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The area reaches into Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Boone, Bracken and Campbell... counties.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Counties",[17],{"t":18,"head":19,"rows":23,"caption":36},"table",[20,21,22],"County","Warehousing jobs","Share of the metro",[24,28,32],[25,26,27],"Boone","9,121","45.7 percent",[29,30,31],"Butler","4,169","20.9 percent",[33,34,35],"Kenton","2,462","12.3 percent","BLS QCEW 2025, counties with disclosed data.",{"h2":38,"blocks":39},"ZIP codes with the most warehouses",[40,66],{"t":18,"head":41,"rows":45,"caption":65},[42,43,44],"ZIP","Town","Establishments",[46,50,54,58,62],[47,48,49],"41048","Hebron","28",[51,52,53],"45246","Cincinnati","20",[55,56,57],"45069","West Chester","13",[59,60,61],"45014","Fairfield","11",[63,64,61],"41094","Walton","Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023.",{"t":10,"text":67},"The five largest ZIP codes hold 83 establishments between them. Hebron (41048) leads with 28, 33.7 percent of the five.",{"h2":69,"blocks":70},"Reading the numbers",[71],{"t":72,"items":73},"ul",[74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98],"Boone County has 9,121 warehousing jobs, 45.7 percent of the 19,940 in the Cincinnati area.","Butler County has 4,169 warehousing jobs, 20.9 percent of the 19,940 in the Cincinnati area, 4,952 fewer than Boone.","Kenton County has 2,462 warehousing jobs, 12.3 percent of the 19,940 in the Cincinnati area, 6,659 fewer than Boone.","Cincinnati (45246) has 8 fewer warehousing establishments than Hebron (41048), 20 against 28.","West Chester (45069) has 15 fewer warehousing establishments than Hebron (41048), 13 against 28.","Fairfield (45014) has 17 fewer warehousing establishments than Hebron (41048), 11 against 28.","Walton (41094) has 17 fewer warehousing establishments than Hebron (41048), 11 against 28.","Boone County's 9,121 is 9.3 percent of all 98,354 warehousing jobs in Ohio.","Butler County's 4,169 is 4.2 percent of all 98,354 warehousing jobs in Ohio.","Kenton County's 2,462 is 2.5 percent of all 98,354 warehousing jobs in Ohio.","ZIP 41048 in Hebron ranks number 1 of the five, with 28 warehousing establishments, 33.7 percent of their combined total and 2.55 times the smallest of them.","ZIP 45246 in Cincinnati ranks number 2 of the five, with 20 warehousing establishments, 24.1 percent of their combined total and 1.82 times the smallest of them.","ZIP 45069 in West Chester ranks number 3 of the five, with 13 warehousing establishments, 15.7 percent of their combined total and 1.18 times the smallest of them.","ZIP 45014 in Fairfield ranks number 4 of the five, with 11 warehousing establishments, 13.3 percent of their combined total and 1.00 times the smallest of them.","ZIP 41094 in Walton ranks number 5 of the five, with 11 warehousing establishments, 13.3 percent of their combined total and 1.00 times the smallest of them.","Motor vehicle parts manufacturing employs 8,880 in the area (partial), 0.45 for every warehousing job.","Chemical manufacturing employs 13,339 in the area (partial), 0.67 for every warehousing job.","Beverage manufacturing employs 3,466 in the area (partial), 0.17 for every warehousing job.","Warehousing and storage employs 19,940 in the area (partial), 1.00 for every warehousing job.","Ohio's motor vehicle parts manufacturing employment, 62,025, is 3.11 times the Cincinnati area's warehousing jobs.","Ohio's plastics product manufacturing employment, 42,286, is 2.12 times the Cincinnati area's warehousing jobs.","Ohio's motor vehicle manufacturing employment, 19,070, is 0.96 times the Cincinnati area's warehousing jobs.","Ohio's fruit and vegetable preserving employment, 10,327, is 0.52 times the Cincinnati area's warehousing jobs.","Columbus, also in Ohio, has 34,200 warehousing jobs, 1.72 times Cincinnati's.","Cleveland, also in Ohio, has 13,652 warehousing jobs, 0.68 times Cincinnati's.",{"h2":100,"blocks":101},"Who ships pallets here",[102,125],{"t":18,"head":103,"rows":107,"caption":124},[104,105,106],"Industry","Private jobs, 2025","Jobs per warehousing job",[108,112,116,120],[109,110,111],"Motor vehicle parts manufacturing","8,880 (partial)","0.45",[113,114,115],"Chemical manufacturing","13,339 (partial)","0.67",[117,118,119],"Beverage manufacturing","3,466 (partial)","0.17",[121,122,123],"Warehousing and storage","19,940 (partial)","1.00","Jobs: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025; where counties are withheld the figure is partial.",{"t":10,"text":126},"In Cincinnati, motor vehicle parts manufacturing employs 8,880 (a partial count). Suppliers weigh the dynamic rating against the way parts move, and ask whether the pallet nests when it comes back empty. It tends to lean on heavy-duty stackable pallets, nestable on the empty return, usually in 48 x 45 in or 48 x 40 in, and to ask about the dynamic load, since parts travel on forklifts and conveyors all day.",{"h2":128,"blocks":129},"The empty return",[130,132],{"t":10,"text":131},"An illustration, not a forecast: if each of 83 warehouses in its five largest ZIP codes in Cincinnati sent back 800 empty pallets in a week, that would be 66,400 pallets. 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