"Ohio Employment by County: 2000 vs. 2017" "County","2000 Jobs","2000 Percent of State Total","2017 Jobs","2017 Percent of State Total","2000-2017 Net Percent Change","2000-2017 Net Change","2000-2017 Share (%) of State Change","Share Shift" "Adams","11,964","0.18","10,642","0.15","-11.05","-1,322","-0.67","-0.02" "Allen","72,973","1.07","63,903","0.91","-12.43","-9,070","-4.57","-0.16" "Ashland","27,529","0.41","26,320","0.38","-4.39","-1,209","-0.61","-0.03" "Ashtabula","49,092","0.72","42,516","0.61","-13.40","-6,576","-3.31","-0.11" "Athens","27,817","0.41","32,205","0.46","15.77","4,388","2.21","0.05" "Auglaize","25,164","0.37","27,816","0.40","10.54","2,652","1.34","0.03" "Belmont","31,571","0.47","31,295","0.45","-0.87","-276","-0.14","-0.02" "Brown","15,342","0.23","14,113","0.20","-8.01","-1,229","-0.62","-0.02" "Butler","162,174","2.39","204,476","2.93","26.08","42,302","21.31","0.54" "Carroll","12,090","0.18","10,856","0.16","-10.21","-1,234","-0.62","-0.02" "Champaign","17,016","0.25","15,576","0.22","-8.46","-1,440","-0.73","-0.03" "Clark","72,418","1.07","62,106","0.89","-14.24","-10,312","-5.19","-0.18" "Clermont","73,686","1.09","85,122","1.22","15.52","11,436","5.76","0.13" "Clinton","30,653","0.45","23,456","0.34","-23.48","-7,197","-3.62","-0.12" "Columbiana","48,011","0.71","42,431","0.61","-11.62","-5,580","-2.81","-0.10" "Coshocton","20,667","0.30","15,746","0.23","-23.81","-4,921","-2.48","-0.08" "Crawford","23,436","0.35","18,309","0.26","-21.88","-5,127","-2.58","-0.08" "Cuyahoga","966,308","14.23","927,994","13.28","-3.96","-38,314","-19.30","-0.95" "Darke","28,490","0.42","27,029","0.39","-5.13","-1,461","-0.74","-0.03" "Defiance","24,365","0.36","20,932","0.30","-14.09","-3,433","-1.73","-0.06" "Delaware","54,876","0.81","126,740","1.81","130.96","71,864","36.19","1.01" "Erie","50,389","0.74","47,839","0.68","-5.06","-2,550","-1.28","-0.06" "Fairfield","51,705","0.76","64,608","0.92","24.96","12,903","6.50","0.16" "Fayette","14,714","0.22","15,035","0.22","2.18","321","0.16","0.00" "Franklin","852,561","12.56","980,361","14.03","14.99","127,800","64.37","1.47" "Fulton","27,619","0.41","24,905","0.36","-9.83","-2,714","-1.37","-0.05" "Gallia","16,521","0.24","15,537","0.22","-5.96","-984","-0.50","-0.02" "Geauga","47,924","0.71","55,702","0.80","16.23","7,778","3.92","0.09" "Greene","88,052","1.30","101,380","1.45","15.14","13,328","6.71","0.15" "Guernsey","20,533","0.30","21,179","0.30","3.15","646","0.33","0.00" "Hamilton","671,330","9.89","652,772","9.34","-2.76","-18,558","-9.35","-0.55" "Hancock","53,007","0.78","56,413","0.81","6.43","3,406","1.72","0.03" "Hardin","13,550","0.20","12,287","0.18","-9.32","-1,263","-0.64","-0.02" "Harrison","5,635","0.08","6,004","0.09","6.55","369","0.19","0.00" "Henry","15,445","0.23","15,308","0.22","-0.89","-137","-0.07","-0.01" "Highland","16,556","0.24","16,692","0.24","0.82","136","0.07","0.00" "Hocking","9,785","0.14","10,353","0.15","5.80","568","0.29","0.00" "Holmes","24,050","0.35","30,368","0.43","26.27","6,318","3.18","0.08" "Huron","34,475","0.51","28,784","0.41","-16.51","-5,691","-2.87","-0.10" "Jackson","14,688","0.22","13,698","0.20","-6.74","-990","-0.50","-0.02" "Jefferson","31,877","0.47","27,239","0.39","-14.55","-4,638","-2.34","-0.08" "Knox","26,031","0.38","31,071","0.44","19.36","5,040","2.54","0.06" "Lake","122,818","1.81","125,000","1.79","1.78","2,182","1.10","-0.02" "Lawrence","18,612","0.27","18,314","0.26","-1.60","-298","-0.15","-0.01" "Licking","72,775","1.07","80,923","1.16","11.20","8,148","4.10","0.09" "Logan","26,532","0.39","26,325","0.38","-0.78","-207","-0.10","-0.01" "Lorain","131,656","1.94","133,314","1.91","1.26","1,