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

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Individuals that are employed in the general freight trucking industry paid the average highest wages in Dinwiddie County for 2006. The average industry job in Dinwiddie County was paid an annual wage of $62,697 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the industry wage in Virginia of $40,046 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $41,086.

Other top-pay jobs in Dinwiddie County, Virginia can be found in offices of physicians ($43,815), building equipment contractors ($36,078), other specialty trade contractors ($35,153) and commercial machinery repair and maintenance ($34,858) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail 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.

Dinwiddie County Industry Wages Lag Behind Virginia, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Dinwiddie County, Virginia can be understood as being relatively high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 15 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $42,126. The overall industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States 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.

Dinwiddie County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Dinwiddie County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building equipment contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 47 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 26.0 percent of the growth in Dinwiddie County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (47 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (38 new jobs)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (32 new jobs)
4. Grocery stores (21 new jobs)
5. Utility system construction (19 new jobs)

From the 16 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 10 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Dinwiddie County

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 20 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry make up 29.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (20 jobs lost)
2. Specialized freight trucking (19 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (18 jobs lost)
4. Building finishing contractors (7 jobs lost)
5. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (2 jobs lost)

In Dinwiddie County, Virginia, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 67 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Dinwiddie County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Household and institutional furniture mfg. industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 58.3 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Dinwiddie County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Virginia, where this industry saw a loss of 27.6 percent. The Household and institutional furniture mfg. industry in Dinwiddie County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 11 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (58.3 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (51.1 percent gain)
3. Grocery stores (45.6 percent gain)
4. Utility system construction (38.1 percent gain)
5. Building equipment contractors (32.0 percent gain)

Dinwiddie County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 40.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Virginia, where the industry felt a gain of 9.1 percent. The losses in the Specialized freight trucking industry in Dinwiddie County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 6.8 in percent of jobs in the Specialized freight trucking industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (40.1 percent decline)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (25.5 percent decline)
3. Building finishing contractors (21.4 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (15.3 percent decline)
5. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (8.7 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 1.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in Virginia, which experienced a gain of 5.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level 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.

Dinwiddie County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Dinwiddie County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 78.7 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 seen in the Virginia, where the industry felt a loss of 1.9 percent. The losses in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry in Dinwiddie County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 4.9 percent in terms of employees in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (78.7 percent decline)
2. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (26.9 percent decline)
3. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (25 percent decline)
4. Specialized freight trucking (16.7 percent decline)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (14.6 percent decline)

Dinwiddie County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Grocery stores industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 98.0 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Dinwiddie County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Virginia, where this industry saw a gain of 3 percent. The Grocery stores industry in Dinwiddie County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (98.0 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (65.5 percent gain)
3. Health and personal care stores (57.9 percent gain)
4. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (33.0 percent gain)
5. Utility system construction (23.8 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 2.9 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in Virginia, which saw a gain of 1.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Dinwiddie County

Given the industries in the area, the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 64 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry make up 61.0 percent of the total job loss in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (64 jobs lost)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (11 jobs lost)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (10 jobs lost)
4. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (7 jobs lost)
5. Specialized freight trucking (6 jobs lost)

Out of the 20 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 9 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 11 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Dinwiddie County, Virginia, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 132 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Dinwiddie County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has grown the most with 77 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 45.6 percent of the total number of new jobs in Dinwiddie County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (77 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (33 new jobs)
3. Utility system construction (13 new jobs)
4. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (13 new jobs)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (11 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.

Income and Poverty in Dinwiddie County, Virginia

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Dinwiddie County, Virginia may be understood as having a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 9.3 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 29.8 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Dinwiddie County, accounting 17.1 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $36,030. This median income level is 25.9 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 20.8 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $38,513. Hispanic in Dinwiddie County, Virginia , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $42,830, this income level is 12 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Dinwiddie County reported a median household income of $65,588, which was 34.8 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area. In Dinwiddie County, Virginia White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $53,616 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 10.2 percent greater than the median in 2000.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Dinwiddie County was reported to have a relatively high median income for households of $48,651 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 12.3 percent lower than the median in Virginia of $54,612 and the median is 1 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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

Demographic Profile for Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Dinwiddie County, Virginia had an estimated population of 25,391 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, from the population in the year 2000 of 24,615. This growth shows an increase of 3.2 percent. Dinwiddie ranks 54 of 134 counties when analyzing total population change in Virginia and the county ranks 1,215 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Dinwiddie County, Virginia to be 40.0 years old. The median age in Dinwiddie is greater than the median age in Virginia of 37.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 38.7 years of age. With a total of 22.4 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Dinwiddie can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high representation within the population, making up 65.8 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 11.8 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.

Dinwiddie County, Virginia has a population base that is comprised of 65 percent White, 32.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 1.4 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 34.2 percent of the population being minorities. This is greater than the State of Virginia percent of 30. Since 2000, Dinwiddie has decreased the percent of minority makeup when 35.0 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

When calculating the total land area, Dinwiddie covers a total land area of 504 square miles. The county has a low population density of 50 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Grayson, KY (50 per sq. mile ), Roscommon, MI (50 per sq. mile ), Morgan, GA (50 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Lawrence, AL (50 per sq. mile ), Perry, IN (50 per sq. mile ), Pierce, GA (50 per sq. mile ).

From 2000, a low amount of people have migrated to Dinwiddie internationally. The migration from outside the US into Dinwiddie totals 0 percent of the total migration into the State of Virginia. This percent of international migration is low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

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

Housing Report for Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Dinwiddie County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $86,900, accounted by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the overall State of Virginia 2000 home value of $125,400 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

Throughout the State of Virginia, Dinwiddie County ranks 39 of 134 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 478 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

In Dinwiddie County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 10,654 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 752 residential structures since 2001, a change of 7.6 percent.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. In 2000, 80.3 percent of housing was valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Dinwiddie County, Virginia -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Dinwiddie County. In the County, the industry averages 54 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the State of Virginia typical size of 48 for the Manufacturing industry.

Dinwiddie is the County that is ranked 82 of 136 Counties in the State of Virginia according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 79 of 136 Counties.

In Dinwiddie County, Transportation and Warehousing, Manufacturing, and the Construction industries are the largest employment industries. The Transportation and Warehousing provides the most jobs and contributes 30.8 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 1,395 people employed. The Manufacturing and Construction industries total 22.8 and 10.8 percent of total employment, respectively.

The Wholesale trade has seen the largest decrease in industry presence in Dinwiddie County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 7.5 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent in the year 2005.

Accommodation and food services in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Dinwiddie County, growing by 127.6 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 7.6 percent. The State of Virginia had changed in sector employment of 10 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

In Dinwiddie County, Transportation and Warehousing, Manufacturing and Construction have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Transportation and Warehousing industry has a US LQ in the county of 8.32. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Transportation and Warehousing sector is 8.32 times greater than the national average, signifying that Dinwiddie may be an exporter of products or services of Transportation and Warehousing.





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