In Blount County, jobs in the general freight trucking pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the general freight trucking industry reported the top wages in Blount County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Blount County received a wage of $108,332 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Tennessee of $41,399 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $41,086.

High-wage employment in Blount County, Tennessee may be found in electronic markets and agents and brokers ($82,183), nonscheduled air transportation ($77,094), management of companies and enterprises ($65,448) and offices of physicians ($60,766) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed 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.

Blount County Wages have increased by 11.9% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Blount County, Tennessee by a total of 11.9%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Tennessee and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

Blount County Industry Wages Exceed Tennessee, but Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The overall industry wages in Blount County, Tennessee can be understood as being relatively high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 1.9 percent higher than the reported averages in the state of $36,146. The overall industry wage was less than the industry average in the US of $40,259.

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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.

Blount County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Blount County, Tennessee, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 4,494 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Blount County

The Department stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 705 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Department stores industry make up 48.5 percent of the total employment decline in Blount County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Department stores (705 jobs lost)
2. Depository credit intermediation (91 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (80 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (71 jobs lost)
5. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (69 jobs lost)

From the 93 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 29 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 63 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Blount County

The Other general merchandise stores industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 503 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Other general merchandise stores industry makes up 9.1 percent of the total number of new jobs in Blount County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (503 new jobs)
2. Nonresidential building construction (449 new jobs)
3. Nondepository credit intermediation (447 new jobs)
4. Grocery stores (330 new jobs)
5. Employment services (243 new jobs)

Blount County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 762.5 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Blount County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Tennessee, where the industry felt a gain of 27.8 percent. The Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers industry in Blount County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 21.3 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (762.5 percent gain)
2. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (559.3 percent gain)
3. Other general merchandise stores (328.0 percent gain)
4. Computer systems design and related services (255.8 percent gain)
5. Other motor vehicle dealers (183.7 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 14.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Tennessee, experiencing a gain of 3.3 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Blount County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 97.1 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 30.2 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Blount County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 1.7 in percent of jobs in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (97.1 percent decline)
2. Advertising and related services (80.8 percent decline)
3. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (76.7 percent decline)
4. Investigation and security services (73.5 percent decline)
5. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (67.4 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.

Blount County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Blount County, Tennessee, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 1,424 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Out of the 107 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 40 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 66 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Blount County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Management of companies and enterprises industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 175 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Management of companies and enterprises industry make up 24.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Blount County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (175 jobs lost)
2. Building finishing contractors (79 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (70 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (59 jobs lost)
5. Limited-service eating places (48 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Blount County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 234 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 14.5 percent of the total growth in Blount County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (234 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (142 new jobs)
3. Employment services (106 new jobs)
4. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (89 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (83 new jobs)

The total number of jobs has increased by 4.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Tennessee, which saw a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Blount County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Clothing stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 85.2 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Blount County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Tennessee, where it saw a loss of 5.6 percent. The Clothing stores industry in Blount County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 2.1 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Clothing stores (85.2 percent gain)
2. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (56.2 percent gain)
3. Other personal services (50.0 percent gain)
4. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (40.1 percent gain)
5. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (38.9 percent gain)

Blount County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 70 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Tennessee, where the industry felt a gain of 6.6 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Blount County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 12.1 percent in terms of employment in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (70 percent decline)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (51.5 percent decline)
3. Shoe stores (45.2 percent decline)
4. Management and technical consulting services (34 percent decline)
5. Advertising and related services (31.8 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.

Income and Poverty in Blount County, Tennessee

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Blount County, Tennessee can be considered to have a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 9.7 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 25.2 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Blount County, reporting 14.2 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Hispanic Householders in Blount County, Tennessee recorded a median income of $35,751, this median is 19.3 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Blount County, Tennessee White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $44,858 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.3 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Blount County had a median income of $64,609, which was 45.8 percent greater than the median income level in this area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 44.9 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $24,387. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $66,885. This household income level is 51 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area.

The poverty rate in Blount County, Tennessee has increased by 4.7 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 9.7 percent to 14.4 percent.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Blount County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $44,299 (2005 Dollars). This median is 4 percent higher than the median in State of Tennessee of $42,541 and the median is 10.9 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The areas median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $42,551, which amounts to a 3.9 percent decline. Blount County, Tennessee, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 14 of 17 counties in percent of decline for household income in Tennessee. Blount County ranks 514 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in median income level for the United States.

While household income level experienced a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Blount County, Tennessee, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in household income was the White category. This category saw a decline of 2 percent from 2000 to 2005. The American Indian and Alaska Native population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Blount County, undergoing a 209.6 percent increase in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

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

Higher Education in Blount County, Tennessee

Since 2000, Blount has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 2.6 percent to a total of 20.6 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the State of Tennessee percent of 21.8 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Blount County, Tennessee, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 34.2 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Blount have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 19.2 percent (Men) versus 16.8 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 34.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 4.4 percent. By the year 2005, 23.4 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 18 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

In Blount County, Tennessee as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 18 percent of the White Alone, 9.6 percent of Black or African American, 48.6 percent of the Asian alone and 19.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Blount County, Tennessee can be considered to have a moderately-educated population, with 18 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Blount counted 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 United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

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

Demographic Profile for Blount County, Tennessee

In terms of total land area, Blount encompasses a total area of 559 square miles. The county has a medium-high average population density of 207 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Olmsted, MN (207 per sq. mile ), Wayne, NC (207 per sq. mile ), Buchanan, MO (207 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Litchfield, CT (207 per sq. mile ), Hancock, IN (206 per sq. mile ), Hanover, VA (206 per sq. mile ).

Blount County, Tennessee has a population base that is comprised of 93.6 percent White, 2.9 percent African American, 0.9 percent Asian, and 1.4 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 5.2 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Tennessee percent of 20.9. Since 2000, Blount has increased the level of diversity when 4.7 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Blount County, Tennessee to be 39.3 years old. The median in Blount is greater than the median age for the State of Tennessee of 37.3. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median, when the median age was 38.5 years old. With a total of 21.3 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Blount can be described as having a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 64.5 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 14.2 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Since the year 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated to Blount from outside the country. The immigration into Blount accounts for 1 percent of immigration into the State of Tennessee. This amount of international migration is medium-low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Blount County, Tennessee had a total estimated population of 115,535 in the year 2005. The population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 106,249. This growth shows an increase of 8.7 percent. Blount ranks 8 of 95 counties in terms of population growth in Tennessee and the county ranks 336 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Blount County, Tennessee

The residential real estate values in Blount County, Tennessee have moderate increases since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $21,300, or 20.5 percent, from their 2000 value of $103,900.

Blount County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $125,200, accounted by the American Community Survey. This is greater than the Tennessee 2005 median home value of $114,000 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

When compared to other counties in Tennessee, Blount County places 22 of 95 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 661 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

In Blount County, the census reported 50,671 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 2,940 residential units since 2001, or 6.2 percent.

Blount County has a medium proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 3.1 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

There is a fair amount of housing that is affordable in Blount County, Tennessee. In 2005, 49.9 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau