Saturday, February 24, 2007

Scott County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Out of the 33 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 12 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 21 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Scott County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the General freight trucking industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 63 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the General freight trucking industry make up 29.7 percent of the employment lost during the period in Scott County, Mississippi.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (63 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (58 jobs lost)
3. Animal food manufacturing (26 jobs lost)
4. Offices of physicians (12 jobs lost)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (12 jobs lost)

In Scott County, Mississippi, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 444 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Scott County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Animal slaughtering and processing industry has grown the most with 303 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Animal slaughtering and processing industry makes up 41.8 percent of the total growth in Scott County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Animal slaughtering and processing (303 new jobs)
2. Gasoline stations (82 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (74 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (65 new jobs)
5. Health and personal care stores (42 new jobs)

Scott County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 226.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Scott County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Mississippi, where this industry saw a gain of 16.3 percent. The Residential building construction industry in Scott County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 30.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (226.7 percent gain)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (77.3 percent gain)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (69.8 percent gain)
4. Health and personal care stores (54.1 percent gain)
5. Specialized freight trucking (43.0 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 4.2 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of Mississippi, experiencing a gain of 0.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Scott County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 83.6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Mississippi, where the it saw a gain of 21.5 percent. The losses in the Nonresidential building construction industry in Scott County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 1.6 percent in terms of employees in the Nonresidential building construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (83.6 percent decline)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (54.5 percent decline)
3. Lessors of real estate (52.4 percent decline)
4. Freight transportation arrangement (34.7 percent decline)
5. Logging (29.9 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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