Unicoi County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Unicoi County, Tennessee, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 167 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

From the 12 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 9 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 3 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Unicoi County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 38 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 67.3 percent of the total employment growth in Unicoi County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (38 new jobs)
2. Other amusement and recreation industries (15 new jobs)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (4 new jobs)
4. Community care facilities for the elderly (48 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (22 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Unicoi County

The Building equipment contractors industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 15 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 44.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Unicoi County, Tennessee.

Top 3 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (15 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (8 jobs lost)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (3 jobs lost)

Employment for all industries has increased by 4.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Tennessee, which experienced a gain of 1.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Unicoi County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 19.2 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 0.8 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Unicoi County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.3 percent in terms of employees in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (19.2 percent decline)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (17.2 percent decline)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (12.9 percent decline)
4. Building equipment contractors (10.1 percent decline)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (7.1 percent decline)

Unicoi County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 27.3 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Unicoi County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Tennessee, where the industry took a gain of 2.2 percent. The Limited-service eating places industry in Unicoi County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 2.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 3 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (27.3 percent gain)
2. Other amusement and recreation industries (25.0 percent gain)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (18.8 percent gain)





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 Unicoi County, Tennessee

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Unicoi County, Tennessee can be understood to have a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 13.1 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 43.2 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Unicoi County, reporting 22.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Unicoi County reported an income level of $39,488, this level was 13 percent greater than the median for all households. In Unicoi County, Tennessee White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $35,134 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.6 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic households in Unicoi County, Tennessee reported a median household income of $22,815, this median is 34.7 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.

Compared to counties across the United States, Unicoi County reported a medium-low median income for households of $34,940 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 21.8 percent lower than the household income median in State of Tennessee of $42,541 and the income level is 40.6 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.