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Resources - Workforce Websites

Websites with data related to workforce elements and root causes.​

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Note: These websites are provided as examples.

You should verify if the data provided is appropriate and accurate enough for your needs.​

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This is a new webpage. More data will be added in the future.

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Workforce Elements

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Employee Output

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1.1-1.3: Annual Productivity Change - The average annual change in productivity by state is available on this Bureau of Labor Statistics page. Additional productivity measures are also available.

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Employee Retention

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2.2: Layoffs - The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide 60-day advance notification of mass layoffs or plant closings. Some companies use this information so they can target recruiting efforts to the workers who are being laid off. Several private companies compile this information from the states and highlight it on their websites.

Many states have websites that provide data for their state. An Iowa example is given below.

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Not in the Labor Force

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3.1-3.6: Age-brackets of Individuals - Population pyramids offer a way to see the age distribution of individuals in a county, state, or country. This data can be used to understand local demographics, as well as the demographics of nearby counties where you might want to consider looking for employees. A variety of demographic information is available on the usafacts.org site. Population pyramids are included as part of the data provided. For the pyramids, both state totals and county-level selections can be made. Two different times can be chosen to compare trends. Minnesota is given as an example below. Other states have a similar format.

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3.8-9 Foreign Born Individuals - The number of foreign-born individuals and their fraction of the state population can be found on this Census website.

The Migration Policy Institute provides immigration data by state and county.

The Office of Homeland Security provides Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder) data per year by state.

 

3.9 Foreign Born - Not a U.S. Citizen - The Migration Policy Institute provides unauthorized immigrant populations for states and some counties by country/region of birth.

 

3.12: Individuals with Income Below the Poverty Level - This Economic Development Administration (EDA) site highlights counties with 20% or more of the population below the poverty level. Click on a county to see more information.

This site provides data on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). It includes both eligibility and the fraction of those eligible that access the benefits. Data is available at the county level for about one-half of the states. Comparisons can be made between the average population in the county and subgroups. Subgroup characteristics can be selected from several items, such as age. The characteristic ‘SNAP unit type’ refers to the adult situation in the household. For example, ‘Female-headed with children.’ To start, select the Eligibility or Access tab. Next, select the state and time period on the right. Finally, select the characteristic and subgroup you want to compare to the county average. Mouse over the county to see the local data. 

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3.14 Individuals Incarcerated - State level incarceration rates per 100,000 residents is available at this link. Many other state-level measures are available as well.

 

3.15: Latinos - Mouse over a state to get the percent of the population that is Latino, for both metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Click on the state to see county population percentages.

 

3.17: Unemployment - State level unemployment data is available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.​

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3.18: Veterans  - Mouse over a state to get the percent of the population that is a veteran, for both metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Click on the state to see county population percentages.

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3.19: Volunteers - The fraction of state residents that volunteer is available on this website.

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​Employed Elsewhere

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4.1-4.2: In-commuters, Out-commuters, Remote Workers - The U.S. Census Bureau provides an interactive website to review commuting patterns at the county level. This website is not easy to use if you are not familiar with Census terminology. Differences in remote work, hybrid work, and other work-location situations impact survey results, so caution should be used when reviewing results. A link to an example help document is included below.

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4.3: Remote Workers - Data on remote work, taken from job ads, is provided on this research team's website. Data is parsed by country, select metropolitan areas, industry, select occupations, and state.

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4.5: Out-of-State Migration - Click on a state and the net state-to-state migration value is shown for 2020. These numbers change year to year and 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, so not a lot of value should probably be given to this single point in time. What is more valuable is the list of the top five states where citizens are out-migrating to and the top five they are in-migrating from.

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4.12: Self-Employed Individuals - Nonemployer data is available on this Census website. Click on a state to view state-level information. Select a state in the pulldown menu on the right to view county-level information.

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Future Employees

 

5.1: Apprenticeships - Apprenticeships are offered by a number of organizations. One of them is the Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship Program. The Federal site is listed below. Select a fiscal year and under 'Apprentice Type' select 'Completer Apprentices' so you get a realistic count of the number of individuals who complete an apprenticeship each year in your state. Most states have a local scorecard, which may be more relevant to your needs. Ohio has one of the best.

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Workforce Root Causes

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2. Amenities - One measure of the amount of public amenities is the Total Public Amenity Employment - the number of individuals employed by a county who work in Libraries, Parks & Recreation, and Natural Resources. This link to a National Association of Counties interactive map lists the total number of employees by county. Since the employment number is a combination of full-time and part-time employees, individual counties cannot be directly compared. Clicking on a county gives more information and also allows a comparison to other counties in the state or to similar sized counties in the U.S. 

This site shows the percent of land in each county that is eligible for Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding, which is funding that can be received because of the presence of federal lands in the county. The fraction of land available for PILT funding is another measure of county amenities.  

 

3. Child / Family Care - Child care prices are given as a percent of income at the county level. Center and home-based care costs are available. Infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age options can be selected.

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6. Diversity/ Equity/ Inclusion - Scroll down this page to find an interactive map that displays the race/ethnicity distribution for each U.S. county. 

 

8. Housing - Total Housing Units in each county. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room(s) considered to be separate living quarters. Clicking on a county gives more information and also allows a comparison to other counties in the state or to similar sized counties in the U.S. This National Association of Counties website gives more housing information, including Percent of Vacant Housing Units, Median Home Value, and Median Gross Rent.

 

10. Job Security - See 2.2: Layoffs above.

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21. Settlement / Transition Services - State organizations providing services to refugees can be found here.

NOTE: PAGE CURRENTLY DOWN.

State coordinators are listed on this site.

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22. Transportation - Commute modes by state and year.

 

23A. Wages - This site shows the average compensation per job by state. Compensation includes wages and salaries plus additional employer contributions like health insurance and pension costs. Keep in mind that some states have more part-time jobs than others, which affects comparisons.

This site has data on average weekly wages, along with other data on employment, number of establishments, etc. Choose a time period and then select 'Average Weekly Wage' under 'Map Series'. You can look at a specific industry and ownership type. Click on the 'Update' button to display rankings for all states. If you want county-level information, click on a state and then enter the time period, etc. that you want to view.

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​23B. Benefits - This Census site shows the percent of people that do not have health insurance. It is provided at the state and county level.

This site shows how the states vary in the percent of employees having access to and participating in employer-based retirement plans. Selections can be made to show rates by industry, employer-size, education level, wage level, race/ethnicity, and gender.​

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