Johnson City One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total industry employment has increased by 0.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in the State of Tennessee, experiencing a gain of 1.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2 percent.

The Johnson City Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 53.2 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Tennessee, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 0.4 percent. The losses in the Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers industry in Johnson City outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 4.4 in percent of jobs in the Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (53.2 percent decline)
2. Utility system construction (28.8 percent decline)
3. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (25 percent decline)
4. Unclassified (19 percent decline)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (16.9 percent decline)

The Johnson City Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Outpatient care centers industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 185.5 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Johnson City has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Tennessee, where this industry saw a gain of 3.6 percent. The Outpatient care centers industry in Johnson City outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 4.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Outpatient care centers (185.5 percent gain)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (28.7 percent gain)
3. Home furnishings stores (23.4 percent gain)
4. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (21.5 percent gain)
5. Home health care services (16.4 percent gain)

In the Johnson City, TN metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 433 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Out of the 46 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 22 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 24 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Johnson City Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 311 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 44.1 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Johnson City, TN.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (311 jobs lost)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (111 jobs lost)
3. Other wood product manufacturing (69 jobs lost)
4. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (50 jobs lost)
5. Printing and related support activities (29 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Johnson City Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Outpatient care centers industry has added the most employment with 175 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Outpatient care centers industry makes up 17.8 percent of the growth in Johnson City.

Top 5 Industries
1. Outpatient care centers (175 new jobs)
2. Offices of physicians (144 new jobs)
3. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (87 new jobs)
4. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (74 new jobs)
5. Electronics and appliance stores (71 new jobs)





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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 Johnson City, TN

The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $74,137. This income level is 100.5 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. In Johnson City, TN White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $37,177 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.6 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic headed households in Johnson City, TN reported a median household income of $29,564, this income level is 20 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 21.1 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $29,175. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Johnson City had a median income of $32,663, which was 11.6 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.

When analyzed against other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the US, the Johnson City metro area had a relatively low median income for households of $36,967 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 15.1 percent lower than the household income median in State of Tennessee of $42,541 and this is 32.9 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

The household income has increased a small amount from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has increased to $37,238, which amounts to a 0.7 percent growth. The Johnson City, TN MSA, when comparing total percent of growth, ranks 25 of 28 metro area in percent of growth for median household income in the State of Tennessee. Johnson City ranks 25 of 28 metro area when analyzing the growth in median income level for the United States.

The poverty rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro has declined by 0.6 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 14 percent to 13.4 percent.

While the median household income saw a growth in the last five year in the Johnson City, TN metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic growth in median income was the Asian category. This category saw an increase of 20.6 percent since 2000. The Hispanic population category was least influenced by the median household income growth in Johnson City, undergoing a 14.2 percent decline in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

When compared to other Metro Areas across the United States, the Johnson City metro area may be understood as having a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 14.0 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 25.1 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Johnson City, reporting 21.1 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

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