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AREA DEMOGRAPHICS

POPULATION:

YEAR NEWTON COUNTY 35 MILE RADIUS
1996 Statistics 3245 10644 163914

JASPER COUNTY PROJECTED POPULATION:

YEAR POPULATION
2000 10697
2010 11005
2020 11777

AGE MAKEUP:

AGE MAKE-UP NEWTON COUNTY 35 MILE RADIUS
19-24 234 674 19032
25-44 840 2855 44200
45-64 584 2103 32113

PROJECTED COUNTY POPULATION IN 2005:

AGE MAKE-UP POPULATION
19-24 840
25-44 2893
45-64 2351

EDUCATION LEVEL ACHIEVED by Jasper County Residents Age 25+ (1998 statistics):

Grades 9 - 12 1469
H.S. Graduate 3316
<Bachelor's Degree 1468
Bachelor's Degree 459
Graduate Degree 242
JASPER COUNTY MEDIAN INCOME (1998): $25,540
JASPER COUNTY MEDIAN HOUSEHOULD VALUE-OWNER OCCUPIED (1998): $38,994

HOUSING FOR JASPER COUNTY:

TOTAL HOUSING UNITS 4546
VACANT HOUSING UNITS 432

CLIMATE:

AVG. SUMMER TEMPERATURE 74.00F
AVG. WINTER TEMPERATURE 28.00F
AVG. ANNUAL RAINFALL 42.00 IN.
AVG. ANNUAL SNOWFALL 15.00 IN.

CRIME INDEX (1998) JASPER CO - CITY, COUNTY & STATE:

TOTAL OFFENSES TRAFFIC CRIMINAL
1303 78% 22%

LARGEST EMPLOYMENT SECTORS JASPER COUNTY (1997):

TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC UTILITIES 557
MANUFACTURING 535
RETAIL TRADE 479
SERVICES 400
WHOLESALE TRADE 223
40% WHITE COLLAR JOBS 60% BLUE COLLAR JOBS

MAJOR AREA EMPLOYERS (1999):

EMPLOYER PRODUCT/SERVICE # EMPLOYEES
JASPER UNIT #1 EDUCATION 243
NEWTON POWER ELECTRIC POWER 204
E.R. MOORE GRADUATION ACCESSORIES 177
TPS ENTERPRISE PRINTING 160
JESSE B. HOLT TRUSSES/UTILITY 71
NORRIS ELECTRIC ELECTRIC DISTURB. 70
FRICHTL WELDING WELDING 65
MCDANIEL INC. FUEL TRANSPORT 62
NEWTON BROOM BROOMS/BRUSHES 40

ECONOMIC STATISTICS FOR JASPER COUNTY (1998):

LABOR FORCE EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED RATE
3776 3372 404 10.70%
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE
57.6% MALE
42.4% FEMALE

Community Information

Chamber of Commerce - Jasper County Illinois, opportunity for all...
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Labor Resources - Jasper County is currently declared a "Labor Surplus Area"...
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Recreation - Jasper County has a variety of recreation opportunities...
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Industrial Park - Available Acreage in Park: 33 acres with 12 Additional Acres Adjacent to Park...
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