Availability of Workers - Trade Area Labor Statistics - Our Future Workforce

Availability of Workers

Area Workforce

Harrison is the county seat of Boone County and the regional trade center for Boone County and portions of Newton, Searcy, Marion and Carroll Counties.

Population of Harrison:	13,000
Population of Boone County:	34,000
Population of Regional Trade Center:	70,000

Boone County Workforce Statistics

For updated labor statistics provided by the Arkansas Employment Security Department, click on:
http://www.state.ar.us/esd/LaborMarketInfo/AESD_labormarketinfo.htm

	Number of Employing Units	Covered Employment	Earnings	Weekly Earnings
Boone County Total	1,005	14,114	$331,167,915	$451.23
Manufacturing	71	2,961	$80,186,826	$520.79
Nonmanufacturing	934	11,153	$250,981,089	$432.76
Construction	95	667	$16,496,475	$475.62
Transportation and Public Utilities	72	1,550	$52,426,351	$650.45
Wholesale and Retail Trade	293	3,951	$68,763,919	$334.70
Wholesale Trade	63	1,176	$28,690,454	$469.17
Retail Trade	230	2,775	$40,073,465	$277.71
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate	76	503	$14,514,612	$554.92
Services	326	2,026	$38,709,604	$367.43
Local Government	46	1,872	$446,100,618	$458.28
State Government	19	539	$14,875,675	$530.74
Other nonmanufacturing	7	45	$583,835	$249.50

Information obtained from the Arkansas Employment Security Department
2000 - Annual Covered Employment and Earnings
Summary by County

December Boone County 2002 Labor Force Statistics

Civilian Labor Force:	14,625
Employed:	13,975
Unemployed:	650
Unemployment rate:	4.4%

Trade Area Labor Statistics

Newton County	1999	2000	2001	2002 Nov
Civilian Labor Force	2,925	2,975	2,925	2,975
Employment	2,750	2,825	2,725	2,825
Unemployment	175	150	200	150
Unemployment Rate	5.9	5.2	6.7	5.4
Carroll County	1999	2000	2001	2002 Nov
Civilian Labor Force	11,625	11,625	11,400	11,575
Employment	11,100	11,125	10,925	11,200
Unemployment	525	500	475	375
Unemployment Rate	4.5	4.3	4.2	3.2
Searcy County	1999	2000	2001	2002 Nov
Civilian Labor Force	2,950	2,950	2,850	2,900
Employment	2,725	2,800	2,700	2,800
Unemployment	225	150	150	100
Unemployment Rate	7.4	5.2	5.0	3.7
Marion County	1999	2000	2001	2002 Nov
Civilian Labor Force	6,125	6,225	6,200	6,225
Employment	5,925	6,050	5,850	5,950
Unemployment	200	175	350	275
Unemployment Rate	3.1	2.7	5.6	4.4

Total Workforce Including Boone County November 2002
	Civilian Labor Force		38,425
	Employment		36,925
	Unemployment		1,500

In addition, our community continues to grow as people move to the area for the wonderful quality of life available here. The following graph shows the expected growth of the workforce for Boone County through 2010.

Our Future Workforce

	1990	2000	2010
White	27,930	33,330	36,360
Black	20	40	40
Native American	17	23	25
Asian Pacific	40	120	170
Hispanic	170	360	610
Total	28,177	33,873	37,205

Information provided by Woods & Poole Economics, Washington D. C

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