Work/Residence Patterns - A STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2000

Jefferson County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:

Workers:
Number of persons who live in Jefferson County and work (implied resident labor force) 20,569
Number of persons who live AND work in Jefferson County 17,263
Total number of persons who work in Jefferson County (implied work force) 19,800
Commuters:
Number of persons who live in Jefferson County but work outside the county 3,306
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Jefferson County 2,537

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Jefferson County:
Clark County 490 
Kentucky 337 
Switzerland County 326 
Floyd County 272 
Scott County 270 
Total of above 1,695  workers
( 8.6% of Jefferson County work force)
 

Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Jefferson County:
Kentucky 1,091 
Jennings County 428 
Scott County 347 
Bartholomew County 223 
Clark County 201 
Total of above 2,290  workers
( 11.1% of Jefferson County labor force)
 

More detail for this county:
(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)
County nameCommute INTO
Jefferson County
% of
Jefferson County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Jefferson County To:
% of
Jefferson County
Labor Force
Bartholomew County 25 0.1 223 1.1
Clark County 490 2.5 201 1.0
Crawford County 13 0.1 0 0.0
Dearborn County 18 0.1 24 0.1
Decatur County 6 0.0 21 0.1
Delaware County 1 0.0 13 0.1
Floyd County 272 1.4 47 0.2
Harrison County 77 0.4 10 0.0
Illinois 14 0.1 8 0.0
Jackson County 28 0.1 180 0.9
Jennings County 191 1.0 428 2.1
Johnson County 8 0.0 13 0.1
Kentucky 337 1.7 1,091 5.3
Marion County 12 0.1 93 0.5
Michigan 5 0.0 12 0.1
Monroe County 4 0.0 20 0.1
Ohio County 6 0.0 16 0.1
Ohio (State) 16 0.1 50 0.2
Orange County 15 0.1 2 0.0
Out of State 47 0.2 195 0.9
Ripley County 222 1.1 108 0.5
Scott County 270 1.4 347 1.7
Switzerland County 326 1.6 98 0.5
Washington County 33 0.2 7 0.0
Note:  commuters to/from Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania are shown
separately and are not included in the 'Out of State' category.

These figures are provided to give a summary of commuting patterns, not employment patterns, and will not
match labor force or employment numbers from sources such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Data source: Indiana Department of Revenue - revised Jan. 2005
This table was produced by STATS Indiana on Jan 26, 2005