Pope County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Florists industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 78.3 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Illinois, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 26.5 percent. The losses in the
Florists industry in Pope County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 23 percent in terms of employment in the
Florists industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Florists (78.3 percent decline)
2. Unclassified (33.3 percent decline)
3. Limited-service eating places (32.7 percent decline)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (27.3 percent decline)
5. Legal services (21.2 percent decline)
Pope County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Building equipment contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 620.4 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Pope County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Illinois, where it saw a loss of 5.7 percent. The
Building equipment contractors industry in Pope County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.3 percent of the employment in this industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Building equipment contractors (620.4 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (183.3 percent gain)
3. Specialized freight trucking (77.9 percent gain)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (58.2 percent gain)
5. Death care services (53.8 percent gain)
Total industry employment has increased by 3.1 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than percent in Illinois, which saw a loss of -1.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.
In Pope County, Illinois, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 13 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Pope CountyFrom the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Building equipment contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 112 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the
Building equipment contractors industry makes up 42.8 percent of the total growth in Pope County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Building equipment contractors (112 new jobs)
2. Depository credit intermediation (56 new jobs)
3. Specialized freight trucking (32 new jobs)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (18 new jobs)
5. Hog and pig farming (14 new jobs)
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Pope CountyThe
Limited-service eating places industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 62 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the
Limited-service eating places industry make up 47.8 percent of the total job loss in Pope County, Illinois.
Top 5 Industries 1. Limited-service eating places (62 jobs lost)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (19 jobs lost)
3. Florists (18 jobs lost)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (9 jobs lost)
5. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (7 jobs lost)
From the 22 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 10 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 12 industries reported employment loss in the period.
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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.
