Friday, February 23, 2007

Alexander County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Alexander County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 40.0 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Alexander County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Illinois, where the industry felt a gain of 10.1 percent. The Limited-service eating places industry in Alexander County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 13.9 percent in this industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (40.0 percent gain)

Alexander County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Legal services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 60 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Illinois, where the it saw a gain of 7.9 percent. The losses in the Legal services industry in Alexander County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 8.3 percent in terms of employees in the Legal services industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Legal services (60 percent decline)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (41.9 percent decline)
3. Full-service restaurants (30.3 percent decline)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (1.5 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 16.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Illinois, experiencing a loss of -1.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Alexander County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 3 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 111.1 percent of the total employment growth in Alexander County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (3 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (354 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (326 new jobs)
4. Grocery stores (252 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Alexander County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 18 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 62.1 percent of the total employment decline in Alexander County, Illinois.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (18 jobs lost)

Of the 5 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 4 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 1 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Alexander County, Illinois, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 255 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.





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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