In Moore County, jobs in the residential building construction pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the residential building construction industry reported the top wages in Moore County for 2006. The average industry job in Moore County was paid an annual wage of $15,407 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry wage in Tennessee of $37,127 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $43,351.

High-wage employment in Moore County, Tennessee are present in full-service restaurants ($9,631), oilseed and grain farming (.), vegetable and melon farming (.) and fruit and tree nut farming (.) 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.

Moore County Wages have increased by 34.8% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Moore County, Tennessee by a total of 34.8%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Tennessee and greater 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.

Moore County Industry Wages Exceed Tennessee, and Wages Exceed the United States

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Wages in all industries in Moore County, Tennessee can be understood as being very high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 18.2 percent higher than the state, which accounted an average of $36,146. The average pay was greater 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.

Moore County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Moore County

Given the industries in the area, the Employment services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 956 jobs. The declines in the Employment services industry make up 35.0 percent of the total job loss in Moore County, Tennessee.

Top 1 Industries
1. Employment services (956 jobs lost)

In Moore County, Tennessee, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 41 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.





Moore County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 1.9 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Moore County has expanded slower than the growth seen in the industry for Tennessee, where this industry saw a gain of 12.3 percent. The Full-service restaurants industry in Moore County lagged behind the national average, which felt a gained 13.2 percent.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (1.9 percent gain)

Moore County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Household goods repair and maintenance industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 73 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 gone through in the Tennessee, where the it saw a loss of 37.6 percent. The losses in the Household goods repair and maintenance industry in Moore County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 9.9 in percent of workers in the Household goods repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Household goods repair and maintenance (73 percent decline)
2. Shoe stores (70 percent decline)
3. Employment services (63.4 percent decline)
4. Department stores (50.3 percent decline)
5. Nonresidential building construction (35.1 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 5.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in Tennessee, experiencing a gain of 3.3 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.





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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.

Moore County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Moore County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 60.6 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Moore County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Tennessee, where this industry saw a gain of 4 percent. The Full-service restaurants industry in Moore County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 2.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (60.6 percent gain)

Moore County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 34.8 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Tennessee, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 9.4 percent. The losses in the Residential building construction industry in Moore County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5.5 percent in terms of employees in the Residential building construction industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Residential building construction (34.8 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in the State of Tennessee, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

In Moore County, Tennessee, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 16 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Moore County

The Full-service restaurants industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 7 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 95.2 percent of the growth in Moore County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (7 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Moore County

The Residential building construction industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 3 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Residential building construction industry make up 88.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Moore County, Tennessee.

Top 1 Industries
1. Residential building construction (3 jobs lost)







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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 Moore County, Tennessee

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Moore County had a medium-high median income for households of $42,811 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 0.6 percent higher than the median in Tennessee of $42,541 and this is 14.8 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 37.2 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $26,874. In Moore County, Tennessee White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $43,680 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 2 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $119,649. This household income level is 179.5 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Moore County, Tennessee can be recognized as having a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 9.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 28.4 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Moore County, with 23.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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

Higher Education in Moore County, Tennessee

Moore County, Tennessee can be considered to have a moderately-educated working age population, with 11.8 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Moore counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Tennessee's proportion of 19.6 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Moore County, Tennessee, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 41.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Moore have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 14.2 percent (Men) versus 9.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 38.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Moore County, Tennessee as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 12 percent of the White Alone, 6.6 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

Demographic Profile for Moore County, Tennessee

When measuring the total land area, Moore spans a total of 129 square miles. This area has a low average area density of 47 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Gilchrist, FL (47 per sq. mile ), Vermilion, LA (47 per sq. mile ), Scott, MS (47 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Lincoln, OR (47 per sq. mile ), Paulding, OH (47 per sq. mile ), Deschutes, OR (47 per sq. mile ).

Moore County, Tennessee had a total estimated population of 6,024 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 5,768. This growth denotes an increase of 4.4 percent. Moore ranks 70 of 95 counties in terms of population growth in Tennessee and the county ranks 1,602 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Moore County, Tennessee to be 40.5 years old. The median age in Moore is greater than the median age in Tennessee of 37.3. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 39.7 years of age. With 21.2 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Moore can be described as being made up of a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the population, with 63.1 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 15.8 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

Moore County, Tennessee has a population that is made up of 95.3 percent White, 3.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 0.7 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity, with 4.3 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Tennessee percent of 20.9. Since 2000, Moore has increased the percent of minority makeup when 3.9 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

From 2000, a very low number of individual migrated to the Moore internationally. The international migration into Moore totals 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Tennessee. This percent of international migration is very low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

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

Housing Report for Moore County, Tennessee

In Moore County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 2,781 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding all together 166 homes since 2001, or 6.3 percent.

Moore County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $85,600, accounted by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the overall State of Tennessee 2000 home median value of $93,000 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

When compared to other counties in Tennessee, Moore County is positioned 20 of 95 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 615 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.







Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Retail Trade is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Moore County, increasing by 12.9 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 0.5 percent. The State of Tennessee saw a change in employment in the sector of 1.7 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

Health care and social assistance is the industry with the largest establishments in Moore County, with the industry averaging 23 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 21 and less than the State of Tennessee establishments size average of 24 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

In Moore County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Health care and social assistance provides the most jobs and contributes 17.1 percent of the total county employment. This totals 138 people employed. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 14.1 and 6.2 percent of all employment.











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