Utica-Rome, NY

Utica-Rome Metro Area industry wages have increased by 17.8% percent since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in the Utica-Rome Metro Area by a total of 17.8%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for New York and greater 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.

Utica-Rome Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind New York, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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Total wages in all industries in Utica-Rome, NY when analyzed can be described as relatively low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 Metro Area wages throughout the nation. The average pay is 41.2 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $50,107. The overall industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States 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.

Utica-Rome Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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The Utica-Rome Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Traveler accommodation industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 82.6 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of New York, where the industry felt a loss of 7.9 percent. The losses in the Traveler accommodation industry in Utica-Rome outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 1.9 in percent of workers in the Traveler accommodation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (82.6 percent decline)
2. Private households (43.9 percent decline)
3. Specialized design services (42.2 percent decline)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (38.8 percent decline)
5. Civic and social organizations (33.7 percent decline)

The Utica-Rome Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 607.7 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Utica-Rome has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of New York, where the industry felt a gain of 208.5 percent. The Unclassified industry in Utica-Rome outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1.7 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (607.7 percent gain)
2. Promoters of performing arts and sports (225.9 percent gain)
3. Remediation and other waste services (105.4 percent gain)
4. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (96.5 percent gain)
5. Waste collection (87.3 percent gain)

Total employment has decreased by 5.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in the State of New York, which saw a loss of 1 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Utica-Rome Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Individual and family services industry has grown the most with 544 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Individual and family services industry makes up 14.0 percent of the total growth in Utica-Rome.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (544 new jobs)
2. Insurance carriers (388 new jobs)
3. Computer systems design and related services (364 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (305 new jobs)
5. Unclassified (288 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Utica-Rome Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Traveler accommodation industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 3,146 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 48.9 percent of the total employment decline in Utica-Rome, NY.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (3,146 jobs lost)
2. Other nonferrous metal production (772 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (502 jobs lost)
4. Civic and social organizations (267 jobs lost)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (263 jobs lost)

Of the 66 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 32 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 34 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In the Utica-Rome, NY metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has decreased by 5,416 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Utica-Rome One-Year Industry Employment Change

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The Utica-Rome Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 24.6 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of New York, where the industry reported a gain of 0.2 percent. The losses in the Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Utica-Rome outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 3.4 percent in terms of employment in the Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (24.6 percent decline)
2. Private households (20.7 percent decline)
3. Specialty food stores (18.5 percent decline)
4. Metal and mineral merchant wholesalers (17.5 percent decline)
5. School and employee bus transportation (15 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 0.1 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in New York, which saw a gain of 1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2 percent.

The Utica-Rome Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 115.2 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Utica-Rome has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for New York, where the industry took a gain of 61 percent. The Unclassified industry in Utica-Rome outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 12.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (115.2 percent gain)
2. Promoters of performing arts and sports (55.8 percent gain)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (45.7 percent gain)
4. Management and technical consulting services (27.8 percent gain)
5. Industrial machinery manufacturing (23.0 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Utica-Rome Metro Area

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 207 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 14.6 percent of the growth in Utica-Rome.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (207 new jobs)
2. Unclassified (179 new jobs)
3. Health and personal care stores (122 new jobs)
4. Individual and family services (102 new jobs)
5. Computer systems design and related services (89 new jobs)

In the Utica-Rome, NY metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 64 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Utica-Rome Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 179 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 13.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Utica-Rome, NY.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (179 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (115 jobs lost)
3. School and employee bus transportation (96 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (78 jobs lost)
5. Building equipment contractors (64 jobs lost)

Given the 78 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 39 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 39 industries reported employment loss in the period.

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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 Utica-Rome, NY

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The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $38,423, which represents a 6.9 percent decline. The Utica-Rome, NY MSA, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 5 of 6 metro area in percent of decline for household income in New York. Utica-Rome ranks 140 of 233 metro area when analyzing the decline in median household income in the United States.

The rate of poverty in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro has increased by 1.6 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 12.9 percent to 14.5 percent.

