In Catawba County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry paid the average highest wages in Catawba County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Catawba County received a wage of $101,310 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the industry wage rate in North Carolina of $101,998 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $138,150.

High-wage employment in Catawba County, North Carolina are present in offices of physicians ($73,323), management of companies and enterprises ($72,117), apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers ($69,361) and commercial equip. merchant wholesalers ($65,292) 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.

Catawba County Wages have increased by 14.2% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Catawba County, North Carolina by a total of 14.2%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for North Carolina and less than the growth in average wages for the US.

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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.

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

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Total wages in all industries in Catawba County, North Carolina can be described as relatively high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 10 percent lower than the with an state average of $35,650. The average industry wage was less than the industry average in the US 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.

Catawba County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Catawba County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Home health care services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 135.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Catawba County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Carolina, where the industry took a gain of 61.4 percent. The Home health care services industry in Catawba County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 36.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (135.4 percent gain)
2. Specialized design services (125.9 percent gain)
3. Management and technical consulting services (84.2 percent gain)
4. Printing and related support activities (77.8 percent gain)
5. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (76.8 percent gain)

Catawba County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Textile furnishings mills industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 88.3 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of North Carolina, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 47.4 percent. The losses in the Textile furnishings mills industry in Catawba County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 25.3 percent in terms of employees in the Textile furnishings mills industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Textile furnishings mills (88.3 percent decline)
2. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (80.6 percent decline)
3. Fiber, yarn, and thread mills (80.5 percent decline)
4. Wired telecommunications carriers (72.9 percent decline)
5. RV parks and recreational camps (68.3 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 12.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of North Carolina, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Catawba County

The Employment services industry has grown the most with 1,337 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Employment services industry makes up 20.8 percent of the total growth in Catawba County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (1,337 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (714 new jobs)
3. Converted paper product manufacturing (506 new jobs)
4. Home health care services (470 new jobs)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (392 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Catawba County

Given the industries in the area, the Other electrical equipment and component mfg. industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 4,890 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Other electrical equipment and component mfg. industry make up 26.7 percent of the total employment decline in Catawba County, North Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other electrical equipment and component mfg. (4,890 jobs lost)
2. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (2,752 jobs lost)
3. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (1,169 jobs lost)
4. Fabric mills (1,098 jobs lost)
5. Textile and fabric finishing mills (1,003 jobs lost)

Given the 129 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 72 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 57 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Catawba County, North Carolina, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 11,213 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.





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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.

Catawba County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Catawba County

The Employment services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 543 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Employment services industry makes up 19.2 percent of the total growth in Catawba County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (543 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (248 new jobs)
3. Nonresidential building construction (187 new jobs)
4. Depository credit intermediation (137 new jobs)
5. Unclassified (111 new jobs)

Out of the 138 4-digit NAICS industries, 60 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 78 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Catawba County

Given the industries in the area, the Grocery stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 313 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 15.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Catawba County, North Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (313 jobs lost)
2. Apparel knitting mills (205 jobs lost)
3. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (181 jobs lost)
4. Fabric mills (149 jobs lost)
5. Textile and fabric finishing mills (128 jobs lost)

In Catawba County, North Carolina, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 1,485 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Catawba County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 110.3 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Catawba County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Carolina, where it saw a gain of 50.4 percent. The Unclassified industry in Catawba County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 12.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (110.3 percent gain)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (85.6 percent gain)
3. Other ambulatory health care services (50.7 percent gain)
4. Nonresidential building construction (47.8 percent gain)
5. Cutlery and handtool manufacturing (46.1 percent gain)

Catawba County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 58.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of North Carolina, where the industry felt a gain of 7.5 percent. The losses in the Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers industry in Catawba County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 1.4 in percent of jobs in the Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (58.7 percent decline)
2. Apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers (51 percent decline)
3. Local messengers and local delivery (48 percent decline)
4. Textile furnishings mills (46.8 percent decline)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (30.7 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 1.9 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than percent in North Carolina, which experienced a gain of 2.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US 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 Catawba County, North Carolina

The median household income in the area has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $39,279, which represents a 17.2 percent decline. Catawba County, North Carolina, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 6 of 36 counties in percent of decline for household income in North Carolina. Catawba County ranks 23 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of decline in household income across the nation.

