Census report shows swings in local employment patterns, 1998-2007
| Floyd '07 | Floyd '98 | Bartow '07 | Bartow '98 | |||
| Businesses | 2,088 | 1,998 | +5% | 2,139 | 1,514 | +41% |
| Employees | 38,117 | 37,430 | +2% | 31,375 | 24,318 | +29% |
| Manufact. | 8,154 | 10,437 | -22% | 9,033 | 8,930 | +1% |
| Retail | 4,943 | 4,973 | -1% | 4,109 | 3,256 | +26% |
| Health | 8,152 | 6,583 | +24% | 2,530 | 1,488 | +70% |
| Food/hotels | 3,218 | 2,743 | +17% | 3,230 | 2,023 | +59% |
| Education | 2,283 | 2,388 | -4% | Incomp. | Incomp. |
Source: U.S. Census/County Business Patterns: An establishment is a single physical location at which business is conducted or services or industrial operations are performed. The report provides data on the number of establishments, employees, and quarterly and annual payroll for most of the 1,100 industries identified by the North American Industry Classification System.
A newly released Census report tracks business trends within counties between March 1998 and 2007, and some of the numbers are surprising. A big caveat is how much they have changed since the recession hit Northwest Georgia in the past year.
Some of the findings from the report (click Census)
-Job drop: Note the 22 percent drop in manufacturing jobs in Floyd County in the 10 years studied. Also down, and this was surprising: education by 4 percent.
-The gainers: Health and social services (24 percent) followed by food and hotels (17 percent). employment jobs. The number of food/accommodations places of business grew by 24 percent in 10 years, from 152 to 191.
-By comparison, Bartow County grew in every category, especially in businesses, healthcare jobs and food/hotel employment. Job growth: 29 percent.
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Dining & Drink
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