Friday, February 23, 2007

DeKalb County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in DeKalb County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other general merchandise stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 48 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Other general merchandise stores industry make up 89.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in DeKalb County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (48 jobs lost)
2. Offices of physicians (4 jobs lost)
3. Traveler accommodation (2,028 jobs lost)
4. Vending machine operators (1,908 jobs lost)
5. Department stores (1,352 jobs lost)

From the 14 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 4 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 10 industries reported a drop in employment.

In DeKalb County, Tennessee, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 1,771 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in DeKalb County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 115 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 42.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in DeKalb County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (115 new jobs)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (48 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (38 new jobs)
4. Automobile dealers (25 new jobs)

DeKalb County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Automotive repair and maintenance industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 214.9 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in DeKalb County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Tennessee, where the industry took a gain of 6.7 percent. The Automotive repair and maintenance industry in DeKalb County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 1.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (214.9 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (121.1 percent gain)
3. Gasoline stations (102.7 percent gain)
4. Residential building construction (86.8 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (78.9 percent gain)

DeKalb County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 34.4 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 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 gain of 171.6 percent. The losses in the Other general merchandise stores industry in DeKalb County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 31.2 percent in terms of employees in the Other general merchandise stores industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (34.4 percent decline)
2. Offices of physicians (7.3 percent decline)
3. Legal services (2.2 percent decline)
4. Health and personal care stores (1.7 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 44.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Tennessee, which went through a gain of 3.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.





About: This report is part 2 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.

 

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