Chatham County Five-Year Industry Employment Change
Chatham County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment
The Community care facilities for the elderly industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 617.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Chatham County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of North Carolina, where the industry felt a gain of 36.6 percent. The Community care facilities for the elderly industry in Chatham County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 27.2 percent of the industry employment.
Top 5 Industries
1. Community care facilities for the elderly (617.0 percent gain)
2. Land subdivision (555.0 percent gain)
3. Architectural and engineering services (143.6 percent gain)
4. Scientific research and development services (125.6 percent gain)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (105.9 percent gain)
Chatham County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment
The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 90.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the North Carolina, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 25.4 percent. The losses in the Other miscellaneous store retailers industry in Chatham County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 1.5 percent in terms of employees in the Other miscellaneous store retailers industry.
Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous store retailers (90.9 percent decline)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (73.5 percent decline)
3. Home furnishings stores (62.5 percent decline)
4. Activities related to real estate (50 percent decline)
5. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (31.8 percent decline)
Total employment has increased by 3.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in North Carolina, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Chatham County
Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Community care facilities for the elderly industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 557 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Community care facilities for the elderly industry makes up 33.5 percent of the total number of new jobs in Chatham County.
Top 5 Industries
1. Community care facilities for the elderly (557 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (139 new jobs)
3. Scientific research and development services (90 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (86 new jobs)
5. Land subdivision (74 new jobs)
In Chatham County, North Carolina, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 494 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Chatham County
The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 192 jobs. The declines in the Other miscellaneous store retailers industry make up 37.8 percent of the employment lost during the period in Chatham County, North Carolina.
Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous store retailers (192 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (92 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (87 jobs lost)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (25 jobs lost)
5. General freight trucking (18 jobs lost)
Given the 57 4-digit NAICS industries, 21 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 36 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.
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.
The Community care facilities for the elderly industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 617.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Chatham County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of North Carolina, where the industry felt a gain of 36.6 percent. The Community care facilities for the elderly industry in Chatham County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 27.2 percent of the industry employment.
Top 5 Industries
1. Community care facilities for the elderly (617.0 percent gain)
2. Land subdivision (555.0 percent gain)
3. Architectural and engineering services (143.6 percent gain)
4. Scientific research and development services (125.6 percent gain)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (105.9 percent gain)
Chatham County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment
The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 90.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the North Carolina, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 25.4 percent. The losses in the Other miscellaneous store retailers industry in Chatham County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 1.5 percent in terms of employees in the Other miscellaneous store retailers industry.
Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous store retailers (90.9 percent decline)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (73.5 percent decline)
3. Home furnishings stores (62.5 percent decline)
4. Activities related to real estate (50 percent decline)
5. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (31.8 percent decline)
Total employment has increased by 3.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in North Carolina, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Chatham County
Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Community care facilities for the elderly industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 557 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Community care facilities for the elderly industry makes up 33.5 percent of the total number of new jobs in Chatham County.
Top 5 Industries
1. Community care facilities for the elderly (557 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (139 new jobs)
3. Scientific research and development services (90 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (86 new jobs)
5. Land subdivision (74 new jobs)
In Chatham County, North Carolina, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 494 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Chatham County
The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 192 jobs. The declines in the Other miscellaneous store retailers industry make up 37.8 percent of the employment lost during the period in Chatham County, North Carolina.
Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous store retailers (192 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (92 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (87 jobs lost)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (25 jobs lost)
5. General freight trucking (18 jobs lost)
Given the 57 4-digit NAICS industries, 21 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 36 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.
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.

