Mitchell County, North Carolina

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

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Individuals that are employed in the offices of physicians industry reported the top wages in Mitchell County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Mitchell County received an annual wage of $40,517 in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry wage rate in North Carolina of $65,188 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $64,740.

Other high-paying jobs in Mitchell County, North Carolina may be found in general freight trucking ($37,398), legal services ($33,355), management of companies and enterprises ($33,257) and building equipment contractors ($33,155) 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.

Mitchell County Wages have increased by 11.8% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Mitchell County, North Carolina by a total of 11.8%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for North Carolina and less than the growth in industry wages across 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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Mitchell County, North Carolina can be described as medium-low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 27.6 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $35,650. The average industry wage was less than the US average pay 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.

Mitchell County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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Mitchell County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 126.7 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Mitchell County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Carolina, where this industry saw a gain of 29.9 percent. The Other specialty trade contractors industry in Mitchell County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 22.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (126.7 percent gain)
2. General freight trucking (51.6 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (49.3 percent gain)
4. Full-service restaurants (41.8 percent gain)
5. Depository credit intermediation (40.3 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 2.8 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 the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Mitchell County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Direct selling establishments industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 22.6 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 it saw a loss of 16.6 percent. The losses in the Direct selling establishments industry in Mitchell County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 16.8 percent in terms of employees in the Direct selling establishments industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Direct selling establishments (22.6 percent decline)
2. Private households (18.2 percent decline)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (16.3 percent decline)
4. Residential building construction (16.3 percent decline)
5. Automobile dealers (12.7 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Mitchell County

Given the industries in the area, the Residential building construction industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 16 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Residential building construction industry make up 45.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Mitchell County, North Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (16 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (7 jobs lost)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (6 jobs lost)
4. Direct selling establishments (5 jobs lost)
5. Private households (1 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Mitchell County

The Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 76 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 28.3 percent of the total growth in Mitchell County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (76 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (65 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (47 new jobs)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (19 new jobs)
5. Depository credit intermediation (17 new jobs)

From the 20 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 13 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Mitchell County, North Carolina, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 136 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.

Higher Education in Mitchell County, North Carolina

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Mitchell County, North Carolina is made up of a moderately-educated working age population, with 12.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Mitchell was reported to have a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

In Mitchell County, North Carolina as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 12 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 56.6 percent of the Asian alone and 13 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Mitchell County, North Carolina, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Mitchell on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 11.4 percent (Men) versus 13 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 33.2 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

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

Demographic Profile for Mitchell County, North Carolina

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Since 2000, a medium-high number of individuals have migrated to Mitchell from outside the country. The immigration into Mitchell makes up 0.1 percent of all immigration into North Carolina. This level of international migration can be considered medium-high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Mitchell County, North Carolina had a population that was estimated at 15,784 in the year 2005. The population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 15,724. This growth shows an increase of 0.4 percent. Mitchell ranks 84 of 100 counties when calculating total change in population for North Carolina and the county ranks 1,840 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Mitchell County, North Carolina to be 42.7 years old. The median age in Mitchell is greater than the median age for the State of North Carolina of 36.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 42.1 years of age. With a total of 20.2 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Mitchell can be described as being made up of a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 60.7 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 19.1 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.

When measuring the total land area, Mitchell spans a total of 221 square miles. The county has a medium-low population density of 71 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Mason, KY (71 per sq. mile ), Van Wert, OH (71 per sq. mile ), Kent, MD (71 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Lee, IA (71 per sq. mile ), Woodford, IL (71 per sq. mile ), Wyoming, PA (71 per sq. mile ).

Mitchell County, North Carolina has a population that is made up of 96 percent White, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 3 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 3.6 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of North Carolina percent of 29.6. Since 2000, Mitchell has increased the percent of minority population when 2.4 percent of the population were minorities.

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

Employment Report for Mitchell County, North Carol...

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

Real estate and rental and leasing is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Mitchell County, increasing by 87 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 4.3 percent. The State of North Carolina saw a change in employment in the sector of 5.1 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

Mitchell County is ranked at 81 of 101 total Counties throughout North Carolina according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 80 of 101 Counties.

In Mitchell County, Manufacturing, Arts, entertainment, and recreation and Transportation and Warehousing are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing industry has a US LQ in the county of 1.68. The level of employment in the Manufacturing sector is 1.68 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Mitchell may be an exporter of products or services of Manufacturing.

The Mining sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Mitchell County since 2001, going from making up 9.5 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 0 percent of total employment in the year 2005.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Mitchell County. In the County, the industry averages 35 employees per business. This is less than the industry's national average of 39 and less than the North Carolina average establishment size of 53 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Mitchell County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 21.5 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 1,015 employees. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries total 16.3 and 15.6 percent of industry employment.

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