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Douglas County Economic Indicators - May 2025

  • tcarpenter03
  • May 28
  • 2 min read

The May 2025 edition of the Douglas County Economic Indicators is attached and available at this QualityInfo.org link.

 

Over the year, Douglas County employment declined by 480. Jobs were added in government and private health services, with declines in manufacturing, retail trade, and several other sectors. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.6%, which is slightly higher than the same time in 2024.

 

While most workforce data concerns employers and wage earners, a key part of the economy is made up of “nonemployers”, including sole proprietors and other business structures such as partnerships and S-Corps. For the special graph this month, I looked at the most recent data on number and revenue of nonemployer establishments from the Census Bureau, covering 2023.


There were 6,250 nonemployers in Douglas in 2023, with the greatest number in services, real estate and construction. Typically, Douglas County nonemployers had lower average revenue than nonemployers in the U.S. The exceptions were in other services, natural resources, and transportation and warehousing which had higher average revenue than in the U.S.

 

This month’s articles included:                                                                                   

 

As always, the Indicators contain all the latest economic data on our area. If you have a data question or want to learn more about any of these topics, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

 

Henry L. Fields

Workforce Analyst/Economist

Serving Lane and Douglas counties

Oregon Employment Department

(541) 359-9178


 
 
 

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