In Bledsoe County, jobs in the offices of physicians pay the highest wages

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Employment in the offices of physicians industry had the highest average wages in Bledsoe County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Bledsoe County received an annual wage of $34,722 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the average industry wage in the State of Tennessee of $61,458 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $64,740.

Other high-paying jobs in Bledsoe County, Tennessee are present in private households ($24,435), insurance agencies, brokerages, and related ($22,962), auto parts, accessories, and tire stores ($21,172) and legal services ($20,046) 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.

Bledsoe County Wages have increased by 2.3% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Bledsoe County, Tennessee by a total of 2.3%. This is less than the growth in wages for the State of Tennessee and less than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

Bledsoe County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Bledsoe County, Tennessee, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 460 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Bledsoe County

The Gasoline stations industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 19 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 84.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (19 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Bledsoe County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Logging industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 4 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Logging industry makes up 100.0 percent of the growth in Bledsoe County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Logging (4 new jobs)
2. Offices of physicians (13 new jobs)
3. Depository credit intermediation (11 new jobs)



Employment for all industries has decreased by 36 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Tennessee, which experienced a gain of 3.3 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Bledsoe County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Logging industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 60.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Bledsoe County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Tennessee, where the industry took a loss of 21.7 percent. The Logging industry in Bledsoe County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 10.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Logging (60.0 percent gain)

Bledsoe County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 56.9 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Tennessee, where the industry reported a loss of 10.7 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Bledsoe County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 6.4 percent in terms of employment in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (56.9 percent decline)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (29.2 percent decline)
3. Offices of physicians (6.8 percent decline)





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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.

Bledsoe County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Bledsoe County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 42.9 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 has seen in the Tennessee, where the industry reported a loss of 0.8 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Bledsoe County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.3 in percent of jobs in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (42.9 percent decline)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (39.3 percent decline)
3. Offices of physicians (12.8 percent decline)
4. Logging (8.6 percent decline)
5. Other general merchandise stores (5.4 percent decline)

Bledsoe County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 116.7 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Bledsoe County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Tennessee, where it saw a gain of 3.5 percent. The Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry in Bledsoe County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.9 percent in this industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (116.7 percent gain)
2. Legal services (13.6 percent gain)
3. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (6.5 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 7.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in Tennessee, which saw a gain of 1.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Bledsoe County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 5 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry makes up 77.8 percent of the total growth in Bledsoe County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (5 new jobs)
2. Legal services (1 new jobs)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (3 new jobs)
4. Health and personal care stores (2 new jobs)
5. Other professional and technical services (2 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Bledsoe County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 11 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 57.9 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.

Top 3 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (11 jobs lost)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (4 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (2 jobs lost)

In Bledsoe County, Tennessee, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 54 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Of the 8 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 3 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





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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 Bledsoe County, Tennessee

In Bledsoe County, Tennessee White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $34,483 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.7 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $14,625. This household income level is 56.9 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 33.4 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $22,588. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Bledsoe County had a median household income level of $14,625, which was 56.9 percent less than the median income level in this area. Hispanic headed households in Bledsoe County, Tennessee , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $28,925, this income level is 14.7 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Bledsoe County, Tennessee can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 18.1 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 44.4 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 65 to 74 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Bledsoe County, reporting 23.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Bledsoe County accounted a relatively low median income for all households of $33,909 (2005 Dollars). This median is 25.5 percent lower than the median income in State of Tennessee of $42,541 and the median is 44.9 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Bledsoe County, Tennessee

Bledsoe County, Tennessee is made up of a less-educated working age population, with 7.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Bledsoe has a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Tennessee's proportion of 19.6 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 44.8 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Bledsoe on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 6.2 percent (Men) versus 8.4 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 36.8 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Bledsoe County, Tennessee according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 7.4 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 3.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

Housing Report for Bledsoe County, Tennessee

When compared to other counties in Tennessee, Bledsoe County is positioned 65 of 95 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 1,660 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Bledsoe County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $67,200, published by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the overall Tennessee 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $93,000 and less than home value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

In Bledsoe County, the census reported 5,360 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding all together 127 homes since 2001, or 2.4 percent.

There seems to be a large amount of affordable housing in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. In 2000, 86 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Bledsoe County, Tennessee -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Real estate and rental and leasing is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Bledsoe County, moving a total of 107.7 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 4.3 percent. The State of Tennessee encountered a change in industry employment of 4.2 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

In Bledsoe County, Real estate and rental and leasing, Finance and insurance and Retail Trade have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Real estate and rental and leasing sector has a United State LQ of 1.84. The percent of employment in the Real estate and rental and leasing industry is 1.84 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Bledsoe specializes in Real estate and rental and leasing.

Bledsoe County ranks 92 of 96 Counties throughout the State of Tennessee in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 87 of 96 Counties.

In Bledsoe County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 18.3 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 140 people employed. The Manufacturing and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 16.8 and 11.1 percent of industry employment.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Bledsoe County, with the industry averaging 16 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the Tennessee establishments size average of 56 for the Manufacturing industry.

The Manufacturing has seen the largest decrease in industry presence in Bledsoe County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 41.1 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 16.8 percent in 2005.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Bledsoe County. The sector dealt with a loss of 408 jobs, or 76.1 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 80.3 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.



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