Van Wert County vs. Ohio
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Total Employment Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Van Wert County vs. Ohio
Van Wert County:
2022 Jobs = 15,707
2022 Percent of State = 0.22%
Ohio:
2022 Jobs = 7,305,177
2022 Percent of U.S. = 3.44%
Employment numbers remain the most popular and frequently cited statistics used for tracking local area economic conditions and trends. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) employment estimates reported measure the number of full- and part-time wage and salary employees, plus the number of proprietors of unincorporated businesses. People holding more than one job are counted in the employment estimates for each job they hold. This means BEA employment estimates represent a job count, not a people count. Also, BEA employment is by place-of-work, rather than by place-of-residence. Jobs held by neighboring county residents who commute to Van Wert County to work are included in the employment count for Van Wert County.
Data Definition:
The BEA employment series for states and local areas comprises estimates of the number of jobs, full-time plus part-time, by place of work. Full-time and part-time jobs are counted at equal weight. Employees, sole proprietors, and active partners are included, but unpaid family workers and volunteers are not included. Proprietors employment consists of the number of sole proprietorships and the number of partners in partnerships. The description "by place of work" applies to the wage and salary portion of the series and, with relatively little error, to the entire series. The proprietors employment portion of the series, however, is more nearly by place of residence because, for nonfarm sole proprietorships, the estimates are based on IRS tax data that reflect the address from which the proprietor's individual tax return is filed, which is usually the proprietor's residence. The nonfarm partnership portion of the proprietors employment series reflects the tax-filing address of the partnership, which may be either the residence of one of the partners or the business address of the partnership. The employment estimates are designed to be consistent with the estimates of wages and salaries and proprietors' income that are part of the personal income series. The employment estimates are based on the same sets of source data as the corresponding earnings estimates and are prepared with parallel methodologies. Two forms of proprietors' income-the income of limited partnerships and the income of tax-exempt cooperatives-have no corresponding employment estimates.
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Figure 1.
Figure 1 tracks Van Wert County's annual total employment for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate total employment patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Van Wert County's total employment rose from 11,652 in 1969 to 15,707 in 2022, for a net gain of 4,055, or 34.80%.
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 tracks Ohio's annual total employment for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate total employment patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Ohio's total employment rose from 4,695,425 in 1969 to 7,305,177 in 2022, for a net gain of 2,609,752, or 55.58%.
Total Employment Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Total Employment Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 shows Van Wert County's total employment growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Ohio, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's total employment in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the total employments in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in total employment growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Van Wert County's overall total employment growth was 34.80% over 1969-2022 trailed Ohio's increase of 55.58%, and fell below the United States' increase of 133.32%.
Total Employment as a Percent of the Ohio Total: 1969-2022
Total Employment as a Percent of the Ohio Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of comparing the total employment growth of Van Wert County is to compare its individual percentage contributions to Ohio's statewide total employment over time, as shown in Figure 4. A rising share means a region's total employment grew faster, or declined less, than Ohio's total employment, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, Van Wert County's total employment totaled 0.25% of Ohio's total employment, while in 2022 it equated to 0.22% thereby yielding a -0.03% share-shift.
   
 
Total Employment Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
-0.03%
=
0.22%
-
0.25%
 
   
Van Wert County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Van Wert County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 shows the short-run pattern of Van Wert County's total employment growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also illustrated on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, Van Wert County's total employment grew at an annual rate of 0.61% over 1970-2022. The county recorded its highest growth in 1984 (7.50%) and recorded its lowest growth in 2009 (-7.70%). In 2022, Van Wert County's total employment grew by 2.81%
Van Wert County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Van Wert County Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some counties have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again depicts the annual percent change in Van Wert County's total employment since 1970, but this time they are displayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Van Wert County's annual total employment growth rate averaged 1.91%. It averaged 0.46% throughout the 1980s, 0.87% in the 1990s, -1.72% in the 2000s, 1.78% in the 2010s, -0.18% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Van Wert County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Ohio and the nation. As the chart reveals, Van Wert County's average annual total employment growth exceeded Ohio's average in the 1970s (1.91% vs. 1.22%), amounted to less than Ohio's average throughout the 1980s (0.46% vs. 0.95%), fell below Ohio's average during the 1990s (0.87% vs. 1.42%), amounted to less than Ohio's average throughout the 2000s (-1.72% vs. -0.33%), outpaced Ohio's average in the 2010s (1.78% vs. 0.92%), and amounted to less than Ohio's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (-0.18% vs. 1.13%).
Finally, relative to nationwide total employment growth trends, Van Wert County recorded underneath the nation throughout the 1970s (1.91% vs. 2.21%), posted below the nation in the 1980s (0.46% vs. 1.88%), lagged the nation over the 1990s (0.87% vs. 1.73%), fell below the nation throughout the 2000s (-1.72% vs. 0.74%), outgained the nation throughout the 2010s (1.78% vs. 1.51%), and recorded underneath the nation over 2020-2022 (-0.18% vs. 1.82%).
   