In Catawba County, North Carolina White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $48,912 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 3.1 percent greater than the median in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $53,874. This median income level is 13.6 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 31 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $32,744. Hispanic households in Catawba County, North Carolina reported a median household income of $41,056, this median household income is 13.4 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Catawba County reported a median household income of $40,152, this was 15.3 percent less than the median income level in this area.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Catawba County was reported to have a relatively high median income for all households of $47,427 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 3.3 percent higher than the median income in State of North Carolina of $45,845 and this is 3.6 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The poverty rate in Catawba County, North Carolina has increased by 5.2 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 9.1 percent to 14.3 percent.

As the median household income witnessed a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Catawba County, North Carolina, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in median income was the American Indian and Alaska Native category. This group felt a decline of 1660454.8 percent from 2000 to 2005. The Asian Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Catawba County, seeing a 15.1 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Catawba County, North Carolina can be understood to have a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 9.1 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 26.4 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Catawba County, accounting 14.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Catawba County, North Carolina

Catawba County, North Carolina may to understood as having a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 17 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Catawba has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Catawba County, North Carolina, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 30.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Catawba have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 18 percent (Men) versus 16.2 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 32 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Since the year 2000, Catawba has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 5.2 percent to a total of 22.2 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is less than the 2005 State of North Carolina percent of 25.2 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 5.0 percent. As reported in 2005, 23 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 5.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 21.2 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

In Catawba County, North Carolina according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 18.2 percent of the White Alone, 7.8 percent of Black or African American, 13.4 percent of the Asian alone and 4.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Catawba County, North Carolina

Catawba County, North Carolina had a population of 151,641 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 142,488. This growth represents an increase of 6.4 percent. Catawba ranks 14 of 100 counties when calculating total change in population for North Carolina and the county ranks 340 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Catawba County, North Carolina to be 36.9 years old. The median in Catawba is greater than the median age for the State of North Carolina of 36.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 36.1 years old. With 24.4 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Catawba can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the population, with 62.9 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 12.8 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

When measuring the total land area, Catawba spans a total of 400 square miles. This area has a medium-high average population density of 379 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Island, WA (380 per sq. mile ), Dane, WI (381 per sq. mile ), Nueces, TX (383 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Hancock, WV (379 per sq. mile ), Boulder, CO (378 per sq. mile ), Porter, IN (377 per sq. mile ).

Estimated since the year 2000, a very high amount of people have migrated to Catawba internationally. The migration from outside the US into Catawba accounts for 2.1 percent of all immigration into North Carolina. This amount of international migration is very high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Catawba County, North Carolina has a population base that is comprised of 79.7 percent White, 8.2 percent African American, 3 percent Asian, and 8.1 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 19.3 percent minorities. This is less than the State of North Carolina percent of 29.6. Since 2000, Catawba has increased the percent of minority makeup when 16.9 percent of the total population were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Catawba County, North Carolina

Catawba County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $117,500, accounted by the American Community Survey. This is less than the State of North Carolina 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $127,600 and less than median home value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

In Catawba County, the census reported 65,724 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a total of 4,016 homes since 2001, or 6.5 percent.

The residential housing values in Catawba County, North Carolina have moderate increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $14,500, or 14.1 percent, from their 2000 value of $103,000.

Catawba County has a medium proportion of high-valued homes. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 1.7 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

Throughout the State of North Carolina, Catawba County places 38 of 100 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 595 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Catawba County, North Carolina. In 2005, 54.9 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Catawba County, Manufacturing, Management of companies and enterprises and Transportation and Warehousing industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Manufacturing industry has a US LQ in the county of 2.89. This means the percent of total employment in the Manufacturing sector is 2.89 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Catawba County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

In Catawba County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 37 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 28,509 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 13.2 and 9.9 percent of total employment, respectively.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Catawba County. The sector faced a loss of 11,312 total jobs during the period, accounting for 28.4 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 78 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

Catawba County is ranked at 9 of 101 Counties in the State of North Carolina in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 7 of 101 Counties.

The Manufacturing industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Catawba County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 45.2 percent of employment in 2001 to 37 percent in 2005.

Administrative and waste services has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Catawba County, with an industry growth of 25.7 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 4.5 percent. The State of North Carolina had changed in sector employment of 8 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Catawba County, with the industry averaging 55 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the State of North Carolina average establishment size of 53 for the Manufacturing industry.



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