Caledonia County One-Year Industry Employment Change

The total number of jobs has increased by 1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Vermont, which experienced a gain of 0.5 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Caledonia County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other amusement and recreation industries industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 222.4 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Caledonia County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Vermont, where it saw a gain of 3.6 percent. The Other amusement and recreation industries industry in Caledonia County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 1.7 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other amusement and recreation industries (222.4 percent gain)
2. Management and technical consulting services (41.2 percent gain)
3. Civic and social organizations (32.2 percent gain)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (27.1 percent gain)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (25.6 percent gain)

Caledonia County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 47.4 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 sector has gone through in the Vermont, where the industry reported a gain of 1.4 percent. The losses in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry in Caledonia County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 1.3 percent in terms of employment in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (47.4 percent decline)
2. Direct selling establishments (40.1 percent decline)
3. ISPs and web search portals (35.1 percent decline)
4. Residential building construction (27.1 percent decline)
5. Outpatient care centers (18.1 percent decline)

In Caledonia County, Vermont, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 94 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Caledonia County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other amusement and recreation industries industry has grown the most with 116 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Other amusement and recreation industries industry makes up 31.3 percent of the total employment growth in Caledonia County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other amusement and recreation industries (116 new jobs)
2. Elementary and secondary schools (27 new jobs)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (26 new jobs)
4. Legal services (25 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (19 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Caledonia County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Outpatient care centers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 63 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Outpatient care centers industry make up 21.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Caledonia County, Vermont.

Top 5 Industries
1. Outpatient care centers (63 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (40 jobs lost)
3. Direct selling establishments (32 jobs lost)
4. Residential building construction (30 jobs lost)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (22 jobs lost)

Out of the 63 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 24 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 37 industries reported employment loss in the period.





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 Caledonia County, Vermont

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Caledonia County was reported to have a medium-high household income of $40,716 (2005 Dollars). This median is 17.4 percent lower than the median in State of Vermont of $47,802 and the median is 20.7 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Caledonia County, Vermont can be recognized as having a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 12.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 21.5 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Caledonia County, having 20.5 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 6.6 percent greater than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $43,387. Hispanic households in Caledonia County, Vermont recorded a median income of $51,797, this median is 27.2 percent greater than the areas median income level for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Caledonia County had a median household income level of $17,550, this level was 56.9 percent less than the median for all households. In Caledonia County, Vermont White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $40,870 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.4 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $69,469. This median income level is 70.6 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area.







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