Johnson County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Johnson County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Consumer goods rental industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 20 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Consumer goods rental industry makes up 41.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Johnson County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Consumer goods rental (20 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (8 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (7 new jobs)
4. Health and personal care stores (6 new jobs)
5. Legal services (5 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Johnson County

Given the industries in the area, the Grocery stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 29 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 46.2 percent of the total job loss in Johnson County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (29 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (14 jobs lost)
3. Residential building construction (8 jobs lost)
4. Depository credit intermediation (4 jobs lost)
5. Lessors of real estate (4 jobs lost)

Of the 13 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 6 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Johnson County, Tennessee, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 110 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Johnson County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Legal services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 35.0 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Johnson County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Tennessee, where this industry saw a gain of 0.8 percent. The Legal services industry in Johnson County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 0.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Legal services (35.0 percent gain)
2. Consumer goods rental (32.8 percent gain)
3. Other general merchandise stores (19.0 percent gain)
4. Health and personal care stores (14.2 percent gain)
5. Offices of physicians (9.9 percent gain)

Johnson County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 67.6 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 sector experienced a gain of 9.4 percent. The losses in the Residential building construction industry in Johnson County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5.5 in percent of jobs in the Residential building construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (67.6 percent decline)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (20.4 percent decline)
3. Lessors of real estate (15.9 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (13.7 percent decline)
5. Grocery stores (9.5 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 3.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in Tennessee, which experienced a gain of 1.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.





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 Johnson County, Tennessee

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Johnson County, Tennessee may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 22.6 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 33.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Johnson County, accounting 44.7 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Johnson County was reported to have a very low household income of $26,988 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 57.6 percent lower than the median in Tennessee of $42,541 and the median is 82.1 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

In Johnson County, Tennessee White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $27,000 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was only slightly greater than the median household income in 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 18.7 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $21,938. Hispanic Householders in Johnson County, Tennessee reported a median household income of $30,713, which is 13.8 percent greater than the areas median income level for all households. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $37,398. This household income level is 38.6 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Johnson County reported a median household income of $36,145, this level was 33.9 percent greater than the areas median level for all households.







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