In Franklin County, jobs in the management of companies and enterprises pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the management of companies and enterprises industry paid the average highest wages in Franklin County for 2006. The average industry job in Franklin County received an annual wage of $43,545 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the industry pay the State of Alabama of $59,954 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $82,655.

Top-pay jobs in Franklin County, Alabama are present in legal services ($37,070), machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($30,669), misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers ($30,324) and health and personal care stores ($30,079) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed Comparison

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

Franklin County Wages have increased by 16.4% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Franklin County, Alabama by a total of 16.4%. This is less than the growth in average industry wages for Alabama and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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

Franklin County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has increased by 10.2 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of Alabama, which went through a gain of 3.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Franklin County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Furniture stores industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 85 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Alabama, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 2.1 percent. The losses in the Furniture stores industry in Franklin County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 4.6 percent in terms of employment in the Furniture stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Furniture stores (85 percent decline)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (77.6 percent decline)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (71.5 percent decline)
4. General freight trucking (57.4 percent decline)
5. Nonresidential building construction (56.9 percent decline)

Franklin County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 392.9 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Franklin County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Alabama, where the industry felt a gain of 22.1 percent. The Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Franklin County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 6.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (392.9 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (178.7 percent gain)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (81.8 percent gain)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (67.3 percent gain)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (60.0 percent gain)

Given the 33 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 17 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 15 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Franklin County, Alabama, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 865 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Franklin County

The Management of companies and enterprises industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 139 jobs. The declines in the Management of companies and enterprises industry make up 23.8 percent of the total employment decline in Franklin County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (139 jobs lost)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (120 jobs lost)
3. Furniture stores (85 jobs lost)
4. Logging (67 jobs lost)
5. General freight trucking (54 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Franklin County

The Specialized freight trucking industry has added the most employment with 64 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Specialized freight trucking industry makes up 28.3 percent of the total growth in Franklin County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (64 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (39 new jobs)
3. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (18 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (18 new jobs)
5. Offices of dentists (16 new jobs)





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

Franklin County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Franklin County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 20 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 26.4 percent of the total growth in Franklin County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (20 new jobs)
2. Offices of physicians (17 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (10 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (8 new jobs)
5. Depository credit intermediation (7 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Franklin County

Given the industries in the area, the Management of companies and enterprises industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 28 jobs. The declines in the Management of companies and enterprises industry make up 42.6 percent of the total job loss in Franklin County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (28 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (21 jobs lost)
3. Private households (9 jobs lost)
4. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (4 jobs lost)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (2 jobs lost)

Of the 20 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 8 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 11 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Franklin County, Alabama, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 73 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Franklin County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 29.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Franklin County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Alabama, where the industry felt a gain of 4.6 percent. The Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Franklin County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 3.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (29.4 percent gain)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (17.0 percent gain)
3. Personal care services (15.7 percent gain)
4. Gasoline stations (13.4 percent gain)
5. Offices of physicians (13.4 percent gain)

Franklin County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 34.6 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Alabama, where the industry felt a loss of 2.1 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Franklin County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.9 in percent of workers in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (34.6 percent decline)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (31.4 percent decline)
3. Automobile dealers (24.5 percent decline)
4. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (6.7 percent decline)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (4.8 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in Alabama, which experienced a gain of 2.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.





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

Income and Poverty in Franklin County, Alabama

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Franklin County, Alabama can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 18.9 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 38.5 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Franklin County, accounting 35.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

In Franklin County, Alabama White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $32,517 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2.3 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 32.7 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $21,403. Hispanic headed households in Franklin County, Alabama , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $33,638, this median household income is 5.8 percent greater than the areas median income level for all households. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $58,663. This median is 84.5 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Franklin County reported a median household income of $25,960, this median was 18.4 percent less than the areas median level for all households.

Compared to counties across the United States, Franklin County reported a relatively low median income for households of $31,797 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 25.6 percent lower than the median income in State of Alabama of $39,938 and the income level is 54.5 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Franklin County, Alabama

In Franklin County, Alabama as reported in the 2000 Census, 9.8 percent of the White Alone, 9.2 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 6.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Franklin County, Alabama, many men in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 37.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Franklin have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 10.4 percent (Men) versus 9 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is Less than High School, with 38.2 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Franklin County, Alabama has a less-educated 2000 population, with 9.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Franklin is reported having a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Alabama's proportion of 19 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Franklin County, Alabama

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Franklin County, Alabama to be 38.1 years old. The median in Franklin is greater than the median in Alabama of 37.4. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 36.8 years old. With 23.5 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Franklin can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 61.2 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 15.2 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

Franklin County, Alabama has a population that is made up of 84 percent White, 4.1 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 10.9 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 15.1 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Alabama percent of 29.3. Since 2000, Franklin has increased the percent of minority makeup when 11.9 percent of the total population were minorities.

Franklin County, Alabama had a total estimated population of 30,737 in 2005. The total population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 31,221. The decline signifies a decrease of -1.6 percent. Franklin ranks 46 of 67 counties by growth in total population in Alabama and the county ranks 2,737 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

By measuring total land area, Franklin spans a total area of 636 square miles. The county has a of low population density of 48 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Shasta, CA (48 per sq. mile ), Walton, FL (48 per sq. mile ), Decatur, GA (48 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Shasta, CA (48 per sq. mile ), Walton, FL (48 per sq. mile ), Decatur, GA (48 per sq. mile ).

From 2000, a very high number of individual migrated to the Franklin from outside the country. The immigration into Franklin makes up 2.4 percent of the total international migration into the State of Alabama. This level of international migration can be considered very high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Franklin County, Alabama

In the State of Alabama, Franklin County places 45 of 67 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 2,675 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

According to the data, there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Franklin County, Alabama. In 2000, 89.2 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Franklin County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $62,800, according to the Decennial Census. This is less than the overall State of Alabama 2000 home value of $85,100 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

In Franklin County, there were a total of 14,025 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen moderate level of growth, adding a total of 124 homes since 2001, or 0.9 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Franklin County, Alabama -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Franklin County, averaging 85 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the State of Alabama typical size of 52 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Franklin County, Manufacturing, Mining and Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Manufacturing sector in the county has a location quotient of 3.88. The percent of employment in the Manufacturing sector is 3.88 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Franklin County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

Wholesale trade is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Franklin County, increasing in size by 30.2 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 0.4 percent. The State of Alabama encountered a change in industry employment of -1.1 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

In Franklin County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 49.8 percent of total employment in the county, making up 4,525 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries total 11 and 6.4 percent of all employment.

Management of companies and enterprises between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Franklin County. The industry lost a total of 152 total jobs during the period, accounting for 74.9 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 48.3 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.







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