658","0.84","-0.03" "Lucas","287,445","4.23","263,391","3.77","-8.37","-24,054","-12.12","-0.46" "Madison","18,321","0.27","23,391","0.33","27.67","5,070","2.55","0.06" "Mahoning","140,480","2.07","130,011","1.86","-7.45","-10,469","-5.27","-0.21" "Marion","35,924","0.53","30,891","0.44","-14.01","-5,033","-2.53","-0.09" "Medina","72,965","1.07","87,833","1.26","20.38","14,868","7.49","0.18" "Meigs","7,843","0.12","6,163","0.09","-21.42","-1,680","-0.85","-0.03" "Mercer","21,144","0.31","27,222","0.39","28.75","6,078","3.06","0.08" "Miami","55,964","0.82","54,977","0.79","-1.76","-987","-0.50","-0.04" "Monroe","7,372","0.11","5,525","0.08","-25.05","-1,847","-0.93","-0.03" "Montgomery","359,014","5.29","325,497","4.66","-9.34","-33,517","-16.88","-0.63" "Morgan","5,873","0.09","4,638","0.07","-21.03","-1,235","-0.62","-0.02" "Morrow","10,830","0.16","10,376","0.15","-4.19","-454","-0.23","-0.01" "Muskingum","50,541","0.74","45,489","0.65","-10.00","-5,052","-2.54","-0.09" "Noble","5,027","0.07","4,816","0.07","-4.20","-211","-0.11","-0.01" "Ottawa","20,758","0.31","20,251","0.29","-2.44","-507","-0.26","-0.02" "Paulding","7,708","0.11","7,369","0.11","-4.40","-339","-0.17","-0.01" "Perry","10,034","0.15","10,452","0.15","4.17","418","0.21","0.00" "Pickaway","22,165","0.33","20,456","0.29","-7.71","-1,709","-0.86","-0.03" "Pike","14,968","0.22","13,184","0.19","-11.92","-1,784","-0.90","-0.03" "Portage","72,470","1.07","79,183","1.13","9.26","6,713","3.38","0.07" "Preble","15,457","0.23","16,242","0.23","5.08","785","0.40","0.00" "Putnam","16,899","0.25","17,557","0.25","3.89","658","0.33","0.00" "Richland","73,985","1.09","64,555","0.92","-12.75","-9,430","-4.75","-0.17" "Ross","35,009","0.52","36,836","0.53","5.22","1,827","0.92","0.01" "Sandusky","33,457","0.49","33,349","0.48","-0.32","-108","-0.05","-0.02" "Scioto","32,280","0.48","31,936","0.46","-1.07","-344","-0.17","-0.02" "Seneca","28,800","0.42","26,840","0.38","-6.81","-1,960","-0.99","-0.04" "Shelby","34,021","0.50","33,757","0.48","-0.78","-264","-0.13","-0.02" "Stark","220,140","3.24","210,618","3.01","-4.33","-9,522","-4.80","-0.23" "Summit","324,870","4.79","348,791","4.99","7.36","23,921","12.05","0.21" "Trumbull","115,132","1.70","92,654","1.33","-19.52","-22,478","-11.32","-0.37" "Tuscarawas","46,266","0.68","50,600","0.72","9.37","4,334","2.18","0.04" "Union","29,051","0.43","42,078","0.60","44.84","13,027","6.56","0.17" "Van Wert","16,049","0.24","14,970","0.21","-6.72","-1,079","-0.54","-0.02" "Vinton","3,366","0.05","3,498","0.05","3.92","132","0.07","0.00" "Warren","77,587","1.14","125,805","1.80","62.15","48,218","24.29","0.66" "Washington","32,435","0.48","34,374","0.49","5.98","1,939","0.98","0.01" "Wayne","62,027","0.91","69,487","0.99","12.03","7,460","3.76","0.08" "Williams","24,812","0.37","22,705","0.32","-8.49","-2,107","-1.06","-0.04" "Wood","73,445","1.08","86,700","1.24","18.05","13,255","6.68","0.16" "Wyandot","12,884","0.19","12,386","0.18","-3.87","-498","-0.25","-0.01" "Ohio","6,789,300","100.00","6,987,847","100.00","2.92","198,547","100.00","0.00" " Metropolitan","5,572,808","82.08","5,798,495","82.98","4.05","225,687","113.67","0.90" " Nonmetropolitan","1,216,492","17.92","1,189,352","17.02","-2.23","-27,140","-13.67","-0.90" "United States","165,370,800",,"196,394,100",,"18.76","31,023,300",, " Metropolitan U.S.","142,396,424",,"172,909,128",,"21.43","30,512,704",, " Nonmetropolitan U.S.","22,974,376",,"23,484,972",,"2.22","510,596",, "Source: Calculations by the Ohio Regional Economic Analysis Project (OH-REAP) with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis" "Published: November 2023" "Table: REAP_PI_CA1400_YRVYR_1000"