Employment Report for Nash County, North Carolina -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
In Nash County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 22 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 7,506 jobs. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 15.5 and 11.2 percent of the total jobs, respectively.
Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Nash County. The sector faced a loss of 1,679 employees during the period, or 18.3 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 60.2 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.
In Nash County, Manufacturing, Management of companies and enterprises and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 1.71. The level of employment in the Manufacturing industry is 1.71 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Nash County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.
Arts, entertainment, and recreation is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Nash County, with an employment growth of 24.2 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 4.7 percent. The State of North Carolina faced a industry job change of 0.5 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.
Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Nash County. The industry averages 69 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the North Carolina average of 53 for the Manufacturing industry.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
In Nash County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 22 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 7,506 jobs. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 15.5 and 11.2 percent of the total jobs, respectively.
Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Nash County. The sector faced a loss of 1,679 employees during the period, or 18.3 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 60.2 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.
In Nash County, Manufacturing, Management of companies and enterprises and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 1.71. The level of employment in the Manufacturing industry is 1.71 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Nash County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.
Arts, entertainment, and recreation is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Nash County, with an employment growth of 24.2 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 4.7 percent. The State of North Carolina faced a industry job change of 0.5 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.
Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Nash County. The industry averages 69 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the North Carolina average of 53 for the Manufacturing industry.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