 
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
0.61
1.91
0.46
0.87
-1.72
1.78
-0.18
2.81
 
0.85
1.22
0.95
1.42
-0.33
0.92
1.13
3.64
 
1.62
2.21
1.88
1.73
0.74
1.51
1.82
4.78
 
   
Job Ratios (Employment/Population): 1969-2022
Job Ratios (Employment/Population): 1969-2022
Figure 8.
The job ratios shown in Figure 8 for Van Wert County, Ohio and the nation not only portray a number of important trends, they also serves as a thumbnail guide to evaluating an economy's capacity to generate enough jobs fast enough to absorb the increasing number of workers attendant to a growing population. The job ratio is the number of full-time and part-time jobs by place of work, divided by population.
Nationally, the job ratio rose from 0.45 to 0.64 between 1969 and 2022. Van Wert County's job ratio registered 0.40 in 1969, and 0.55 in 2022. Underlying the rising job ratio over the past several decades have been the increases in the labor force participation rates, with the number and proportion of women in the labor market playing a leading role.
An assortment of other factors can contribute to regional differences in the job ratio. They include differences in the proportion of elderly and retirees who no longer work and participate in the labor force, differences in the number and proportion of part-time vs. full-time workers, differences in industry composition, and differences in age and sex distribution and degree of urbanization. Also, a disproportionate number of workers commuting to work outside a county tends to lower its local county job ratio, while a net inflow of workers commuting to work inside the county tends to augment its local county job ratio.
Avoid interpreting the job ratio as the fraction (or percent) of the local population employed. This interpretation should only apply to the "employment-population ratio" statistic compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from the Current Population Survey (CPS).
Job Ratios (Employment/Population)
as a Percent of the U.S. Average:
1969-2022
Job Ratios (Employment/Population)
as a Percent of the U.S. Average:
1969-2022
Figure 9.
To highlight trends in a local job ratio relative to nationwide trends, Figure 9 tracks Van Wert County's, Ohio's job ratio as a percent of the national job ratio over 1969-2022.

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Van Wert County:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
11,652
100.0
N
0.25
0.40
88.37
1970
 
