Friday, February 23, 2007

Crenshaw County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Crenshaw County, Alabama, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 571 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Crenshaw County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Specialized freight trucking industry has added the most employment with 49 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Specialized freight trucking industry makes up 34.3 percent of the growth in Crenshaw County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (49 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (41 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (24 new jobs)
4. Logging (12 new jobs)

Of the 12 4-digit NAICS industries, 4 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 7 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Crenshaw County

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 45 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 68.2 percent of the total job loss in Crenshaw County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (45 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (14 jobs lost)
3. Legal services (3 jobs lost)
4. Lessors of real estate (3 jobs lost)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (29 jobs lost)

Crenshaw County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 53.8 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Alabama, where the it saw a loss of 13.5 percent. The losses in the Nonresidential building construction industry in Crenshaw County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 1.6 in percent of workers in the Nonresidential building construction industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (53.8 percent decline)
2. Full-service restaurants (31 percent decline)
3. Legal services (28.6 percent decline)
4. Lessors of real estate (18.8 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 23 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Alabama, which went through a gain of 3.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Crenshaw County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 68.9 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Crenshaw County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Alabama, where this industry saw a gain of 19.9 percent. The Limited-service eating places industry in Crenshaw County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 13.9 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (68.9 percent gain)
2. Gasoline stations (59.0 percent gain)
3. Health and personal care stores (57.4 percent gain)
4. Specialized freight trucking (43.1 percent gain)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (13.2 percent gain)





About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

 

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