Friday, February 23, 2007

Gordon County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Gordon County

The Employment services industry has grown the most with 909 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Employment services industry makes up 32.3 percent of the total employment growth in Gordon County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (909 new jobs)
2. Fiber, yarn, and thread mills (351 new jobs)
3. Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers (199 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (192 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (169 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Gordon County

Given the industries in the area, the Home furnishings stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 103 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Home furnishings stores industry make up 17.2 percent of the total job loss in Gordon County, Georgia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home furnishings stores (103 jobs lost)
2. Printing and related support activities (96 jobs lost)
3. Lessors of real estate (75 jobs lost)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (62 jobs lost)
5. Full-service restaurants (45 jobs lost)

Given the 56 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 25 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 31 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Gordon County, Georgia, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,693 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Gordon County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 471.4 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Gordon County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Georgia, where the industry took a gain of 22.2 percent. The Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers industry in Gordon County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 21.3 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (471.4 percent gain)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (455.6 percent gain)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (375.2 percent gain)
4. Residential building construction (360.6 percent gain)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (243.6 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 9.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in Georgia, experiencing a gain of 3.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Gordon County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Lessors of real estate industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 57.1 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Georgia, where the industry felt a gain of 10.3 percent. The losses in the Lessors of real estate industry in Gordon County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 2.1 percent in terms of employment in the Lessors of real estate industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (57.1 percent decline)
2. Unclassified (51.4 percent decline)
3. Private households (45.8 percent decline)
4. Printing and related support activities (42.3 percent decline)
5. Building finishing contractors (40.5 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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