Friday, February 09, 2007

Alachua County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Alachua County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Performing arts companies industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 70.6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Florida, where the industry reported a gain of 12.3 percent. The losses in the Performing arts companies industry in Alachua County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 10.2 percent in terms of employees in the Performing arts companies industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Performing arts companies (70.6 percent decline)
2. Outpatient care centers (69.8 percent decline)
3. Household goods repair and maintenance (65.5 percent decline)
4. Internet publishing and broadcasting (62.7 percent decline)
5. Wireless telecommunications carriers (60.6 percent decline)

Alachua County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Office administrative services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 855.0 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Alachua County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Florida, where the industry felt a gain of 13.7 percent. The Office administrative services industry in Alachua County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 37.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office administrative services (855.0 percent gain)
2. Warehousing and storage (623.9 percent gain)
3. Social advocacy organizations (328.2 percent gain)
4. Unclassified (256.9 percent gain)
5. Waste treatment and disposal (215.0 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 11.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is less than percent in the State of Florida, which saw a gain of 11.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Alachua County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Outpatient care centers industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 575 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Outpatient care centers industry make up 12.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Alachua County, Florida.

Top 5 Industries
1. Outpatient care centers (575 jobs lost)
2. Special food services (454 jobs lost)
3. Other general merchandise stores (341 jobs lost)
4. Ship and boat building (321 jobs lost)
5. Home health care services (271 jobs lost)

Given the 132 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 48 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 84 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Alachua County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 1,120 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 9.9 percent of the growth in Alachua County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (1,120 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (883 new jobs)
3. Employment services (699 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (652 new jobs)
5. Nursing care facilities (554 new jobs)

In Alachua County, Florida, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 8,568 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

 

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