11,476
98.5
-1.51
0.25
0.39
87.86
1971
 
11,739
100.7
2.29
0.25
0.40
91.08
1972
 
12,110
103.9
3.16
0.26
0.40
89.66
1973
 
12,763
109.5
5.39
0.26
0.42
90.58
1974
 
13,016
111.7
1.98
0.26
0.44
93.41
1975
 
12,421
106.6
-4.57
0.26
0.42
91.19
1976
 
12,821
110.0
3.22
0.26
0.43
92.89
1977
 
13,138
112.8
2.47
0.26
0.43
90.80
1978
 
13,796
118.4
5.01
0.27
0.45
91.65
1979
 
14,018
120.3
1.61
0.26
0.46
91.54
1980
 
13,397
115.0
-4.43
0.26
0.44
87.60
1981
 
13,275
113.9
-0.91
0.26
0.43
86.79
1982
 
12,477
107.1
-6.01
0.25
0.41
83.79
1983
 
12,582
108.0
0.84
0.25
0.42
84.31
1984
 
13,526
116.1
7.50
0.26
0.45
87.37
1985
 
13,812
118.5
2.11
0.26
0.46
87.52
1986
 
14,113
121.1
2.18
0.26
0.47
88.73
1987
 
14,300
122.7
1.33
0.26
0.47
87.81
1988
 
14,511
124.5
1.48
0.26
0.47
86.58
1989
 
14,591
125.2
0.55
0.25
0.48
86.11
1990
 
14,313
122.8
-1.91
0.24
0.47
84.89
1991
 
14,219
122.0
-0.66
0.24
0.47
86.21
1992
 
14,484
124.3
1.86
0.25
0.48
88.98
1993
 
14,867
127.6
2.64
0.25
0.49
90.80
1994
 
15,089
129.5
1.49
0.25
0.50
90.91
1995
 
15,643
134.3
3.67
0.25
0.52
93.09
1996
 
15,700
134.7
0.36
0.25
0.52
92.80
1997
 
15,917
136.6
1.38
0.24
0.53
92.97
1998
 
15,568
133.6
-2.19
0.24
0.52
90.74
1999
 
15,885
136.3
2.04
0.24
0.53
92.01
2000
 
16,049
137.7
1.03
0.24
0.54
92.43
2001
 
15,456
132.6
-3.69
0.23
0.53
90.42
2002
 
14,892
127.8
-3.65
0.22
0.51
88.47
2003
 
14,327
123.0
-3.79
0.22
0.49
85.53
2004
 
14,848
127.4
3.64
0.22
0.51
87.82
2005
 
14,816
127.2
-0.22
0.22
0.51
86.82
2006
 
15,298
131.3
3.25
0.23
0.52
88.46
2007
 
15,025
128.9
-1.78
0.22
0.51
86.38
2008
 
14,387
123.5
-4.25
0.21
0.49
83.96
2009
 
13,279
114.0
-7.70
0.21
0.46
81.32
2010
 
13,037
111.9
-1.82
0.20
0.45
81.29
2011
 
13,492
115.8
3.49
0.21
0.47
83.20
2012
 
13,628
117.0
1.01
0.21
0.47
83.10
2013
 
13,807
118.5
1.31
0.21
0.48
83.90
2014
 
14,275
122.5
3.39
0.21
0.50
85.43
2015
 
14,452
124.0
1.24
0.21
0.50
85.14
2016
 
14,817
127.2
2.53
0.21
0.52
86.72
2017
 
14,970
128.5
1.03
0.21
0.52
86.43
2018
 
15,094
129.5
0.83
0.21
0.52
86.08
2019
 
15,815
135.7
4.78
0.22
0.55
89.65
2020
 
15,152
130.0
-4.19
0.22
0.52
88.94
2021
 
15,277
131.1
0.82
0.22
0.53
86.94
2022
 
15,707
134.8
2.81
0.22
0.55
85.65
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
November 2023
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Ohio:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
4,695,425
100.0
N
5.16
0.44
98.27
1970
 
