Barrow County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Barrow County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Grocery stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 61 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 18.9 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Barrow County, Georgia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (61 jobs lost)
2. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (54 jobs lost)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (49 jobs lost)
4. Utility system construction (47 jobs lost)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (20 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Barrow County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has added the most employment with 196 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Employment services industry makes up 22.7 percent of the total growth in Barrow County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (196 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (177 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (101 new jobs)
4. Individual and family services (73 new jobs)
5. Specialized freight trucking (61 new jobs)

From the 48 4-digit NAICS industries, 22 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 26 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Barrow County, Georgia, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,369 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total employment has increased by 12.2 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Georgia, experiencing a gain of 3.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Barrow County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 69.3 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Georgia, where the industry felt a gain of 1.7 percent. The losses in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry in Barrow County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 1.3 in percent of workers in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (69.3 percent decline)
2. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (36.3 percent decline)
3. Utility system construction (33.3 percent decline)
4. Nonresidential building construction (32.2 percent decline)
5. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (26.3 percent decline)

Barrow County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Investigation and security services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 178.4 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Barrow County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Georgia, where this industry saw a gain of 4.8 percent. The Investigation and security services industry in Barrow County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 2.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Investigation and security services (178.4 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (92.9 percent gain)
3. Employment services (76.4 percent gain)
4. Individual and family services (68.1 percent gain)
5. General freight trucking (67.4 percent gain)





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 Barrow County, Georgia

It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $50,625. This income level is 3.9 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. In Barrow County, Georgia White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $53,670 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.9 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Barrow County had a median income of $40,219, this was 23.6 percent less than the median for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 9.5 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $47,653. Hispanic households in Barrow County, Georgia recorded a median income of $41,681, this median household income is 20.9 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Barrow County, Georgia can be understood to have a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 8.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 14.4 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 75 years and over are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Barrow County, reporting 19.7 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Barrow County accounted a relatively high household income of $52,672 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 5.7 percent higher than the median income in State of Georgia of $49,647 and the median is 6.7 percent higher than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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