Surry County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Surry County, Virginia, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 322 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Surry County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Employment services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 220 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Employment services industry make up 23.1 percent of the total employment decline in Surry County, Virginia.

Top 2 Industries
1. Employment services (220 jobs lost)
2. Home health care services (193 jobs lost)





Surry County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Grocery stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 37.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Surry County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Virginia, where it saw a gain of 3 percent. The Grocery stores industry in Surry County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 0.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Grocery stores (37.1 percent gain)
2. Architectural and engineering services (7.5 percent gain)

Surry County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Home health care services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 60.7 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Virginia, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 3.6 percent. The losses in the Home health care services industry in Surry County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 6.1 percent in terms of employment in the Home health care services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (60.7 percent decline)
2. Lessors of real estate (50 percent decline)
3. Activities related to credit intermediation (47.1 percent decline)
4. Specialized freight trucking (37.7 percent decline)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (29.3 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 21.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in the State of Virginia, which experienced 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.





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 Surry County, Virginia

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Surry County had a medium-high median income for households of $43,943 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 24.3 percent lower than the median income in State of Virginia of $54,612 and the income level is 11.8 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $57,038. This median income level is 29.8 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. In Surry County, Virginia White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $50,560 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 15.1 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 17.4 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $36,304. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Surry County had a median household income level of $106,420, this level was 142.2 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. Hispanic in Surry County, Virginia , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $17,968, this income level is 59.1 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Surry County, Virginia can be understood to have a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 10.8 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 76.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Surry County, having 24.2 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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