4,682,839
99.7
-0.27
5.13
0.44
98.00
1971
 
4,626,586
98.5
-1.20
5.05
0.43
97.33
1972
 
4,709,749
100.3
1.80
4.99
0.44
97.24
1973
 
4,902,170
104.4
4.09
4.98
0.46
97.76
1974
 
4,964,402
105.7
1.27
4.96
0.46
98.27
1975
 
4,809,410
102.4
-3.12
4.86
0.45
97.28
1976
 
4,889,405
104.1
1.66
4.81
0.45
97.38
1977
 
5,034,481
107.2
2.97
4.79
0.47
97.79
1978
 
5,205,914
110.9
3.41
4.75
0.48
97.64
1979
 
5,290,874
112.7
1.63
4.68
0.49
97.24
1980
 
5,204,114
110.8
-1.64
4.57
0.48
96.05
1981
 
5,134,527
109.4
-1.34
4.47
0.48
95.04
1982
 
4,966,522
105.8
-3.27
4.35
0.46
93.69
1983
 
4,960,461
105.6
-0.12
4.29
0.46
93.39
1984
 
5,160,451
109.9
4.03
4.28
0.48
94.03
1985
 
5,287,261
112.6
2.46
4.27
0.49
94.66
1986
 
5,400,592
115.0
2.14
4.28
0.50
95.74
1987
 
5,547,914
118.2
2.73
4.28
0.52
96.43
1988
 
5,682,276
121.0
2.42
4.25
0.53
96.33
1989
 
5,802,511
123.6
2.12
4.26
0.54
97.12
1990
 
5,863,015
124.9
1.04
4.24
0.54
97.38
1991
 
5,842,457
124.4
-0.35
4.25
0.53
98.12
1992
 
5,854,116
124.7
0.20
4.24
0.53
98.54
1993
 
5,959,798
126.9
1.81
4.23
0.54
99.12
1994
 
6,136,451
130.7
2.96
4.26
0.55
100.40
1995
 
6,299,654
134.2
2.66
4.26
0.56
101.23
1996
 
6,395,002
136.2
1.51
4.23
0.57
101.44
1997
 
6,500,115
138.4
1.64
4.21
0.58
101.69
1998
 
6,599,132
140.5
1.52
4.16
0.58
101.55
1999
 
6,681,355
142.3
1.25
4.14
0.59
101.82
2000
 
6,789,300
144.6
1.62
4.11
0.60
101.94
2001
 
6,725,753
143.2
-0.94
4.06
0.59
101.69
2002
 
6,640,234
141.4
-1.27
4.02
0.58
101.41
2003
 
6,620,832
141.0
-0.29
3.99
0.58
101.24
2004
 
6,666,590
142.0
0.69
3.95
0.58
100.95
2005
 
6,709,205
142.9
0.64
3.89
0.59
100.36
2006
 
6,747,288
143.7
0.57
3.84
0.59
99.71
2007
 
6,794,947
144.7
0.71
3.78
0.59
99.13
2008
 
6,725,207
143.2
-1.03
3.75
0.58
99.10
2009
 
6,454,988
137.5
-4.02
3.72
0.56
98.92
2010
 
6,418,141
136.7
-0.57
3.71
0.56
99.50
2011
 
6,521,630
138.9
1.61
3.70
0.56
99.92
2012
 
6,605,925
140.7
1.29
3.69
0.57
100.25
2013
 
6,681,685
142.3
1.15
3.66
0.58
99.96
2014
 
6,771,706
144.2
1.35
3.64
0.58
99.66
2015
 
6,862,150
146.1
1.34
3.61
0.59
99.39
2016
 
6,931,328
147.6
1.01
3.58
0.59
99.33
2017
 
6,987,847
148.8
0.82
3.56
0.60
99.01
2018
 
7,067,380
150.5
1.14
3.53
0.60
98.55
2019
 
7,071,612
150.6
0.06
3.51
0.60
98.25
2020
 
6,852,979
146.0
-3.09
3.51
0.58
98.61
2021
 
7,048,306
150.1
2.85
3.48
0.60
98.11
2022
 
7,305,177
155.6
3.64
3.44
0.62
97.49
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
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_1000_PSN
 
   

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United States:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
91,053,200
100.0
N
0.45
1970
 
91,277,600
100.2
0.25
0.45
1971
 
91,581,400
100.6
0.33
0.44
1972
 
94,312,200
103.6
2.98
0.45
1973
 
98,427,500
108.1
4.36
0.47
1974
 
100,111,800
109.9
1.71
0.47
1975
 
98,900,600
108.6
-1.21
0.46
1976
 
101,591,200
111.6
2.72
0.47
1977
 
105,042,200
115.4
3.40
0.48
1978
 
109,686,600
120.5
4.42
0.49
1979
 
113,147,100
124.3
3.15
0.50
1980
 
113,983,200
125.2
0.74
0.50
1981
 
114,914,000
126.2
0.82
0.50
1982
 
114,163,300
125.4
-0.65
0.49
1983
 
115,645,700
127.0
1.30
0.49
1984
 
120,528,100
132.4
4.22
0.51
1985
 
123,796,700
136.0
2.71
0.52
1986
 
126,232,300
138.6
1.97
0.53
1987
 
129,548,400
142.3
2.63
0.53
1988
 
133,563,900
146.7
3.10
0.55
1989
 
136,177,800
149.6
1.96
0.55
1990
 
138,330,900
151.9
1.58
0.55
1991
 
137,612,800
151.1
-0.52
0.54
1992
 
138,166,100
151.7
0.40
0.54
1993
 
140,774,400
154.6
1.89
0.54
1994
 
144,196,600
158.4
2.43
0.55
1995
 
147,915,800
162.4
2.58
0.56
1996
 
151,056,200
165.9
2.12
0.56
1997
 
154,541,200
169.7
2.31
0.57
1998
 
158,481,200
174.1
2.55
0.57
1999
 
161,531,300
177.4
1.92
0.58
2000
 
165,370,800
181.6
2.38
0.59
2001
 
165,522,200
181.8
0.09
0.58
2002
 
165,095,100
181.3
-0.26
0.57
2003
 
165,921,500
182.2
0.50
0.57
2004
 
168,839,700
185.4
1.76
0.58
2005
 
172,338,400
189.3
2.07
0.58
2006
 
175,868,600
193.1
2.05
0.59
2007
 
179,543,700
197.2
2.09
0.60
2008
 
179,213,900
196.8
-0.18
0.59
2009
 
173,636,700
190.7
-3.11
0.57
2010
 
172,901,700
189.9
-0.42
0.56
2011
 
176,091,700
193.4
1.84
0.56
2012
 
178,979,700
196.6
1.64
0.57
2013
 
182,328,100
200.2
1.87
0.58
2014
 
186,239,800
204.5
2.15
0.58
2015
 
190,325,800
209.0
2.19
0.59
2016
 
193,425,900
212.4
1.63
0.60
2017
 
196,394,100
215.7
1.53
0.60
2018
 
200,292,200
220.0
1.98
0.61
2019
 
201,635,200
221.4
0.67
0.61
2020
 
195,286,600
214.5
-3.15
0.59
2021
 
202,752,100
222.7
3.82
0.61
2022
 
212,442,000
233.3
4.78
0.64
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
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_1000_PN
 
   
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