Friday, February 23, 2007

Northampton County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Northampton County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Specialized freight trucking industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 92 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Specialized freight trucking industry makes up 35.2 percent of the total growth in Northampton County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (92 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (81 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (41 new jobs)
4. Grocery stores (32 new jobs)
5. Support activities for crop production (11 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Northampton County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the General freight trucking industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 58 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the General freight trucking industry make up 44.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Northampton County, North Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (58 jobs lost)
2. Offices of physicians (46 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (15 jobs lost)
4. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (5 jobs lost)
5. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (4 jobs lost)

In Northampton County, North Carolina, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 1,468 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Of the 14 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 8 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 6 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total industry employment has increased by 45.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of North Carolina, which saw a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Northampton County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 207.5 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Northampton County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Carolina, where it saw a gain of 11.9 percent. The Specialized freight trucking industry in Northampton County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 6.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (207.5 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (150.3 percent gain)
3. Full-service restaurants (83.8 percent gain)
4. Grocery stores (38.6 percent gain)
5. Health and personal care stores (28.6 percent gain)

Northampton County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Offices of physicians industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 75.8 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the North Carolina, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 18 percent. The losses in the Offices of physicians industry in Northampton County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 12.4 percent in terms of employees in the Offices of physicians industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of physicians (75.8 percent decline)
2. General freight trucking (67.6 percent decline)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (28.6 percent decline)
4. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (14.1 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (9.9 percent decline)





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.

 

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