In Grundy County, jobs in the building material and supplies dealers pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the building material and supplies dealers industry paid the average highest wages in Grundy County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Grundy County received a wage of $28,055 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the average industry wage in the State of Tennessee of $28,658 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $29,501.

Other top-pay jobs in Grundy County, Tennessee can be found in building equipment contractors ($27,364), health and personal care stores ($24,357), logging ($23,244) and offices of physicians ($21,007) 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.

Grundy County Wages have increased by 27.1% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Grundy County, Tennessee by a total of 27.1%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of Tennessee and greater than the growth in average wages for 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.

Grundy County Industry Wages Lag Behind Tennessee, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Grundy County, Tennessee when analyzed can be described as relatively low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 38.8 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $36,146. The average pay 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.

Grundy County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 8 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 2 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 6 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Grundy County, Tennessee, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 109 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Grundy County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 42 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 85.7 percent of the total job loss in Grundy County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (42 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (7 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (98 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (68 jobs lost)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (51 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Grundy County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 30 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 41.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Grundy County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (30 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (19 new jobs)

Grundy County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 49.6 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 sector has felt in the State of Tennessee, where the industry felt a gain of 12.3 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Grundy County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 13.2 in percent of workers in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (49.6 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (14.6 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 8.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Tennessee, which experienced a gain of 3.3 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Grundy County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 200.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Grundy County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Tennessee, where the industry felt a gain of 2.5 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Grundy County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 5.3 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (200.0 percent gain)
2. Other general merchandise stores (59.3 percent gain)
3. Offices of physicians (26.9 percent gain)
4. Grocery stores (26.2 percent gain)
5. Health and personal care stores (22.1 percent gain)





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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.

Grundy County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Grundy County

The Logging industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 9 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Logging industry make up 39.1 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Grundy County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Logging (9 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (6 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (5 jobs lost)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (2 jobs lost)
5. Legal services (2 jobs lost)

Out of the 11 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 4 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 7 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Grundy County, Tennessee, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 67 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Grundy County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has added the most employment with 36 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 61.5 percent of the growth in Grundy County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (36 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (8 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (7 new jobs)
4. Death care services (3 new jobs)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in the State of Tennessee, which experienced a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Grundy County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 382.1 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Grundy County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Tennessee, where this industry saw a gain of 10.7 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Grundy County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 5.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (382.1 percent gain)
2. Death care services (42.9 percent gain)
3. Full-service restaurants (19.6 percent gain)
4. Grocery stores (9.8 percent gain)
5. Other general merchandise stores (6.8 percent gain)

Grundy County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Logging industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 35.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Tennessee, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 10.1 percent. The losses in the Logging industry in Grundy County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 3.8 percent in terms of employment in the Logging industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Logging (35.1 percent decline)
2. Offices of physicians (19.5 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (12.8 percent decline)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (7.4 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.

Income and Poverty in Grundy County, Tennessee

According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $2,924. This income level is 89.1 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Hispanic in Grundy County, Tennessee , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $48,555, this median is 80.8 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Grundy County had a median income of $23,400, this level was 12.9 percent less than the areas median level for all households. In Grundy County, Tennessee White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $26,856 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was only slightly less than the median income in 2000.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Grundy County had a very low median income for all households of $26,862 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 58.4 percent lower than the household income median in State of Tennessee of $42,541 and the income level is 82.9 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Grundy County, Tennessee may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 25.8 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 66.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Grundy County, having 36.4 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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

Higher Education in Grundy County, Tennessee

In Grundy County, Tennessee as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 7 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 100 percent of the Asian alone and 6.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Grundy County, Tennessee has a less-educated population of the working age, with 7 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Grundy has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Tennessee's proportion of 19.6 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Grundy County, Tennessee, many men in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 46.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Grundy have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 6 percent (Men) versus 8.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Less than High School category, with 43 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Grundy County, Tennessee

Grundy County, Tennessee had an estimated population of 14,608 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, from the population in the year 2000 of 14,331. This growth shows an increase of 1.9 percent. Grundy ranks 69 of 95 counties when calculating total change in population for Tennessee and the county ranks 1,584 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

From 2000, a very low number of individual migrated to the Grundy from another country. The international migration into Grundy totals 0 percent of the total migration into the State of Tennessee. This percent of immigration can be considered very low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Grundy County, Tennessee to be 37.7 years of age. The median in Grundy is greater than the median age for the State of Tennessee of 37.3. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 36.8 years old. With a total of 23.5 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Grundy can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 61.8 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 14.7 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

Grundy County, Tennessee has a population base that is comprised of 98 percent White, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 1 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.5 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Tennessee percent of 20.9. Since 2000, Grundy has increased the percent of minority makeup when 1.3 percent of the population were minorities.

When calculating the total land area, Grundy covers a total land area of 361 square miles. This area has a low average population density of 41 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Howell, MO (41 per sq. mile ), Huron, MI (41 per sq. mile ), St. Lawrence, NY (41 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Brown, TX (41 per sq. mile ), Summit, CO (41 per sq. mile ), Nicholas, WV (41 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Grundy County, Tennessee

In Grundy County, there were a total of 6,523 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding all together 139 homes since 2001, or 2.2 percent.

Throughout the State of Tennessee, Grundy County places 83 of 95 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 1,833 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Grundy County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $52,300, according to the Decennial Census. This is less than the State of Tennessee 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $93,000 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

There seems to be a large amount of affordable housing in Grundy County, Tennessee. In 2000, 94 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Grundy County, averaging 27 jobs per place of business. This is less than the US industry average of 39 and less than the State of Tennessee establishments size average of 56 for the Manufacturing industry.

The Accommodation and food services industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Grundy County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 10.3 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent of employment in 2005.

Other services, except public administration in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Grundy County, increasing in size by 110 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of 2.8 percent. The State of Tennessee went through a industry job change of -0.8 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

In Grundy County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 31 percent of total employment in the county, making up 434 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 18.4 and 16.4 percent of industry employment.

In Grundy County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.42. This means the percent of total employment in the Manufacturing industry is 2.42 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Grundy specializes in Manufacturing.







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