Sussex County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Sussex County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has grown the most with 22 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 46.1 percent of the total growth in Sussex County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (22 new jobs)
2. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (10 new jobs)
3. Other general merchandise stores (9 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Sussex County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Automobile dealers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 3 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Automobile dealers industry make up 53.3 percent of the total job loss in Sussex County, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automobile dealers (3 jobs lost)
2. Logging (1 jobs lost)
3. Nursing care facilities (160 jobs lost)
4. Individual and family services (107 jobs lost)
5. Employment services (103 jobs lost)

In Sussex County, Virginia, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 76 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Out of the 10 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 7 industries reported a drop in employment.

The total number of jobs has decreased by 3.3 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in Virginia, which saw a gain of 1.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Sussex County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 45.8 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Sussex County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Virginia, where this industry saw a gain of 3.7 percent. The Other general merchandise stores industry in Sussex County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 3.3 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (45.8 percent gain)
2. Gasoline stations (20.9 percent gain)
3. Legal services (20.0 percent gain)
4. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (15.9 percent gain)
5. Residential building construction (14.1 percent gain)

Sussex County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Automobile dealers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 8.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Virginia, where the it saw a loss of 1.2 percent. The losses in the Automobile dealers industry in Sussex County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 1 in percent of jobs in the Automobile dealers industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Automobile dealers (8.9 percent decline)
2. Logging (3.1 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 Sussex County, Virginia

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Sussex County accounted a medium-low median household income of $36,278 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 50.5 percent lower than the household income median in State of Virginia of $54,612 and the median household income is 35.4 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 22.6 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $28,086. Hispanic in Sussex County, Virginia , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $85,118, this income level is 134.6 percent greater 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 $33,638. This median income level is 7.3 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. In Sussex County, Virginia White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $47,288 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 30.3 percent greater than the median in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Sussex County reported a median household income of $39,488, this median was 8.8 percent greater than the median income level in this area.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Sussex County, Virginia can be considered to have a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 16.1 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 23.2 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Sussex County, accounting 27.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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