Friday, February 23, 2007

Bureau County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Bureau County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 434.2 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Bureau County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Illinois, where the industry took a loss of 7.4 percent. The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Bureau County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 1.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (434.2 percent gain)
2. Building finishing contractors (225.6 percent gain)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (95.5 percent gain)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (55.8 percent gain)
5. General freight trucking (40.7 percent gain)

Bureau County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 55.4 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Illinois, where the industry reported a loss of 8.2 percent. The losses in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry in Bureau County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 4 in percent of workers in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (55.4 percent decline)
2. Used merchandise stores (55.2 percent decline)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (48.4 percent decline)
4. Traveler accommodation (45.5 percent decline)
5. Electronics and appliance stores (44.6 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 7 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in Illinois, which went through a loss of -1.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Bureau County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 106 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry makes up 27.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Bureau County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (106 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (55 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (50 new jobs)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (48 new jobs)
5. Building finishing contractors (29 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Bureau County

Given the industries in the area, the Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 160 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry make up 19.1 percent of the total job loss in Bureau County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (160 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (91 jobs lost)
3. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (90 jobs lost)
4. Full-service restaurants (59 jobs lost)
5. Depository credit intermediation (47 jobs lost)

Of the 45 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 31 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 14 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Bureau County, Illinois, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 723 total jobs from 2001 to 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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