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OFFICE OF PLANNING & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
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Following
are the eleven (11) largest employers in Sangamon County and the
ten (10) largest private employers in Sangamon County.
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11 Largest Employers
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Employer |
Number of Workers |
| State
of Illinois |
17,000 |
| Memorial
Health System |
3,400 |
| St.
John's Hospital |
2,839 |
| Illinois
National Guard |
2,700 |
| Springfield
School District #186 |
2,019 |
| City
of Springfield |
1,707 |
| Horace
Mann Insurance Company |
1,280 |
| SIU
School of Medicine |
1,200 |
| Springfield
Clinic, LLP |
900 |
| SBC |
900 |
| U.S.Postal Service |
900 |
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10 largest Private Employers in Sangamon County |
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Employer |
Number of Workers |
Product/Service |
| Memorial Health Systems |
3,400 |
Health Care |
| St. John's Hospital |
2,839 |
Health Care |
| Horace Mann Companies |
1,280 |
Insurance |
| SBC/Ameritech |
900 |
Telecommunications |
| Springfield Clinic, LLP |
900 |
Health Care |
| United Contractors Midwest, Inc. |
775 |
Construction |
| Cingular Wireless SBC |
706 |
Customer Care Center |
| AIG American General |
600 |
Financial Services |
| Freeman United Mining |
558 |
Coal Mining |
| Express Personnel Services |
550 |
Employment Services |
(source:
the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce; The Economic Development
Council, Firms Employing 35 or More in Springfield and Sangamon
County, 20020).
Workforce
Facts
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68%
of Springfield's underemployed have attended college
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71%
commute less than 10 miles to work
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Women
comprise 59% of the underemployed
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52%
are between the ages of 20 and 39
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70%
of the underemployed indicated interest in additional training,
particularly in the computer and communications areas
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Office of Planning
& Economic Development
800 E. Monroe, Room 107
Springfield, IL 62701
217.789.2377 or 1.800.357.2379
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