In Cherokee County, jobs in the management and technical consulting services pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the management and technical consulting services industry wages were the highest in Cherokee County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Cherokee County earned an annual wage of $77,683 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage in South Carolina of $51,682 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $67,321.

Top-pay jobs in Cherokee County, South Carolina may be found in power generation and supply ($65,414), advertising and related services ($63,488), accounting and bookkeeping services ($62,745) and offices of dentists ($48,406) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail Comparison

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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.

Cherokee County Wages have increased by 9.5% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Cherokee County, South Carolina by a total of 9.5%. This is less than the growth in wages for the State of South Carolina and less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

Cherokee County Industry Wages Lag Behind South Carolina, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Cherokee County, South Carolina when analyzed can be described as medium-high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 9.8 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $32,813. The average pay was less than the national industry average 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.

Cherokee County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Cherokee County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building equipment contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 757 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 55.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Cherokee County, South Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (757 jobs lost)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (90 jobs lost)
3. General freight trucking (80 jobs lost)
4. Lessors of real estate (78 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (63 jobs lost)

Of the 52 4-digit NAICS industries, 27 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 25 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Cherokee County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Nonresidential building construction industry has added the most employment with 375 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Nonresidential building construction industry makes up 32.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Cherokee County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (375 new jobs)
2. Clothing stores (149 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (116 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (94 new jobs)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (72 new jobs)

In Cherokee County, South Carolina, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 1,187 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Cherokee County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 76.2 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the South Carolina, where the it saw a gain of 2.4 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Cherokee County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5.3 percent in terms of employees in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (76.2 percent decline)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (74.8 percent decline)
3. Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (72.9 percent decline)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (66.4 percent decline)
5. Lessors of real estate (66 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 6.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in the State of South Carolina, which went through a gain of 3.2 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Cherokee County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 438.1 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Cherokee County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of South Carolina, where the industry took a gain of 4.2 percent. The Nonresidential building construction industry in Cherokee County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 1.6 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (438.1 percent gain)
2. Clothing stores (162.8 percent gain)
3. Management and technical consulting services (106.7 percent gain)
4. Gasoline stations (88.7 percent gain)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (83.5 percent gain)





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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.

Cherokee County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Cherokee County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Clothing stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 83.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Cherokee County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of South Carolina, where it saw a gain of 4.1 percent. The Clothing stores industry in Cherokee County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 2.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Clothing stores (83.7 percent gain)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (78.2 percent gain)
3. Investigation and security services (58.6 percent gain)
4. Other miscellaneous store retailers (55.0 percent gain)
5. Shoe stores (25.8 percent gain)

Cherokee County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 32.5 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 gain of 4.6 percent. The losses in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry in Cherokee County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.6 in percent of workers in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (32.5 percent decline)
2. Employment services (29.5 percent decline)
3. Nonresidential building construction (29.1 percent decline)
4. Printing and related support activities (28.6 percent decline)
5. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (28.1 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 0.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in South Carolina, which experienced a gain of 2.2 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Cherokee County

The Clothing stores industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 109 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Clothing stores industry makes up 17.1 percent of the total growth in Cherokee County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Clothing stores (109 new jobs)
2. Warehousing and storage (103 new jobs)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (95 new jobs)
4. Fabric mills (87 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (56 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Cherokee County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Nonresidential building construction industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 190 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 25.9 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Cherokee County, South Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (190 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (146 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (91 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (60 jobs lost)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (54 jobs lost)

In Cherokee County, South Carolina, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 117 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Given the 60 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 29 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 29 industries reported a drop in employment.





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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 Cherokee County, South Carolina

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $12,066. This income level is 69.5 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. In Cherokee County, South Carolina White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $41,723 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 5.5 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 24.1 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $29,994. Hispanic in Cherokee County, South Carolina , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $31,901, which is 19.3 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Cherokee County had a median income of $80,681, which was 104.1 percent greater than the areas median level for all households.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Cherokee County was reported to have a medium-high median household income of $39,531 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 9.8 percent lower than the median in South Carolina of $43,386 and the median household income is 24.3 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Cherokee County, South Carolina can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 13.9 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 39 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Cherokee County, with 19.1 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.







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

Higher Education in Cherokee County, South Carolina

In Cherokee County, South Carolina according the 2000 Decennial Census, 13 percent of the White Alone, 6 percent of Black or African American, 28.6 percent of the Asian alone and 14.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Cherokee County, South Carolina can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 11.8 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Cherokee counted a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of South Carolina's proportion of 20.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Cherokee County, South Carolina, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 37.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Cherokee have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 10.6 percent (Men) versus 12.8 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 36 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Cherokee County, South Carolina

When measuring the total land area, Cherokee encompasses a total area of 393 square miles. The county has a medium-low average area density of 137 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Clark, KY (137 per sq. mile ), St. Francois, MO (137 per sq. mile ), Fond du Lac, WI (137 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Allegan, MI (137 per sq. mile ), Taylor, TX (137 per sq. mile ), Alexander, NC (136 per sq. mile ).

Cherokee County, South Carolina had a population that was estimated at 53,844 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, from the population in the year 2000 of 52,679. This growth shows an increase of 2.2 percent. Cherokee ranks 22 of 46 counties in terms of population growth in South Carolina and the county ranks 1,032 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Cherokee County, South Carolina to be 36.4 years old. The median in Cherokee is less than the median in South Carolina of 37.1. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 35.4 years old. With 25.3 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Cherokee can be described as having a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 62.3 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 12.4 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

Since 2000, a medium-low number of individual migrated to the Cherokee internationally. The international migration into Cherokee totals 0.5 percent of all immigration into South Carolina. This amount of international migration is medium-low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Cherokee County, South Carolina has a population that is made of 75.6 percent White, 20.4 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 2.8 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 23.7 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of South Carolina percent of 33.4. Since 2000, Cherokee has increased the percent of minority population when 22.9 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

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

Housing Report for Cherokee County, South Carolina

In Cherokee County, the census reported 23,123 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 426 homes since 2001, or 1.9 percent.

Cherokee County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $74,100, published by the Decennial Census. This is less than the overall State of South Carolina 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $94,900 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

When compared to other counties in South Carolina, Cherokee County places 29 of 46 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 2,028 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

According to the data, there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Cherokee County, South Carolina. In 2000, 83.9 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Cherokee County, South Carolina -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Cherokee County, Manufacturing, Transportation and Warehousing and Utilities are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 2.9. The percent of employment in the Manufacturing industry is 2.9 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Cherokee County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.

Arts, entertainment, and recreation has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Cherokee County, growing by 92.2 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 4.7 percent. The State of South Carolina faced a industry job change of 4.2 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

The Manufacturing industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Cherokee County since 2001, going from making up 44.1 percent of employment in 2001 to 37.2 percent in 2005.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Cherokee County. The industry was hit with a loss of 1,646 jobs, or 20.8 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 45.2 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

Cherokee County is ranked at 22 of 47 total Counties throughout South Carolina by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 21 of 47 Counties.

In Cherokee County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 37.2 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 6,273 jobs. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries make up 11.7 and 10.5 percent of all employment.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Cherokee County, with the industry averaging 88 employees per business. This is greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the South Carolina average of 53 for the Manufacturing industry.



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