Juniata County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Juniata County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Civic and social organizations industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 50.7 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Pennsylvania, where the it saw a gain of 2.4 percent. The losses in the Civic and social organizations industry in Juniata County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 0.1 in percent of workers in the Civic and social organizations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Civic and social organizations (50.7 percent decline)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (37 percent decline)
3. Private households (33.3 percent decline)
4. Building equipment contractors (11.2 percent decline)
5. Other general merchandise stores (10.3 percent decline)

Juniata County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Utility system construction industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 182.1 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Juniata County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Pennsylvania, where this industry saw a gain of 17.1 percent. The Utility system construction industry in Juniata County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 7.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (182.1 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (66.7 percent gain)
3. Individual and family services (42.9 percent gain)
4. Direct selling establishments (37.5 percent gain)
5. Other wood product manufacturing (25.8 percent gain)

Total industry employment has decreased by 6.5 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in the State of Pennsylvania, which experienced a gain of 1.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Juniata County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other wood product manufacturing industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 150 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Other wood product manufacturing industry makes up 61.1 percent of the total growth in Juniata County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other wood product manufacturing (150 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (26 new jobs)
3. Utility system construction (17 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (9 new jobs)
5. Individual and family services (7 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Juniata County

The Nursing care facilities industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 17 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Nursing care facilities industry make up 17.9 percent of the total job loss in Juniata County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nursing care facilities (17 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (13 jobs lost)
3. Civic and social organizations (13 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (11 jobs lost)
5. Private households (10 jobs lost)

Of the 35 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 15 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 19 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Juniata County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 417 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.





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 Juniata County, Pennsylvania

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Juniata County, Pennsylvania can be understood to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 9.5 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 44.4 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Juniata County, accounting 16.8 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Juniata County had a medium-high median income for households of $40,597 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 15.6 percent lower than the median in Pennsylvania of $46,924 and this is 21 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Hispanic Householders in Juniata County, Pennsylvania , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $21,938, this income level is 46 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Juniata County reported a median household income of $31,687, this was 21.9 percent less than the median for all households. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 6.3 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $38,025. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $31,298. This median income level is 22.9 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Juniata County, Pennsylvania White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $40,831 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.6 percent greater than the median household income in 2000.







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