Coweta County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Coweta County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Traveler accommodation industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 126.5 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Coweta County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Georgia, where this industry saw a gain of 5.2 percent. The Traveler accommodation industry in Coweta County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.3 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (126.5 percent gain)
2. Other schools and instruction (108.7 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (94.7 percent gain)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (77.5 percent gain)
5. Drycleaning and laundry services (69.8 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 4.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in Georgia, which experienced a gain of 3.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Coweta County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for road transportation industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 68.3 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 sector experienced a gain of 8.7 percent. The losses in the Support activities for road transportation industry in Coweta County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 1.2 in percent of workers in the Support activities for road transportation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for road transportation (68.3 percent decline)
2. Other personal services (59.1 percent decline)
3. Health and personal care stores (54.6 percent decline)
4. Other animal production (41.7 percent decline)
5. Computer systems design and related services (37.6 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Coweta County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Health and personal care stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 271 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Health and personal care stores industry make up 31.3 percent of the total employment decline in Coweta County, Georgia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Health and personal care stores (271 jobs lost)
2. Building equipment contractors (80 jobs lost)
3. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (71 jobs lost)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (33 jobs lost)
5. Computer systems design and related services (32 jobs lost)

In Coweta County, Georgia, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 1,153 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

From the 83 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 44 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 38 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Coweta County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has added the most employment with 201 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Employment services industry makes up 16.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Coweta County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (201 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (141 new jobs)
3. Traveler accommodation (116 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (101 new jobs)
5. Grocery stores (83 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.

Income and Poverty in Coweta County, Georgia

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Coweta County, Georgia may be understood as having a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 7.8 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 20.3 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Coweta County, reporting 12.8 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The poverty rate in Coweta County, Georgia has declined by 0.1 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 7.8 percent to 7.7 percent.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $58,175. This income level is 5.7 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. In Coweta County, Georgia White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $65,822 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 6.7 percent greater than the median in 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Coweta County had a median income of $100,989, this level was 63.8 percent greater than the median income level in this area. Hispanic Householders in Coweta County, Georgia recorded a median income of $55,747, this median is 9.6 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 37.8 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $38,363.

The areas median household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $54,811, which represents a 11.1 percent decline. Coweta County, Georgia, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 12 of 26 counties in percent of decline for household income in Georgia. Coweta County ranks 174 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in median income in the US.

As the median household income witnessed a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Coweta County, Georgia, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in household income was the Hispanic category. This group felt a decline of 40.8 percent from 2000 to 2005. The White population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Coweta County, seeing a 9.4 percent decline in household income level, since the year 2005.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Coweta County was reported to have a very high median income for households of $61,666 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 19.5 percent higher than the median income in State of Georgia of $49,647 and the median is 20.3 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

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

Higher Education in Coweta County, Georgia

In Coweta County, Georgia as reported in the 2000 Census, 22.6 percent of the White Alone, 11 percent of Black or African American, 44.4 percent of the Asian alone and 12.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Coweta County, Georgia may to understood as having a highly-educated working age population, with 20.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Coweta has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Georgia's proportion of 24.2 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Coweta County, Georgia, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 31.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Coweta have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 22.2 percent (Men) versus 19 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma, with 34 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Since the year 2000, Coweta has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 3.6 percent to a total of 24.2 in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proporation of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the 2005 State of Georgia percent of 27.2 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, 23.2 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 6.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 25.2 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

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

Demographic Profile for Coweta County, Georgia

Coweta County, Georgia has a population that is comprised of 75.9 percent White, 17 percent African American, 0.9 percent Asian, and 5.1 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high level of diversity, with 23.0 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Georgia percent of 39.2. Since 2000, Coweta has increased in diversity when 21.9 percent of the population were minorities.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Coweta County, Georgia to be 34.0 years old. The median age in Coweta is less than the median age in the State of Georgia of 34.3. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 33.6 years old. With a total of 27 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Coweta can be described as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 64.4 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 8.6 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a relatively low proportion of the population.

From 2000, a high amount of people migrated to Coweta from outside the country. The immigration into Coweta totals 0.7 percent of the total international migration into the State of Georgia. This percent of international migration is high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Coweta County, Georgia had a population of 109,903 in 2005. The estimated population has increased very sharply, since the population in 2000 of 90,156. This growth shows an increase of 21.9 percent. Coweta ranks 12 of 159 counties in terms of population growth in Georgia and the county ranks 171 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

When calculating the total land area, Coweta covers a total land area of 443 total square miles. The area has a medium-high population density of 248 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Kendall, IL (248 per sq. mile ), Miami, OH (250 per sq. mile ), Spokane, WA (250 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Bay, MI (245 per sq. mile ), Iredell, NC (245 per sq. mile ), Anderson, SC (244 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Coweta County, Georgia

Coweta County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $172,900, accounted by the American Community Survey. This median is greater than the Georgia 2005 home value of $147,500 and greater than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

In Coweta County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 42,277 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding in all 7,506 homes since 2001, or 21.6 percent.

The residential real estate values in Coweta County, Georgia have seen large increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $51,200, or 42.1 percent, since 2000 when they were valued at $121,700.

It can be understood that there is a fair amount of housing that is affordable in Coweta County, Georgia. In 2005, 24.6 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Coweta County may be be described as having a medium proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 1.7 percent owner-occupied dwelling are valued over a half a million dollars.

When compared to other counties in Georgia, Coweta County is positioned 9 of 159 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 33 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Coweta County, Georgia -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Coweta County, with the industry averaging 41 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the Georgia average of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Coweta County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 18.5 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 4,684 jobs. The Manufacturing and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 17.5 and 12.9 percent of industry employment.

Other services, except public administration has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Coweta County, growing in new jobs by 31.4 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 2.8 percent. The State of Georgia experienced a change in employment in the sector of -1.9 percent, in the period of time since 2001.











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