Middlesex County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Middlesex County

The Computer systems design and related services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 1,148 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Computer systems design and related services industry makes up 8.1 percent of the total growth in Middlesex County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (1,148 new jobs)
2. Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (940 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (820 new jobs)
4. Book, periodical, and music stores (724 new jobs)
5. Employment services (695 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Middlesex County

The Other general merchandise stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 1,062 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Other general merchandise stores industry make up 11.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (1,062 jobs lost)
2. Scientific research and development services (540 jobs lost)
3. Other support services (527 jobs lost)
4. Other financial investment activities (514 jobs lost)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (512 jobs lost)

In Middlesex County, New Jersey, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 4,523 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Given the 204 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 93 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 110 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total employment has increased by 1.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in New Jersey, which saw a gain of 1.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Middlesex County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Facilities support services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 160.7 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Middlesex County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of New Jersey, where the industry took a gain of 17.5 percent. The Facilities support services industry in Middlesex County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Facilities support services (160.7 percent gain)
2. Book, periodical, and music stores (135.4 percent gain)
3. Waste collection (54.9 percent gain)
4. Commercial and service industry machinery (42.5 percent gain)
5. Social advocacy organizations (38.2 percent gain)

Middlesex County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 49.9 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the New Jersey, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 17.3 percent. The losses in the Other general merchandise stores industry in Middlesex County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 3.3 percent in terms of employment in the Other general merchandise stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (49.9 percent decline)
2. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (47.9 percent decline)
3. Boiler, tank, and shipping container mfg. (41.5 percent decline)
4. Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks (37.7 percent decline)
5. Activities related to credit intermediation (35.3 percent decline)





About: This report is part 1 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.

Income and Poverty in Middlesex County, New Jersey

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Middlesex County, New Jersey can be recognized as having a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 6.6 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 18.6 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Middlesex County, having 8.6 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $68,080, posting a 5.3 percent decline. Middlesex County, New Jersey, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 7 of 17 counties in percent of decline for income levels in the State of New Jersey. Middlesex County ranks 448 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income level for the United States.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 7.4 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $66,606. Hispanic headed households in Middlesex County, New Jersey , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $55,392, this median is 23 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $90,807. This median income level is 26.3 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Middlesex County reported a median household income of $48,599, this level was 32.4 percent less than the median for all households. In Middlesex County, New Jersey White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $71,375 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.7 percent less than the median income in 2000.

The poverty rate in Middlesex County, New Jersey has increased by 1.2 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 6.6 percent to 7.8 percent.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Middlesex County had a very high median income for all households of $71,892 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 10.3 percent higher than the household income median in State of New Jersey of $64,521 and the median is 31.7 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

As the median income level saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Middlesex County, New Jersey, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median income was the Black or African American category. This category saw a decline of 20.9 percent since 2000. The Asian Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Middlesex County, encountering a 0.4 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

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