A Guide to IEDC Site Selection Data Standards December 2014 Spoon River Partnership for Economic Development Canton Main Street University of Illinois Extension University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This page is intentionally left blank A Guide to IEDC Site Selection Data Standards Prepared for Spoon River Partnership for Economic Development 45 East Side Square, Suite 303 Canton, IL 61520 December 2014 Produced by Department of Urban and Regional Planning University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 111 Temple Buell Hall 611 Taft Drive Champaign, IL 61820 www.urban.illinois.edu In cooperation with University of Illinois Extension 111 Mumford Hall 1301 W. Gregory Dr. Urbana, IL 61801 web.extension.illinois.edu Acknowledgment of funding support Project funding was provided by Spoon River Partnership for Economic Development and Canton Main Street. 1 Team Faculty Advisor Dr. Stacy Harwood 217.265.0874 [email protected] Economic Development Educator Kathleen Brown 309.255.9189 [email protected] Research Assistant Manish Singh 217.819.2241 [email protected] Department of Urban and Regional Planning Regional and Urban of Department 2 A Guide to IEDC Site Selection Data Standards Table of Contents Introduction 5 Table 1: Demographic Characteristics 6 Table 2: Labor Force Characteristics 13 Table 3: Leading Employers 20 Table 4: New/Expanding Companies 24 Table 5: Military Base and Installations 26 Table 6: Research Base 27 Table 7: Four Year Institutions 28 Table 8: Community Colleges 29 Table 9: Vocational/Training Center Resources 30 Table 10: Available Payroll Costs by Industry 31 Table 11: Average Salary by Selected Occupation 33 Table 12: Workers Compensation and Unemployment Insurance 36 Table 13: Labor Management Relations 38 Table 14: Transportation 41 Table 15: Taxation 47 Table 16: Occupancy/Supply 52 Table 17: Utilities 55 Table 18: Environmental 57 Table 19: Government 59 Table 20: International Resources 60 Table 21: Quality of Life 62 Appendix 1: Contact Information for Data Sources 69 3 This page is intentionally left blank A Guide to IEDC Site Selection Data Standards Introduction The International Economic Development These tables are available with Spoon River Council (IEDC) Site Selection Data Standards Partnership for Economic Development and are common information-gathering these are to be referred while using this guide questionnaire that communities complete for as the step by step process follows the same site selection consultants. These standards order in which information is required in IEDC were launched by International Economic Site Selection Data Standard tables for Fulton Development Council in New York in 2000. County. The data set contained over 1,000 data The process of updating information requires elements organized into 21 spreadsheets. The general proficiency with Microsoft Excel as the standard dataset facilitates the decision of guide frequently asks you to use general Excel site selection and serves as a tool to promote formulas. Part of this guide requires navigating economic development for communities that through government data sources such as US strive for relocating employers. The datasets Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics provide critical information to help location but it also requires contacting relevant professionals and businesses determine the agencies for gathering information. The guide suitability of the community for their site refers to a number of government and private needs. It also helps economic development data sources to collect data. It is important to professionals better understand the economic note that the exact location of the required base of their communities for all development information on these sources might change and planning purposes. in future. Although the guide focuses on the The purpose of this guide is to enable Spoon procedure followed in collecting IEDC Site River Partnership for Economic Development Selection Data Standards for Fulton County in and other concerned agencies to update 2014, most recently available information shall the IEDC Site Selection Data Standards for be used while updating the datasets in future. Fulton County in future. It provides step by The guide uses a list of businesses for Fulton step process of information collection for County, IL (accessed on September 04, 2014 these datasets. The IEDC Site Selection Data from ESRI Business Analyst) which is provided Standard tables for Fulton County and City with this guide in Microsoft Excel format. The of Canton were completed by Department of data accompanying this guide is available Urban and Regional Planning, University of on request from Spoon River Partnership for Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in collaboration Economic Development (see Appendix 1 for with the Spoon River Partnership for contact information). Economic Development, Canton Main Street and University of Illinois Extension in 2014. 