In Ashe County, jobs in the offices of physicians pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the offices of physicians industry had the highest average wages in Ashe County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Ashe County received a wage of $55,856 in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry wage rate in North Carolina of $65,188 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $64,740.

Other top-pay jobs in Ashe County, North Carolina exsists in electronic markets and agents and brokers ($49,339), depository credit intermediation ($34,899), nondepository credit intermediation ($34,472) and automobile dealers ($32,302) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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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.

Ashe County Wages have increased by 15.9% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Ashe County, North Carolina by a total of 15.9%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of North Carolina and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

Ashe County Industry Wages Lag Behind North Carolina, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Ashe County, North Carolina when analyzed can be understood as being medium-low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 29.2 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $35,650. The overall industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

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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.

Ashe County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Ashe County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 64 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry makes up 19.4 percent of the total growth in Ashe County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Highway, street, and bridge construction (64 new jobs)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (53 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (31 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (31 new jobs)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (29 new jobs)

In Ashe County, North Carolina, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 123 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Ashe County

Given the industries in the area, the Health and personal care stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 21 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Health and personal care stores industry make up 31.8 percent of the employment lost during the period in Ashe County, North Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Health and personal care stores (21 jobs lost)
2. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (17 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (11 jobs lost)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (10 jobs lost)
5. Nondepository credit intermediation (5 jobs lost)

From the 25 4-digit NAICS industries, 6 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 18 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

The total number of jobs has increased by 1.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than percent in North Carolina, which experienced a gain of 1.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Ashe County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Personal care services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 221.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Ashe County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of North Carolina, where the industry took a gain of 26.4 percent. The Personal care services industry in Ashe County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 16.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Personal care services (221.4 percent gain)
2. Highway, street, and bridge construction (177.1 percent gain)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (120.8 percent gain)
4. Child day care services (110.0 percent gain)
5. Offices of physicians (73.2 percent gain)

Ashe County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 57.1 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the North Carolina, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 2.9 percent. The losses in the Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry in Ashe County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 7.2 in percent of jobs in the Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (57.1 percent decline)
2. Nondepository credit intermediation (35.7 percent decline)
3. Health and personal care stores (27.9 percent decline)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (20.4 percent decline)
5. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (17.4 percent decline)





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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.

Ashe County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Ashe County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Direct selling establishments industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 11 jobs. The declines in the Direct selling establishments industry make up 14.7 percent of the total job loss in Ashe County, North Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Direct selling establishments (11 jobs lost)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (9 jobs lost)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (7 jobs lost)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (7 jobs lost)
5. Building equipment contractors (7 jobs lost)

In Ashe County, North Carolina, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 5 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Ashe County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Child day care services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 25 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Child day care services industry makes up 14.3 percent of the total number of new jobs in Ashe County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Child day care services (25 new jobs)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (23 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (20 new jobs)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (20 new jobs)
5. Unclassified (20 new jobs)

From the 35 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 13 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 21 industries reported a drop in employment.

Ashe County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 47.2 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the North Carolina, where the it saw a loss of 1.5 percent. The losses in the Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry in Ashe County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 4 percent in terms of employment in the Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (47.2 percent decline)
2. Activities related to real estate (40 percent decline)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (26.9 percent decline)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (16.2 percent decline)
5. Direct selling establishments (16 percent decline)

Ashe County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Lessors of real estate industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 114.3 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Ashe County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for North Carolina, where this industry saw a loss of 1.1 percent. The Lessors of real estate industry in Ashe County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 0.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (114.3 percent gain)
2. Child day care services (107.0 percent gain)
3. Architectural and engineering services (92.9 percent gain)
4. Unclassified (63.4 percent gain)
5. Clothing stores (62.9 percent gain)

Total industry employment has decreased by 0.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in North Carolina, which experienced a gain of 2.7 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.





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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.

Income and Poverty in Ashe County, North Carolina

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Ashe County had a median household income level of $20,768, which was 38.4 percent less than the median income level in this area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $8,357. This income level is 75.2 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. In Ashe County, North Carolina White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $33,956 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.7 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic households in Ashe County, North Carolina reported a median household income of $22,669, this median household income is 32.8 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 0.6 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $33,516.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Ashe County reported a relatively low median household income of $33,724 (2005 Dollars). This median is 35.9 percent lower than the median in State of North Carolina of $45,845 and the median is 45.7 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Ashe County, North Carolina can be recognized as having a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 13.5 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 85.5 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Ashe County, reporting 21.8 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Ashe County, North Carolina

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Ashe County, North Carolina, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 33.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Ashe have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 12.2 percent (Men) versus 12 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 34 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Ashe County, North Carolina is made up of a moderately-educated population, with 12 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Ashe counted a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Ashe County, North Carolina as reported in the 2000 Census, 12.2 percent of the White Alone, 2.2 percent of Black or African American, 11.8 percent of the Asian alone and 7.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Ashe County, North Carolina

Ashe County, North Carolina has a population base that is comprised of 95.6 percent White, 0.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 3.1 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest level of diversity, with 4.0 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of North Carolina percent of 29.6. Since 2000, Ashe has increased in diversity when 3.3 percent of the people were minorities.

By measuring total land area, Ashe covers a total land area of 426 square miles. This area has a medium-low average population density of 59 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Botetourt, VA (59 per sq. mile ), Newberry, SC (59 per sq. mile ), Obion, TN (59 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Chattahoochee, GA (59 per sq. mile ), Randolph, IN (59 per sq. mile ), Schuyler, NY (59 per sq. mile ).

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Ashe County, North Carolina to be 42.7 years old. The median in Ashe is greater than the median age in North Carolina of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median, when the median age was 42.2 years of age. With 19.4 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Ashe can be described as being made up of a relatively low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 61.7 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 18.9 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

Ashe County, North Carolina had a population that was estimated at 25,347 in 2005. The total population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 24,458. This growth denotes an increase of 3.6 percent. Ashe ranks 62 of 100 counties when calculating total change in population for North Carolina and the county ranks 1,143 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Since the year 2000, a medium-high number of individual migrated to the Ashe internationally. The migration from outside the US into Ashe accounts for 0.1 percent of all immigration into North Carolina. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Ashe County, North Carolina

In Ashe County, the real estate market was made up of 14,657 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 1,022 housing units since the year 2001, or 7.5 percent.

Ashe County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $91,600, published by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the State of North Carolina 2000 home median value of $108,300 and less than home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

In the State of North Carolina, Ashe County places 33 of 100 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 486 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

There is a large amount of affordable housing in Ashe County, North Carolina. In 2000, 72.7 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Ashe County, North Carolina -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Ashe County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Construction industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 28.6 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 1,947 employees. The Retail Trade and Construction sectors account for 16.1 and 10.3 percent of total employment, respectively.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Ashe County. The sector faced a loss of 472 jobs, or 19.5 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 66.7 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Ashe County. In the County, the industry averages 57 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the State of North Carolina average establishment size of 53 for the Manufacturing industry.

Ashe is the County that is ranked 74 of 101 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of North Carolina according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 73 of 101 Counties.

The Manufacturing has seen the largest decrease in industry presence in Ashe County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 35.3 percent of total employment in 2001 to 28.6 percent of total employment in the year 2005.

In Ashe County, Manufacturing, Construction and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Manufacturing sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.23. This means the percent of total employment in the Manufacturing sector is 2.23 times greater than the national average, signifying that Ashe County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.

Real estate and rental and leasing is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Ashe County, growing by 40.4 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 4.3 percent. The State of North Carolina encountered a change in industry employment of 5.1 percent, during the time since 2001.



Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).