In Cumberland 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 had the highest average wages in Cumberland County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Cumberland County received a wage of $88,640 in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry wage in North Carolina of $101,998 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $138,150.

Other top-pay jobs in Cumberland County, North Carolina exsists in scientific research and development services ($75,049), architectural and structural metals mfg. ($64,132), offices of physicians ($60,703) and druggists' goods merchant wholesalers ($60,393) industries. Note: Click Graph Above 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.

Cumberland County Wages have increased by 16.0% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Cumberland County, North Carolina by a total of 16.0%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for North Carolina and less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, North Carolina can be understood as being medium-high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 21.5 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $35,650. The overall 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.

Cumberland County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Cumberland County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 597 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 18.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (597 jobs lost)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (352 jobs lost)
3. Department stores (202 jobs lost)
4. Other personal services (195 jobs lost)
5. General freight trucking (147 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Cumberland County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Home health care services industry has grown the most with 1,349 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Home health care services industry makes up 9.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Cumberland County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (1,349 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (1,235 new jobs)
3. Employment services (1,107 new jobs)
4. Nonresidential building construction (734 new jobs)
5. Business support services (672 new jobs)

Out of the 116 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 47 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 69 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Cumberland County, North Carolina, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 8,030 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total employment has increased by 10.5 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of North Carolina, experiencing a gain of 1.9 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Cumberland County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Activities related to credit intermediation industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 75.6 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of North Carolina, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 1.6 percent. The losses in the Activities related to credit intermediation industry in Cumberland County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 49.5 percent in terms of employees in the Activities related to credit intermediation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to credit intermediation (75.6 percent decline)
2. Other personal services (73.3 percent decline)
3. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (70.1 percent decline)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (58 percent decline)
5. Waste treatment and disposal (50 percent decline)

Cumberland County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Home health care services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 368.3 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Cumberland County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for North Carolina, where the industry felt a gain of 61.4 percent. The Home health care services industry in Cumberland County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 36.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (368.3 percent gain)
2. Nonresidential building construction (268.0 percent gain)
3. Support activities for road transportation (232.4 percent gain)
4. Other residential care facilities (209.9 percent gain)
5. Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks (193.9 percent gain)





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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 Cumberland County, North Carolina

Compared to counties across the United States, Cumberland County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $43,835 (2005 Dollars). This median is 4.6 percent lower than the median in North Carolina of $45,845 and the median is 12.1 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Cumberland County, North Carolina can be understood to have a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 12.8 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 20.8 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Cumberland County, having 18.4 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Hispanic in Cumberland County, North Carolina recorded a median income of $39,201, this median household income is 10.6 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 16 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $36,800. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Cumberland County had a median household income level of $36,832, this level was 16 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Cumberland County, North Carolina White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $48,750 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 11.2 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $40,797. This household income level is 6.9 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area.

The rate of poverty in Cumberland County, North Carolina has increased by 5.7 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 12.8 percent to 18.5 percent.

As the median income level saw a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Cumberland County, North Carolina, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in household income was the Asian category. This category saw a decline of 59 percent in the last five years. The White Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Cumberland County, experiencing a 6 percent decline in household income level, since the year 2005.

The median household income in the area has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $39,126, which amounts to a 10.7 percent decline. Cumberland County, North Carolina, when analyzing percentage of decline, ranks 23 of 36 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of North Carolina. Cumberland County ranks 190 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median household income in the United States.

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

Higher Education in Cumberland County, North Carolina

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Cumberland County, North Carolina, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 39.4 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Cumberland have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 19.6 percent (Men) versus 18.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Cumberland County, North Carolina as reported in the 2000 Census, 22.2 percent of the White Alone, 14.6 percent of Black or African American, 20.6 percent of the Asian alone and 13.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

From 2000, Cumberland has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population percent has grown by 1.0 percent to a total of 20.2 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the 2005 State of North Carolina percent of 25.2 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has decreased by 0.4 percent. By the year 2005, 19.6 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 2.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 20.8 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

Cumberland County, North Carolina may to understood as having a moderately-educated working age population, with 19.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Cumberland is reported having 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 national average of 24.4 percent.

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

Demographic Profile for Cumberland County, North Carolina

When measuring the total land area, Cumberland extends a total area of 653 square miles. This area has a medium-high average area density of 467 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- San Joaquin, CA (475 per sq. mile ), Marin, CA (475 per sq. mile ), Pulaski, AR (475 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Sedgwick, KS (466 per sq. mile ), Berks, PA (461 per sq. mile ), Hillsborough, NH (458 per sq. mile ).

Since 2000, a medium-high number of individual migrated to the Cumberland internationally. The migration from outside the US into Cumberland totals 1.7 percent of the total international migration into the State of North Carolina. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Cumberland County, North Carolina has a population that is made of 51.5 percent White, 35.6 percent African American, 2 percent Asian, and 6.4 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 44.0 percent of the population being minorities. This is greater than the State of North Carolina percent of 29.6. Since 2000, Cumberland has increased the level of diversity when 43.5 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Cumberland County, North Carolina had a population that was estimated at 304,520 in 2005. The total population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 302,814. This growth shows an increase of 0.6 percent. Cumberland ranks 48 of 100 counties by growth in total population in North Carolina and the county ranks 897 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Cumberland County, North Carolina to be 31.1 years old. The median age in Cumberland is less than the median age in North Carolina of 36.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 29.5 years old. With a total of 29.4 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Cumberland can be understood as being made up of a relatively high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 61.9 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 8.8 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a relatively low proportion of the population.

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

Housing Report for Cumberland County, North Carolina

The owner-occupied dwellings in Cumberland County, North Carolina have small increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $6,500, or 7.3 percent, from their 2000 value of $88,800.

Cumberland County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $95,300, published by the American Community Survey. This home value is less than the overall North Carolina 2005 home value of $127,600 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

The State of North Carolina, Cumberland County ranks 39 of 100 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 626 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

It can be understood that there is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Cumberland County, North Carolina. In 2005, 69.4 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

In Cumberland County, the census reported 128,305 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 7,582 residential units since 2001, or 6.3 percent.

Cumberland County has a medium proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 1.2 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Cumberland County. In the County, the industry averages 75 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.

In Cumberland County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 18.8 percent of total employment in the county, making up 15,651 employees. The Accommodation and food services and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 13.6 and 12.1 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

In Cumberland County, Transportation and Warehousing, Accommodation and food services and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Transportation and Warehousing industry has an LQ of 1.42. This means the percent of total employment in the Transportation and Warehousing industry is 1.42 times greater than the national average, signifying that Cumberland may be an exporter of products or services of Transportation and Warehousing.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Cumberland County. The industry lost a total of 2,878 jobs, or 24.5 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 82.3 percent of all employment losses in the county.

Administrative and waste services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Cumberland County, growing by 43.8 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 4.5 percent. The State of North Carolina faced a industry job change of 8 percent, in the last 5 years.







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