Freight Employment
Freight-Related Employment
The folllowing tables summarize freight-related employment and employment trends in Metropolitan Chicago.
Regional Distribution of Freight-Related Employment
The following table shows freight-related employment by county for 2007. The data shows that transportation and warehousing employment is disproportionately located in Cook and DuPage Counties. For other freight-related employment (e.g., manufacturing), several collar counties have disproportionate shares of employment. Will County is not shown to have a disproportionately large freight-related employment level compared to other counties, though subsequent tables show recent substantial growth in Will County.
Employment (000's) by Sector, with County Share of Sector Employment
Sector |
Cook |
DuPage |
Kane |
Kendall |
Lake |
McHenry |
Will |
Total |
Manufacturing |
231 |
61 |
33 |
3 |
42 |
21 |
21 |
412 |
Wholesale Trade |
116 |
55 |
12 |
1 |
32 |
6 |
15 |
237 |
Transportation and Warehousing |
113 |
26 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
164 |
Total - Three Sectors |
460 |
142 |
50 |
7 |
78 |
29 |
47 |
813 |
Population - For Comparison |
5,285 |
929 |
501 |
97 |
710 |
314 |
674 |
8,512 |
Source: County Business Patterns. (http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/)
Regional Freight-Related Employment Trends
The following three tables show freight-related employment trends by county for the years 2000 to 2007. The data show that manufacturing and wholesale employment has trended down in most counties in the Chicago region since 2000, while transportation and warehousing employment has remained nearly steady. In fact, from 2000 to 2007, transportation and warehousing employment grew in every county but Cook and DuPage.
Manufacturing Employment (000s) by County, 2000-2007
County |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Cook |
341 |
324 |
270 |
262 |
255 |
246 |
237 |
231 |
DuPage |
69 |
70 |
66 |
65 |
63 |
62 |
62 |
61 |
Kane |
41 |
40 |
36 |
34 |
34 |
33 |
33 |
33 |
Kendall |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
Lake |
53 |
53 |
50 |
49 |
45 |
46 |
47 |
42 |
McHenry |
28 |
28 |
26 |
20 |
21 |
21 |
22 |
21 |
Will |
26 |
26 |
24 |
24 |
22 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
Total |
560 |
543 |
475 |
456 |
441 |
432 |
425 |
412 |
Source: County Business Patterns
Wholesale Trade Employment (000s) by County, 2000-2007
County |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Cook |
156 |
151 |
136 |
131 |
132 |
129 |
125 |
116 |
DuPage |
66 |
69 |
63 |
61 |
56 |
54 |
53 |
55 |
Kane |
11 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
Kendall |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Lake |
23 |
24 |
26 |
31 |
31 |
32 |
32 |
32 |
McHenry |
7 |
6 |
6 |
13 |
12 |
13 |
12 |
6 |
Will |
7 |
8 |
9 |
11 |
11 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
Total |
270 |
271 |
253 |
258 |
254 |
254 |
247 |
237 |
Source: County Business Patterns
Transportation and Warehousing Employment (000s) by County, 2000-2007
County |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Cook |
122 |
123 |
112 |
116 |
109 |
115 |
115 |
113 |
DuPage |
28 |
27 |
25 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
Kane |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
Kendall |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Lake |
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
McHenry |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Will |
5 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
Total |
163 |
163 |
151 |
158 |
153 |
159 |
161 |
164 |
Source: County Business Patterns
Transportation and Warehousing employment can be broken into subcomponents for further analysis. The steady overall picture masks transportation industry restructuring. Trucking and aviation both saw substantial regional job losses early in the decade, but showed modest growth late in the decade. Warehousing employment rose substantially.
Truck Transportation Employment (000s) by County, 2000-2007
County |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Cook |
38 |
37 |
33 |
33 |
25 |
25 |
26 |
26 |
DuPage |
8 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
Kane |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Kendall |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
Lake |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
McHenry |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Will |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
53 |
51 |
46 |
46 |
39 |
39 |
40 |
41 |
Source: County Business Patterns
Air Transportation Employment (000s) by County, 2000-2007
County |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Cook |
42 |
46 |
42 |
40 |
37 |
36 |
35 |
32 |
DuPage |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
Source: County Business Patterns. Information is incomplete for counties not shown.
Warehousing and Storage Employment (000s) by County, 2000-2007
County |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Cook |
3 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
DuPage |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Kane |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Will |
- |
- |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
Source: County Business Patterns. Information is incomplete for counties not shown.