Pickens County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Pickens County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 42.3 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 South Carolina, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 28.5 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Pickens County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 12.1 percent in terms of employees in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (42.3 percent decline)
2. Other financial investment activities (33.3 percent decline)
3. Activities related to real estate (32.8 percent decline)
4. Book, periodical, and music stores (31.7 percent decline)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (23.2 percent decline)

Pickens County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Office administrative services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 211.3 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Pickens County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for South Carolina, where the industry felt a loss of 14.2 percent. The Office administrative services industry in Pickens County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 5.7 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office administrative services (211.3 percent gain)
2. Computer systems design and related services (149.1 percent gain)
3. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (110.0 percent gain)
4. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (85.0 percent gain)
5. Lessors of real estate (34.8 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 3.5 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in the State of South Carolina, experiencing a gain of 2.2 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Pickens County

The Motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry has grown the most with 247 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry makes up 20.3 percent of the total number of new jobs in Pickens County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (247 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (211 new jobs)
3. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (180 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (84 new jobs)
5. Office administrative services (37 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Pickens County

Given the industries in the area, the Fabric mills industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 101 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Fabric mills industry make up 15.5 percent of the total employment decline in Pickens County, South Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fabric mills (101 jobs lost)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (94 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (42 jobs lost)
4. Building finishing contractors (35 jobs lost)
5. Other professional and technical services (32 jobs lost)

In Pickens County, South Carolina, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 941 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

From the 94 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 50 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 44 industries reported employment loss in the period.





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 Pickens County, South Carolina

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Pickens County, South Carolina can be considered to have a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 13.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 39.4 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Pickens County, reporting 14.6 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

In Pickens County, South Carolina White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $43,391 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2.4 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 35.8 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $27,208. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Pickens County reported an income level of $53,277, this was 25.7 percent greater than the median income level in this area. Hispanic households in Pickens County, South Carolina reported a median household income of $34,578, this median household income is 18.4 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 $25,333. This household income level is 40.2 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Pickens County accounted a medium-high median household income of $42,370 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 2.4 percent lower than the median in State of South Carolina of $43,386 and this is 16 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $41,162, which amounts to a 2.9 percent decline. Pickens County, South Carolina, when analyzing percentage of decline, ranks 18 of 20 counties in percent of decline for household income in South Carolina. Pickens County ranks 567 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of decline in household income across the nation.

While household income level experienced a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Pickens County, South Carolina, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 54.6 percent since the year 2000. The Black or African American population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Pickens County, seeing a 3.4 percent increase in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

The poverty rate in Pickens County, South Carolina has declined by 0.8 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 13.7 percent to 12.9 percent.

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