Finance,
Insurance, Real Estate
|
$291.06
|
$297.85
|
$317.63
|
$330.80
|
$358.33
|
$363.73
|
|
Service
|
$242.82
|
$244.03
|
$263.77
|
$277.07
|
$290.58
|
$280.37
|
|
Government
|
$382.45
|
$396.45
|
$392.64
|
$421.08
|
$428.18
|
$442.61
|
|
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Education
|
|
Post-Secondary:
|
Hocking
Technical College
|
|
|
Type:
|
2
Year Associates Degree
|
|
|
Location:
|
Nelsonville
|
|
|
Enrolled:
|
4,600
|
|
Post-Secondary:
|
Ohio
University
|
|
|
Type:
|
4
Year
|
|
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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
|
|
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Health
Care
|
|
Hospitals
|
|
Nursing
Homes
|
|
|
|
Nearest
Hospital
|
Zanesville
|
|
Mark
Rest Center
|
|
|
Distance
|
27
Miles
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
151
|
|
|
|
|
|
Location
|
McConnelsville
|
|
|
|
|
|
Morgan
County Care Rest
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
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Location
|
Malta
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parmiter
Nursing Homes
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number
of Beds
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
Location
|
Malta
|
|
|
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
|
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