Economic Cluster Assignment One
Please list the top four-five economic clusters for your county
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August 22nd, 2007 at 2:06 pm
The top four economic clusters for the Ross County area are:
Forrest and Wood Products $113,381,150
Defense & Security $74,276,529
Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life Sciences) $50,294,871
Information Technology & Telecommunications $27,582,937
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:02 pm
The top economic clusters in Crawford County:
Manufacturing Supercluster 3,978 $152,329,494
Education & Knowledge Creation 1,136 $36,795,384
Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life Sciences)820 $24,465,939
Business & Financial Services Cluster 465 $18,014,059
I am surprised about the biomedical, I did not know that it was as large a part of the economy!
The top economic clusters for Wyandot County:
Manufacturing Supercluster 2,056 $74,969,877
Chemicals & Chemical Based Products 1,234 $41,870,941
Advanced Materials 807 $28,852,146
No surprises here, all the top clusters related to the automotive industry.
The Indiana site is very helpful, I have not found this type of information anywhere else! Thanks Bill
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:27 pm
The top economic clusters for Knox County are:
Machinery Mfg. $100,536,229
Transportation Equipment Mfg. $54,393,107
Education & Knowledge Creation $44,733,347
Biomedical/Biotechnical $25,860,228
Forest & Wood Products $16,743,346
Ok here is a question for you… this info is based off of employment and wages, is that the true nature of economic clusters in our counties? Where is the accounting of self-employed entrepreneurs?
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:09 pm
The top four Economic Clusters for Licking County are as follows:
1) Education and Knowledge Creation ($201,420,651)
2) Chemicals & Chemical Based Products ($150,176,154)
3) Business & Financial Services ($135,982,336)
4) Biomedical / Biotechnical ($90,355,827)
August 24th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
The top economic clusters for Miami County are:
1. Manufacturing Supercluster $285,296,492
2. Education & Knowledge Creation $113,998,651
3. Defense & Security $94,780,410
4. Advanced Materials $78,424,582
I wasn’t surprised to see the Manufacturing Supercluster which is dominated by the automotive presence of Honda. However, I was surprised by the other three. I suppose we do have Edison Community College and several other schools that are moving in the area, but I wouldn’t have put education at the top. Something to think about for sure!
August 24th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
The top economic clusters for Summit Co.(based on wages paid) are:
1. Manufacturing Supercluster
2. Business and Finance
3. Advanced Materials (Akron was once the rubber capitol of the world - Firestone and Good Year headquarters)
4. Education and Knowledge (17 school districts and U. of Akron)
5. Energy
What suprises me is that our huge and humerous medical facilites did not rank in the top 5. I have seen numbers that put that economic cluster at #1.
August 30th, 2007 at 9:43 am
The top five clusters for Darke County include:
1) Manufacturing Supercluster
2) Advanced Materials
3) Education and Knowledge Creation
4) Transportation and Logistics
5) Agribusiness, Food Processing, and Technology
I found it interesting the education and knowledge creation show up for many of our counties. For Darke County, the top three clusters are very similiar if you look at employment (all around 1500 jobs).
Graham