Friday, February 23, 2007

Jackson County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Jackson County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Offices of physicians industry has grown the most with 25 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Offices of physicians industry makes up 27.7 percent of the total employment growth in Jackson County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of physicians (25 new jobs)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (13 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (13 new jobs)
4. Health and personal care stores (11 new jobs)
5. Lessors of real estate (8 new jobs)

In Jackson County, Arkansas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 764 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Of the 28 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 18 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 10 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Jackson County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Gasoline stations industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 57 jobs. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 23.4 percent of the total employment decline in Jackson County, Arkansas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (57 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (30 jobs lost)
3. Legal services (24 jobs lost)
4. Depository credit intermediation (23 jobs lost)
5. Oilseed and grain farming (21 jobs lost)

Total industry employment has decreased by 15.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Arkansas, which went through a gain of 3.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Jackson County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 74.1 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Jackson County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Arkansas, where the industry took a gain of 24.2 percent. The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Jackson County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 0.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (74.1 percent gain)
2. Lessors of real estate (40.3 percent gain)
3. Health and personal care stores (35.6 percent gain)
4. Offices of physicians (22.5 percent gain)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (20.0 percent gain)

Jackson County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Legal services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 52.2 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 sector has felt in the State of Arkansas, where the it saw a gain of 17.3 percent. The losses in the Legal services industry in Jackson County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 8.3 in percent of workers in the Legal services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Legal services (52.2 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (43.2 percent decline)
3. Private households (32.3 percent decline)
4. Support activities for crop production (27.2 percent decline)
5. Depository credit intermediation (23.7 percent decline)





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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