5 A Guide to IEDC Site Selection Data Standards Table 1 Demographic Characteristics Population 1. US Census Bureau maintains the data for population by age group. US Census Bureau can be accessed through American FactFinader. The ‘Advance Search’ feature allows searching data in American FactFinder, with access to all geographic types and datasets. 2. Open American FactFinder (factfinder2.census. gov) and go to Advance Search. 3. Select Fulton County, IL as geography type and add this to your selection. 4. Type P012: SEX BY AGE [49] in topic or table name to access 2000 data for population by age group. 5. Select and open the table with 2000 SF1 100% Data as dataset. 6. Download the table in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format. 6 A Guide to IEDC Site Selection Data Standards 7. Go back in FactFinder and type B01001: SEX BY AGE in topic or table name to access 2012 data for population by age group. 8. Select and open the table with 2012 ACS 5-year estimates as dataset. 9. Download the table in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format. 10. The age groups listed in IEDC table 1 do not match with the age groups available with US Census Bureau. Along with this, US Census Bureau lists population by age groups separately for male and female. Consolidate the age groups and sexes in the tables downloaded in step 6 and step 9 using following calculations – a. For Under 17, add Under 5 years, 5 to 9 years, 10 to 14 years and 15 to 17 years for both male and female. b. For 18-34, add 18 and 19 years, 20 years, 21 years, 22 to 24 years, 25 to 29 years, 30 to 34 years for both male and female. c. For 35-54, add 35 to 39 years, 40 to 44 years, 45 to 49 years, and 50 to 54 years for both male and female. d. For 55-74, add 55 to 59 years, 60 and 61 years, 62 to 64 years, 65 and 66 years, 67 to 69 years and 70 to 74 years for both male and female. e. For 74 - Older, add 75 to 79 years, 80 to 84 years and 85 years and over for both male and female. % Distribution by Age Group 11. Calculate % Distribution by Age Group using the values obtained in step 10 and the total population listed in the tables downloaded in step 6 and step 9. Median Age 12. US Census Bureau maintains the data for median age. 13. Open American FactFinder (factfinder2.census.gov) and go to Advance Search. 14. Select Fulton County, IL as geography type and add this to your selection. 15. Type DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 in topic or table name to access median age for 2000. 16. Select and open the table with 2000 SF1 100% Data as dataset. 17. Download the table in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format. 7 A Guide to IEDC Site Selection Data Standards 18. The table downloaded in step 17 contains median age for 2000. 19. Go back in FactFinder and type B01002: MEDIAN AGE BY SEX in topic or table name to access median age for 2012. 20. Select and open the table with 2012 ACS 5-year estimates as dataset. 21. Download the table in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format. 22. The table downloaded in step 21 contains median age for 2012. Households 23. US Census Bureau maintains the data for number of households, median household income and household income distribution. 24. Open American FactFinder (factfinder2.census.gov) and go to Advance Search. 25. Select Fulton County, IL as geography type and add this to your selection. 26. Type DP-3: Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000 in topic or table name to access data for 2000 households. 27. Select and open the table with 2000 SF3 Sample Data as dataset. 28. Download the table in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format. 29. The table downloaded in step 28 contains number of household and median household income for 2000. 30. The household income ranges listed in IEDC table 1 do not match with the income ranges available with US Census Bureau. For 2000 household income distribution, consolidate the household income ranges in the table downloaded in step 28 using following calculations – a. For Under - $35,000, add Less than $10,000, $10,000 to $14,999, $15,000 to $24,999 and $25,000 to $34,999. b. For $35,001 - $50,000, use $35,000 to $49,999. c. For $50,001 - $75,000, use $50,000 to $74,999. d. For $75,001 - Above, add $75,000 to $99,999, $100,000 to $149,999, $150,000 to $199,999 and $200,000 or more. 31. Go back in FactFinder and type DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics in topic or table name to access data for 2012 households. 32. Select and open the table with 2012 ACS 5-year estimates as dataset. 8 A Guide to IEDC Site Selection Data Standards 33. Download the table in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format.