Friday, February 09, 2007

Jerome County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Jerome County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Cattle ranching and farming industry has grown the most with 238 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Cattle ranching and farming industry makes up 29.4 percent of the total growth in Jerome County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (238 new jobs)
2. Specialized freight trucking (160 new jobs)
3. Other crop farming (70 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (54 new jobs)
5. Dairy product manufacturing (53 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Jerome County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Vegetable and melon farming industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 79 jobs. The declines in the Vegetable and melon farming industry make up 38.4 percent of the total employment decline in Jerome County, Idaho.

Top 5 Industries
1. Vegetable and melon farming (79 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (46 jobs lost)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (26 jobs lost)
4. Full-service restaurants (13 jobs lost)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (10 jobs lost)

In Jerome County, Idaho, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 1,194 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Of the 31 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 14 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 17 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Jerome County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 117.5 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Jerome County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Idaho, where it saw a gain of 65.1 percent. The Building finishing contractors industry in Jerome County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 17.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (117.5 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (116.7 percent gain)
3. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (87.9 percent gain)
4. Residential building construction (71.1 percent gain)
5. Specialized freight trucking (62.7 percent gain)

Jerome County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Vegetable and melon farming industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 56.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Idaho, where the industry reported a gain of 5.8 percent. The losses in the Vegetable and melon farming industry in Jerome County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 6.5 in percent of workers in the Vegetable and melon farming industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Vegetable and melon farming (56.2 percent decline)
2. Professional and similar organizations (52.4 percent decline)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (26.5 percent decline)
4. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (22.6 percent decline)
5. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (20.8 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 19 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in Idaho, which saw a gain of 13.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

 

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