Scott County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Scott County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 12 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 24.7 percent of the total employment growth in Scott County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (12 new jobs)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (8 new jobs)
3. Direct selling establishments (7 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (7 new jobs)
5. Other professional and technical services (7 new jobs)

Out of the 22 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 13 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 9 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Scott County

The Building equipment contractors industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 23 jobs. The declines in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 32.9 percent of the total employment decline in Scott County, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (23 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (16 jobs lost)
3. Logging (11 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (6 jobs lost)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (5 jobs lost)

In Scott County, Virginia, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 223 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

The total number of jobs has increased by 6.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Virginia, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Scott County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of other health practitioners industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 46.0 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Scott County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Virginia, where this industry saw a gain of 4.7 percent. The Offices of other health practitioners industry in Scott County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (46.0 percent gain)
2. Other professional and technical services (44.7 percent gain)
3. Direct selling establishments (37.3 percent gain)
4. Clothing stores (16.7 percent gain)
5. Nondepository credit intermediation (9.4 percent gain)

Scott County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 39.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Virginia, where the industry felt a gain of 4.2 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Scott 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 employment in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (39.9 percent decline)
2. Automobile dealers (29.2 percent decline)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (26.4 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (17.9 percent decline)
5. Logging (15.9 percent decline)





About: This report is part 1 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.

Income and Poverty in Scott County, Virginia

Compared to counties across the United States, Scott County reported a relatively low median income for all households of $31,987 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 70.7 percent lower than the median in State of Virginia of $54,612 and the median is 53.6 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Scott County, Virginia can be recognized as having a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 16.8 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 37.1 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Scott County, accounting 28.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 70.7 percent greater than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $54,600. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Scott County had a median household income level of $82,339, this was 157.4 percent greater than the median for all households. Hispanic households in Scott County, Virginia reported a median household income of $19,500, this income level is 39 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $20,893. This median is 34.7 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Scott County, Virginia White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $31,872 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.4 percent less than the median in 2000.







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