Employment Distribution by Major
Trends & Projections
|
Average Annual Employment Growth Rates*
|
|
Major Industry Sector
|
1990 - 2000
|
2000 - 2009
|
1990 - 2009
|
|
Construction, Natural Resources & Mining
|
1.3%
|
-1.6%
|
-0.1%
|
|
Manufacturing
|
-2.3%
|
-6.6%
|
-4.3%
|
|
Trade, Transportation & Utilities
|
1.1%
|
-1.2%
|
0.0%
|
|
Information
|
6.3%
|
-1.6%
|
2.5%
|
|
Financial Activities
|
2.8%
|
-0.1%
|
1.4%
|
|
Professional & Business Services
|
2.5%
|
-2.3%
|
0.2%
|
|
Education & Health Services
|
3.2%
|
3.1%
|
3.2%
|
|
Leisure & Hospitality Services
|
2.1%
|
1.1%
|
1.6%
|
|
Other Services
|
3.5%
|
1.6%
|
2.6%
|
|
Federal Government
|
-0.7%
|
1.7%
|
0.4%
|
|
State & Local Government
|
2.0%
|
0.4%
|
1.2%
|
|
Total Non-Farm Employment
|
1.8%
|
-0.6%
|
0.7%
|
*IHS Global Insight, 2009. Spring 2009
County
Forecasts
|
Annual Economic and Demographic Growth Rates1
|
|
|
1990 - 2000
|
2000 - 2009
|
1990 - 2009
|
|
Population
|
1.2%
|
0.7%
|
1.0%
|
|
Population 0 to 24
|
0.9%
|
0.3%
|
0.7%
|
|
Population 25 to 44
|
0.6%
|
-0.8%
|
-0.1%
|
|
Population 45 to 64
|
2.7%
|
2.2%
|
2.5%
|
|
Households
|
1.4%
|
0.8%
|
1.1%
|
|
Labor Force
|
1.3%
|
0.0%
|
0.7%
|
|
Total Employment
|
1.8%
|
-0.6%
|
0.7%
|
|
Goods-Producing Employment*
|
-1.0%
|
-4.3%
|
-2.6%
|
|
Private, Services-Providing Employment**
|
2.4%
|
-0.17%
|
1.17%
|
|
Total Personal Income
|
5.1%
|
4.0%
|
4.6%
|
|
Per Capita Personal Income
|
3.9%
|
3.4%
|
3.6%
|
|
Average Household Income
|
3.7%
|
3.2%
|
3.5%
|
|
Average Annual Wage
|
4.0%
|
3.5%
|
3.8%
|
1 IHS Global Insight, 2009. Spring 2009
County
Forecasts
**Private, Services-Providing Employment Sectors include: Trade, Transportation & Utilities; Information; Financial Activities; Professional & Business Services; Education & Health Services; Leisure & Hospitality Services; and Other Services.
*Goods-Producing Employment Sectors include: Construction, Natural Resources, & Mining; and Manufacturing. The growth rates are negative because of the continuing decline in Manufacturing sector employment.
|
Employment Distribution by Major Sector*
|
|
Major Industry Sector
|
1990
|
2000
|
2009
|
|
# of Jobs in 000s
|
%
|
# of Jobs in 000s
|
%
|
# of Jobs in 000s
|
%
|
|
Construction, Natural Resources & Mining
|
14.534
|
5.8%
|
16.519
|
5.5%
|
14.341
|
5.0%
|
|
Manufacturing
|
30.443
|
12.1%
|
24.171
|
8.0%
|
13.129
|
4.6%
|
|
Trade, Transportation & Utilities
|
48.764
|
19.3%
|
54.485
|
18.1%
|
48.660
|
17.0%
|
|
Information
|
3.629
|
1.4%
|
6.670
|
2.2%
|
5.783
|
2.0%
|
|
Financial Activities
|
29.426
|
11.7%
|
38.900
|
12.9%
|
38.639
|
13.5%
|
|
Professional & Business Services
|
44.793
|
17.8%
|
57.137
|
19.0%
|
46.298
|
16.2%
|
|
Education & Health Services
|
23.937
|
9.5%
|
32.845
|
10.9%
|
43.196
|
15.1%
|
|
Leisure and Hospitality Services
|
18.166
|
7.2%
|
22.376
|
7.4%
|
24.762
|
8.7%
|
|
Other Services
|
8.176
|
3.2%
|
11.485
|
3.8%
|
13.254
|
4.6%
|
|
Federal Government
|
3.347
|
1.3%
|
3.113
|
1.0%
|
3.623
|
1.3%
|
|
State & Local Government
|
27.002
|
10.7%
|
32.778
|
10.9%
|
33.896
|
11.9%
|
|
Total Non-Farm Employment
|
252.217
|
100.0%
|
300.479
|
100.0%
|
285.582
|
100.0%
|
* IHS Global Insight, 2009. Spring 2009
County
Forecasts
New Castle County Occupation Projections: 2006 - 2016