Cocke County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Cocke County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 78.2 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Tennessee, where the industry reported a gain of 9.1 percent. The losses in the Building finishing contractors industry in Cocke County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.4 in percent of jobs in the Building finishing contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (78.2 percent decline)
2. Unclassified (52.9 percent decline)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (26.7 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (25 percent decline)
5. Automobile dealers (17.8 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in the State of Tennessee, which saw a gain of 1.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Cocke County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building material and supplies dealers industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 270.1 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Cocke County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Tennessee, where it saw a gain of 6.6 percent. The Building material and supplies dealers industry in Cocke County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 4.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (270.1 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (47.7 percent gain)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (42.9 percent gain)
4. Gasoline stations (21.7 percent gain)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (18.1 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Cocke County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building material and supplies dealers industry has grown the most with 130 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building material and supplies dealers industry makes up 56.6 percent of the growth in Cocke County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (130 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (32 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (30 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (7 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (7 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Cocke County

Given the industries in the area, the Building finishing contractors industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 23 jobs. The declines in the Building finishing contractors industry make up 25.2 percent of the total employment decline in Cocke County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (23 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (19 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (14 jobs lost)
4. Unclassified (6 jobs lost)
5. Health and personal care stores (5 jobs lost)

In Cocke County, Tennessee, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 174 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

From the 31 4-digit NAICS industries, 15 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 15 industry sectors reported declines during the time 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 Cocke County, Tennessee

The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Cocke County reported an income level of $12,535, which was 58.1 percent less than the areas median level for all households. In Cocke County, Tennessee White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $30,113 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.7 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $37,294. This median income level is 24.7 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Hispanic in Cocke County, Tennessee reported a median household income of $12,745, which is 57.4 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 10.2 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $26,841.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Cocke County, Tennessee may be understood as having a relatively high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 22.5 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 55.2 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Cocke County, having 33.7 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Cocke County reported a relatively low median income for households of $29,897 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 42.3 percent lower than the median in State of Tennessee of $42,541 and the median household income is 64.3 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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