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Santa Rosa County is known for its exceptional education system and favorable business climate, which includes an outstanding, highly skilled workforce, available buildings and industrial parks and sites, and progressive pro-business public and private leadership.
Transportation Infrastructure includes nearby Pensacola Regional Airport and Northwest Florida Regional Airport, Interstate 10, CSX rail, and access to the Port of Pensacola, a designated foreign trade zone.
Naval Air Station Whiting Field, located in Santa Rosa County, provides services and material support for the training of U.S. Navy, Marine, Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, and International student aviators. Over 1,200 personnel complete their essential flight training at NAS Whiting Field annually. Primary Units include Training Air Wing Five and the Center for Naval Aviation Training Detachment (CNATT DET) Milton. Whiting Aviation Park provides industrial sites with direct airport access.

Major Employers

Contact Information

Shannon Ogletree
TEAM Santa Rosa
6491 Caroline St.,
Suite 4
Milton, FL 32570
850.623.0174
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2011 - 2012 Size and Growth

Description	2011 Jobs	2012 Jobs	Growth	% Growth	2011 EPW
Agriculture, natural resources, and mining	2,205	2,315	110	5%	$25,299
Construction	3,504	3,499	-5	0%	$36,238
Education and health services	5,236	5,508	272	5%	$38,700
Financial activities	5,017	5,338	321	6%	$20,518
Government	7,576	7,790	214	3%	$69,185
Information	1,373	1,466	93	7%	$40,819
Leisure and hospitality	5,232	5,488	256	5%	$16,554
Manufacturing	821	847	26	3%	$45,325
Other services	2,943	2,997	54	2%	$19,427
Professional and business services	6,852	7,163	311	5%	$40,794
Trade, transportation, and utilities	8,293	8,639	346	4%	$31,899
Total	49,052	51,049	1,997	4%	$36,565

Source: EMSI Complete Employment - 2011.4

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2011 Industrial Makeup

Description	2011 Regional Jobs	% Regional Jobs	2011 State Jobs	% State Jobs
Agriculture, natural resources, and mining	2,205	4.5%	165,769	1.7%
Construction	3,504	7.1%	488,804	5.0%
Education and health services	5,236	10.7%	1,314,618	13.4%
Financial activities	5,017	10.2%	1,122,936	11.5%
Government	7,576	15.4%	1,156,064	11.8%
Information	1,373	2.8%	161,352	1.7%
Leisure and hospitality	5,232	10.7%	1,093,927	11.2%
Manufacturing	821	1.7%	339,135	3.5%
Other services	2,943	6.0%	591,579	6.1%
Professional and business services	6,852	14.0%	1,554,206	15.9%
Trade, transportation, and utilities	8,293	16.9%	1,786,125	18.3%

Source: EMSI Complete Employment - 2011.4

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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.

2011 - 2012 Size and Growth

Description	2011 Jobs	2012 Jobs	Growth	% Growth	2011 Median Hourly Earnings
Construction and extraction occupations	2,835	2,859	24	1%	$12.65
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	186	182	-4	-2%	$9.03
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	2,143	2,219	76	4%	$13.91
Management, business, and financial occupations	6,100	6,416	316	5%	$14.86
Military occupations	1,312	1,316	4	0%	$27.77
Office and administrative support occupations	6,635	6,894	259	4%	$11.52
Production occupations	1,378	1,423	45	3%	$11.56
Professional and related occupations	8,858	9,264	406	5%	$20.44
Sales and related occupations	7,714	8,074	360	5%	$9.97
Service occupations	10,346	10,801	455	4%	$9.73
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,545	1,601	56	4%	$11.47
Total	49,052	51,049	1,997	4%	$13.52

Source: EMSI Complete Employment - 2011.4

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2011 Occupational Makeup

Description	2011 Regional Jobs	% Regional Jobs	2011 State Jobs	% State Jobs
Construction and extraction occupations	2,835	5.8%	402,194	4.1%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	186	0.4%	73,752	0.8%
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	2,143	4.4%	351,485	3.6%
Management, business, and financial occupations	6,100	12.4%	1,188,759	12.2%
Military occupations	1,312	2.7%	93,185	1.0%
Office and administrative support occupations	6,635	13.5%	1,528,901	15.6%
Production occupations	1,378	2.8%	318,486	3.3%
Professional and related occupations	8,858	18.1%	1,788,142	18.3%
Sales and related occupations	7,714	15.7%	1,427,774	14.6%
Service occupations	10,346	21.1%	2,123,008	21.7%
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,545	3.1%	478,828	4.9%

Source: EMSI Complete Employment - 2011.4

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Occupation Data
Organizing regional employment information by occupation provides a workforce-oriented view of the regional economy. EMSI's occupation data are based on EMSI's industry data and regional staffing patterns taken from the Occupational Employment Statistics program (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). Wage information is partially derived from the American Community Survey. The occupation-to-program (SOC-to-CIP) crosswalk is based on one from the U.S. Department of Education, with customizations by EMSI.

2011 Race/Ethnicity Breakdown

Ethnicity	2011 Population	% of Region
White, Non-Hispanic	131,801	84.69%
White Hispanic	5,583	3.59%
Non-White Hispanic	589	0.38%
Black or African American	8,442	5.42%
American Indian or Alaska Native	1,218	0.78%
Asian	2,899	1.86%
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	200	0.13%
Two or more races	4,903	3.15%

Source: EMSI Complete Employment - 2011.4

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2011 - 2012 Race/Ethnicity Size and Growth

Race/Ethnicity	2011 Population	2012 Population	Change	% Change
White, Non-Hispanic	131,801	133,797	1,996	2%
White Hispanic	5,583	5,945	362	6%
Non-White Hispanic	589	600	11	2%
Black or African American	8,442	8,846	404	5%
American Indian or Alaska Native	1,218	1,237	19	2%
Asian	2,899	3,045	146	5%
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	200	199	-1	-1%
Two or more races	4,903	4,978	75	2%
Total	155,635	158,646	3,011	2%

Source: EMSI Complete Employment - 2011.4

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2011 - 2012 Age Size and Growth

Age	2011 Population	2012 Population	Change	% Change
under 15	30,218	30,582	364	1%
15 - 24	19,685	19,840	155	1%
25 - 44	40,367	41,197	830	2%
45 - 64	44,926	45,654	728	2%
65+	20,440	21,372	932	5%
Total	155,635	158,646	3,011	2%

Source: EMSI Complete Employment - 2011.4

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Demographic Data
The demographic data in this report is compiled from several sources using a specialized process. Sources include US Census Bureau annual estimates, birth and mortality rates from the US Health Department, and projected regional job growth.

State Data Sources
This report uses state data from the following agencies: Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation.

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