DuPage County Economic Indicators First Quarter 2012 Current Rate Or Change
Indicator
Highlights: Trend
Sales Tax Receipts: DuPage County total sales tax receipts were $318.7 million in fourth quarter of 2011 compared to $318.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2010. This is an decrease of 0.05%. Municipal tax receipts were $45 million. Sales were strongest in Auto & Filling Stations, Agriculture & All Others, and Drugs & Misc. Retail business categories in DuPage County.
Sales Tax Receipts (percent change)
-0.05%
Unemployment Rate
7.2%
Chicago Federal Reserve Midwest Manufacturing Index
Unemployment: The March 2012 unemployment rate of 7.2% is lower than the first quarter of 2011. The DuPage County rate remains below the National, State, and MSA rates.
92.2
Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index: The Index increased slightly to 92.2, compared to 84.4 for first quarter 2011.
Office Space Vacancy Rate
17.1%
Industrial Space Vacancy Rate
10.7%
Commercial Vacancy Rates: The office vacancy rate increased slightly and the industrial vacancy rate decreased from fourth quarter 2011.
Sales Tax Receipts County Cook DuPage Kane Lake McHenry Will
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2010 – 4 Quarter $1,229,535,501.01 $318,874,158.30 $104,732,060.93 $176,996,264.94 $61,875,752.30 136,281,067.91
Source: Illinois Department of Revenue
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2011 – 4 Quarter $1,241,715,888.30 $318,710,424.74 $106,109,783.74 $184,650,632.10 $59,770,124.78 $140,071,553.13
4Q 2010 – 4Q 2011 % Change 0.99% -0.05% 1.32% 4.32% -3.40% 2.78%
Portion retained by State per person $121.22 $211.39 $123.85 $169.90 $120.98 $126.71
Unemployment Rate
Regional County Historical Unemployment Comparison
DuPage County Historical Unemployment Rate
12.0%
14%
10.0%
12% 9.0%
8.0%
7.7%
6.0% 4.0%
3.7%
3.3%
10% 6.9%7.2%
8% 6%
4.3%
4%
2.0%
2%
0.0%
0%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
DuPage
Chicago MSA
Illinois
2006
2007
2008
Cook Lake
2009
2010
DuPage McHenry
2011
2012
Kane Will
Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security 2012 Note: The Chicago MSA is defined as the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville MSA with a geographic area of Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL, Lake –Kenosha IL-WI, and Gary IN Metropolitan Division.
Regional County Unemployment Comparison
County Cook DuPage Kane Lake McHenry Will
March 2011 9.6% 7.5% 10.2% 10.5% 9.7% 9.9%
March 2012 9.2% 7.2% 9.8% 9.5% 9.7% 9.5%
Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security 2012
Chicago Metro Area Job Listings Available online job postings Computer related Sales related Management Office Admin & Support Business & Financial Healthcare Transportation Food Preparation & ServingRelated Architecture & Engineering Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, Media
Group Job Ad Count 22,790 17,659 17,440 13,354 11,187 11,061 4,956 4,952 4,719 4,231
Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security 2012 Note: The Chicago Metro Area includes Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, & Will Counties.
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Chicago Federal Reserve Bank’s Midwest Manufacturing Index & Industrial Production Index for Manufacturing
CFMMAI and IPMFG 120 Baseline is 100
100 80 60 CFMMAI
40
IPMFG
20 0
Source: Chicago Federal Reserve Bank 2011 Note: The Midwest is defined as the Seventh Federal Reserve District: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
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Current Regional County Real Estate Market Comparison, 1 Quarter 2012 Office County Cook DuPage Kane Lake McHenry Will
Vacancy Rate 13.1% 17.1% 19.8% 15.5% 23.9% 15.6%
Industrial
Total Absorption 4,715,157 2,132,351 183,005 322,449 112,374 174,349
Avg. Rate
Vacancy Rate
$24.27/fs $19.26/fs $18.01/fs $19.49/fs $16.40/fs $19.21/fs
10.9% 10.7% 9.2% 11.4% 12.1% 10.9%
Total Absorption 6,252,780 3,438,782 1,094,984 1,067,109 90,712 2,235,242
Avg. Rate $4.69/nnn $4.24/nnn $4.14/nnn $5.03/nnn $4.30/nnn $3.55/nnn
Source: Costar, 2012
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