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Jackson

Overview

  • Jackson county has long been a manufacturing and distribution center, and employers have access to a highly skilled workforce, as well as an outstanding transportation infrastructure, including Interstate 10, Highways 231 and 90, the CSX and Bayline railroads, and proximity to 3 commercial airports (Panama City, Tallahassee, and Dothan, Alabama).
  • Jackson County is one of eight counties in the Northwest Florida Rural Area of Critical Economic Concern (RACEC). These counties are organized as Opportunity Florida and are eligible to offer aggressive tax incentives to new and expanding industries. The county has numerous turn-key industrially-zoned parks and buildings available for immediate occupancy and development.
  • As Florida’s leading producer of peanuts and soybeans, Jackson County embraces its agricultural heritage and plentiful renewable resources. Green Circle Bio Energy has constructed one of the largest wood pellet manufacturing plants in the United States in Jackson County, which utilizes the plentiful pine forests and plantations in and around the county.

Major Employers

Contact Information

William Stanton
Jackson County Development Council
P O Box 920
Marianna, FL 32447
850.623.0174
E-mail

Data

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2011-2012 Industry Size and Growth

Description 2011 Jobs 2012 Jobs Growth % Growth 2011 EPW
Agriculture, natural resources, and mining 1,514 1,567 53 4% $24,476
Construction 1,060 1,081 21 2% $39,522
Education and health services 1,991 2,049 58 3% $32,038
Financial activities 1,152 1,222 70 6% $24,653
Government 5,843 5,922 79 1% $51,555
Information 174 174 0 0% $45,090
Leisure and hospitality 1,391 1,448 57 4% $15,014
Manufacturing 651 667 16 2% $48,769
Other services 1,009 1,036 27 3% $16,745
Professional and business services 1,388 1,480 92 7% $29,650
Trade, transportation, and utilities 3,459 3,515 56 2% $33,619
Total 19,631 20,162 531 3% $36,022

Source: EMSI Complete Employment - 2011.4

2011 Industrial Makeup

Description 2011 Regional Jobs % Regional Jobs 2011 State Jobs % State Jobs
Agriculture, natural resources, and mining 1,514 7.7% 165,769 1.7%
Construction 1,060 5.4% 488,804 5.0%
Education and health services 1,991 10.1% 1,314,618 13.4%
Financial activities 1,152 5.9% 1,122,936 11.5%
Government 5,843 29.8% 1,156,064 11.8%
Information 174 0.9% 161,352 1.7%
Leisure and hospitality 1,391 7.1% 1,093,927 11.2%
Manufacturing 651 3.3% 339,135 3.5%
Other services 1,009 5.1% 591,579 6.1%
Professional and business services 1,388 7.1% 1,554,206 15.9%
Trade, transportation, and utilities 3,459 17.6% 1,786,125 18.3%

Source: EMSI Complete Employment - 2011.4

Data Sources and Calculations

Industry Data
In order to capture a complete picture of industry employment, EMSI basically combines covered employment data from Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) produced by the Department of Labor with total employment data in Regional Economic Information System (REIS) published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), augmented with County Business Patterns (CBP) and Nonemployer Statistics (NES) published by the U.S. Census Bureau. Projections are based on the latest available EMSI industry data, 15-year past local trends in each industry, growth rates in statewide and (where available) sub-state area industry projections published by individual state agencies, and (in part) growth rates in national projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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