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

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People with jobs in the general freight trucking industry reported the top wages in Lewis County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Lewis County received an annual wage of $37,362 in 2006. The average wage is less than the average industry wage in the State of Tennessee of $41,399 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $41,086.

Top-pay jobs in Lewis County, Tennessee exsists in building finishing contractors ($32,097), advertising and related services ($31,552), automotive repair and maintenance ($28,728) and offices of physicians ($26,492) 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.

Lewis County Wages have increased by 1.0% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Lewis County, Tennessee by a total of 1.0%. 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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Lewis County, Tennessee when analyzed can be understood as being very low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 43.4 percent lower than the with an state average of $36,146. The overall industry wage was less than the US average pay 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.

Lewis County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Lewis County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Legal services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 6.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Tennessee, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 15.3 percent. The losses in the Legal services industry in Lewis County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 8.3 percent in terms of employees in the Legal services industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Legal services (6.3 percent decline)
2. Grocery stores (4.7 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 1.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is less than percent in the State of Tennessee, which saw a gain of 3.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Lewis County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 66.7 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Lewis County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Tennessee, where it saw a loss of 2.3 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Lewis County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 0.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (66.7 percent gain)
2. Gasoline stations (57.2 percent gain)
3. Building finishing contractors (38.3 percent gain)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (29.6 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (20.1 percent gain)

In Lewis County, Tennessee, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 32 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Lewis County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 5 jobs. The declines in the Grocery stores industry make up 93.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Lewis County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (5 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (31 jobs lost)
3. Professional and similar organizations (16 jobs lost)
4. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (14 jobs lost)
5. Specialized freight trucking (12 jobs lost)

From the 9 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 2 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 7 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Lewis County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 53 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 49.7 percent of the total employment growth in Lewis County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (53 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (21 new jobs)





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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.

Lewis County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Lewis County

Given the industries in the area, the Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 5 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 51.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Lewis County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (5 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (4 jobs lost)
3. Private households (11 jobs lost)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (9 jobs lost)
5. Offices of physicians (5 jobs lost)

In Lewis County, Tennessee, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 70 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Of the 16 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 3 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 11 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Lewis County

The Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 19 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 31.6 percent of the growth in Lewis County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (19 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (11 new jobs)
3. Logging (9 new jobs)

Lewis County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 6.5 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 experienced in the State of Tennessee, where the industry felt a loss of 1.7 percent. The losses in the Other general merchandise stores industry in Lewis County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 3.3 percent in terms of employment in the Other general merchandise stores industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (6.5 percent decline)
2. Grocery stores (4 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (3.1 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 3.9 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Tennessee, which saw a gain of 1.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Lewis County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of other health practitioners industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 93.3 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Lewis County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Tennessee, where it saw a gain of 5.8 percent. The Offices of other health practitioners industry in Lewis County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (93.3 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (74.7 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (48.6 percent gain)
4. Architectural and engineering services (26.7 percent gain)
5. Logging (14.6 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.

Income and Poverty in Lewis County, Tennessee

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Lewis County reported a medium-low household income of $35,619 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 19.4 percent lower than the median income in State of Tennessee of $42,541 and the median is 37.9 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Hispanic headed households in Lewis County, Tennessee recorded a median income of $22,669, which is 36.4 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 47.6 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $18,647. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Lewis County had a median household income level of $71,663, this median was 101.2 percent greater than the median income level in this area. In Lewis County, Tennessee White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $35,575 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.1 percent less than the median household income in 2000.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Lewis County, Tennessee may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 13.4 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 45.3 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Lewis County, reporting 24.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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

Higher Education in Lewis County, Tennessee

Lewis County, Tennessee can be considered to have a less-educated population of the working age, with 8.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Lewis has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations 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.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Lewis County, Tennessee, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 42.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lewis have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 8.2 percent (Men) versus 8.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 38.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Lewis County, Tennessee according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 8.2 percent of the White Alone, 7.6 percent of Black or African American, 50 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.





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

Demographic Profile for Lewis County, Tennessee

Lewis County, Tennessee had a population of 11,435 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 11,375. This growth denotes an increase of 0.5 percent. Lewis ranks 72 of 95 counties in terms of population growth in Tennessee and the county ranks 1,841 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Lewis County, Tennessee to be 38.8 years old. The median in Lewis is greater than the median in Tennessee of 37.3. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 37.4 years of age. With a total of 23.8 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Lewis can be described as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 62.4 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 13.7 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

By measuring total land area, Lewis spans a total of 282 square miles. This area has a low population density of 41 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, 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 ).

Since 2000, a low number of individual migrated to the Lewis internationally. The migration from outside the US into Lewis makes up 0 percent of immigration into the State of Tennessee. This amount of international migration is low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Lewis County, Tennessee has a population base that is comprised of 96.2 percent White, 1.7 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 1.2 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 3.2 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Tennessee percent of 20.9. Since 2000, Lewis has increased the percent of minority makeup when 3.0 percent of the people were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Lewis County, Washington

The residential real estate values in Lewis County, Washington have moderate increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $26,000, or 22.1 percent, from when in 2000 they were valued at $117,800.

The State of Washington, Lewis County places 27 of 39 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 1,383 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Lewis County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $143,800, according to the American Community Survey. This value is less than the overall Washington 2005 home value of $227,700 and less than median home value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

Lewis County has a medium percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 1.2 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

There seems to be a fair amount affordable residential real estate in Lewis County, Washington. In 2005, 37.7 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

In Lewis County, there were a total of 30,685 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding all together 894 residential units since 2001, or 3 percent.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Lewis County, Washington -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Lewis County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 17.4 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 3,513 individuals. The Manufacturing and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 16.1 and 13.5 percent of industry employment.

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 Lewis County, growing in new jobs by 44.8 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of 4.3 percent. The State of Washington experienced a sector employment shift of 5.8 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

Transportation and Warehousing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Lewis County. The sector dealt with a loss of 526 jobs, or 35.4 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 51.8 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

Mining is the industry with the largest establishments in Lewis County. In the County, the industry averages 63 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 21 and greater than the State of Washington typical size of 19 for the Mining industry.

In Lewis County, Mining, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Utilities have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Mining industry has a US LQ in the county of 7.42. This means the percent of total employment in the Mining industry is 7.42 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Lewis County may specialize, or be an exporter of Mining.







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