Tolland County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Tolland County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Grocery stores industry has grown the most with 7 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Grocery stores industry makes up 91.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Tolland County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Grocery stores (7 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Tolland County

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 4 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 91.7 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Tolland County, Connecticut.

Top 2 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (4 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (13 jobs lost)

In Tolland County, Connecticut, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 32 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.



Tolland County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 4.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Connecticut, where the it saw a gain of 2.1 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Tolland County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 0.3 percent in terms of employees in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (4.4 percent decline)

Tolland County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Grocery stores industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 10.6 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Tolland County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Connecticut, where the industry felt a loss of 2.3 percent. The Grocery stores industry in Tolland County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.3 percent in this industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Grocery stores (10.6 percent gain)
2. Individual and family services (1.8 percent gain)

Total industry employment has decreased by 6.2 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Connecticut, which saw a gain of 1.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.





About: This report is part 1 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.

Income and Poverty in Tolland County, Connecticut

As the median household income witnessed a growth during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Tolland County, Connecticut, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest growth in household income was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced an increase of 11.3 percent since the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income growth in Tolland County, experiencing a 89.5 percent decline in household income level, since the year 2005.

The household income has increased from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has increased to $73,919, representing a 7 percent growth. Tolland County, Connecticut, when comparing total percent of growth, ranks 1 of 3 counties in percent of growth for income levels in the State of Connecticut. Tolland County ranks 21 of 119 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the growth in median household income in the United States.

The poverty rate in Tolland County, Connecticut has declined by 0.1 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 5.6 percent to 5.5 percent.

Compared to counties across the United States, Tolland County was reported to have a very high median income for households of $69,081 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 8.7 percent higher than the median income in State of Connecticut of $63,104 and the median is 28.9 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Tolland County had a median household income level of $59,335, which was 14.1 percent less than the median for all households. In Tolland County, Connecticut White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $69,837 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.1 percent greater than the median income in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $52,023. This income level is 24.7 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 22.7 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $53,430. Hispanic households in Tolland County, Connecticut , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $54,661, this income level is 20.9 percent less than the areas median income level for all households.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Tolland County, Connecticut can be considered to have a very low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 5.6 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 22.2 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Tolland County, with 7.1 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.