Compared to other MSAs throughout the nation, the Utica-Rome metro area was reported to have a medium-low median income for all households of $41,292 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 23 percent lower than the median income in State of New York of $50,770 and the median household income is 19 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

As the median household income witnessed a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in the Utica-Rome, NY metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in the household income level was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 45 percent since the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Utica-Rome, experiencing a 302.4 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

Contrasted against to other Metropolitan Areas throughout the US, the Utica-Rome metro area may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 12.9 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 43.6 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Utica-Rome, with 23.7 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Utica-Rome had a median household income level of $32,724, this median was 20.7 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Utica-Rome, NY White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $42,169 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2.1 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic households in Utica-Rome, NY , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $23,265, this median household income is 43.7 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 45.5 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $22,491. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $40,127. This median is 2.8 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area.

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

Higher Education in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area

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In the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 20.4 percent of the White Alone, 10.8 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 6.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Since the year 2000, the Utica-Rome metro area has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 2.2 percent to a total of 20 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the 2005 State of New York percent of 31.2 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.

Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area is made up of a moderately-educated population, with 20 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the American Community Survey of 2005. The Utica-Rome MSA counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of New York's proportion of 31.2 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 1.0 percent. As reported in 2005, 20 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 3.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 20.2 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 34.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in the Utica-Rome metro area have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 20 percent (Men) versus 20.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 36 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

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

Demographic Profile for Utica-Rome, NY

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The Utica-Rome metro area had a population that was estimated at 297,885 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 299,636. The decline represents a decrease of -0.6 percent. Utica-Rome ranks 10 of 12 MSAs in terms of population growth in New York and the metro area ranks 330 of 361 metro areas by growth in MSA population in the United States.

Since 2000, a high amount of people migrated into the Utica-Rome metro area, with 4,260 people migrating in from outside the country. The immigration into Utica-Rome makes up 0.6 percent of the total migration into the State of New York. This percent of international migration is high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

In terms of total land area, the Utica-Rome metro area encompasses a total area of 2624 total square miles. The area has a medium-low density of 114 persons per square mile. Other metro areas with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Terre Haute (115 per sq. mile ), Monroe (115 per sq. mile ), Corvallis (116 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Morgantown (113 per sq. mile ), Longview (113 per sq. mile ), Clarksville (113 per sq. mile ).

The Utica-Rome metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 89.9 percent White, 4.6 percent African American, 1.2 percent Asian, and 3.2 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 9.0 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of New York percent of 37.7. Since 2000, Utica-Rome has increased the level of diversity when 8.2 percent of the population were minorities.

The Census Bureau estimates in 2005 the median age in the Utica-Rome metro area to be 39.7 years old. The median age in Utica-Rome is greater than the median age in the State of New York of 37.5. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median, when the median age was 38.4 years of age. With 22.2 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Utica-Rome can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 62 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 15.9 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other metro areas throughout the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population.

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

Employment Report for Utica, New York -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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In Utica, Health care and social assistance, Finance and insurance and Information have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Health care and social assistance industry has a US LQ in the region of 1.62. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Health care and social assistance industry is 1.62 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Utica produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Health care and social assistance.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in the Utica Metropolitan Area. The industry was hit with a loss of 3,113 total jobs during the period, accounting for 18.6 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 38.1 percent of all employment losses in the Metro Area.

In Utica, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Manufacturing sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Health care and social assistance is the largest employment industry and makes up 21 percent of the total MSA employment. This totals 19,977 employees. The Retail Trade and Manufacturing sectors provide 15.3 and 14.3 percent of all employment.

Educational services is the industry with the largest establishments in Utica Metropolitan Area (MSA), averaging 46 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 27 and greater than the State of New York average establishment size of 42 for the Educational services industry.

The Utica-Rome Metropolitan Area is ranked at 166 of 363 throughout the US in terms of total 2005 employment. The regions employment ranking has slipped behind since the year 2001, when it was ranked 156 of 363 Counties.

A top paying industry in Utica is the management of companies and enterprises sector with an annual pay of $58,359. Locally, since the year 2001, the industry annual average wages have grown by 45 percent or $18,116. The State of New York has a similar job market in the management of companies and enterprises sector, standing near the top of sectors according to average 2004 industry pay.

Mining has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Utica, moving a total of 64.7 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of 4.7 percent. The State of New York went through a industry job change of 14 percent, during the period.

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