Sullivan County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total industry employment has decreased by 1.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in New York, which went through a gain of 1.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Sullivan County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 156.5 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Sullivan County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of New York, where it saw a gain of 0.2 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Sullivan County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 2.3 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (156.5 percent gain)
2. Other information services (121.4 percent gain)
3. Automotive equipment rental and leasing (103.3 percent gain)
4. Unclassified (75.1 percent gain)
5. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (46.2 percent gain)

Sullivan County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Drycleaning and laundry services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 81.7 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the New York, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 4.8 percent. The losses in the Drycleaning and laundry services industry in Sullivan County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 2 in percent of jobs in the Drycleaning and laundry services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Drycleaning and laundry services (81.7 percent decline)
2. Specialized freight trucking (46.5 percent decline)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (34.4 percent decline)
4. Traveler accommodation (33.3 percent decline)
5. Chemical merchant wholesalers (33 percent decline)

In Sullivan County, New York, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 273 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Sullivan County

The Traveler accommodation industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 478 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 49.5 percent of the total employment decline in Sullivan County, New York.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (478 jobs lost)
2. Drycleaning and laundry services (74 jobs lost)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (71 jobs lost)
4. Specialized freight trucking (40 jobs lost)
5. Insurance carriers (22 jobs lost)

Given the 90 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 40 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 47 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Sullivan County

The Residential mental health facilities industry has added the most employment with 120 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Residential mental health facilities industry makes up 20.3 percent of the growth in Sullivan County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential mental health facilities (120 new jobs)
2. Unclassified (69 new jobs)
3. Elementary and secondary schools (38 new jobs)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (30 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (25 new jobs)





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 Sullivan County, New York

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Sullivan County, New York can be recognized as having a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 16.3 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 39.2 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Sullivan County, having 27.8 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The household income has increased from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has increased to $48,210, posting a 11.4 percent growth. Sullivan County, New York, in terms of percent of growth, ranks 1 of 9 counties in percent of growth for the household income level in the State of New York. Sullivan County ranks 7 of 119 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of growth in household income across the nation.

The poverty rate in Sullivan County, New York has declined by 6.3 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 16.3 percent to 10 percent.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Sullivan County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $43,288 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 17.3 percent lower than the median income in State of New York of $50,770 and the median is 13.5 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

While the median household income saw a growth since 2000 in Sullivan County, New York, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest growth in median income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through an increase of 98.1 percent since the year 2000. The White Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level growth in Sullivan County, encountering a 8.4 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 38.9 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $26,447. Hispanic Householders in Sullivan County, New York recorded a median income of $30,002, this median household income is 30.7 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Sullivan County reported a median household income of $45,547, this was 5.2 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area. In Sullivan County, New York White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $44,392 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 2.6 percent greater than the median in 2000. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $53,277. This median income level is 23.1 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households.

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