Barbour County Has Decayed in Residential Property Ownership by 6.4%, From 2000 to 2010

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Parent Category: Alabama

Category: Barbour County, AL

The 2010 Census reports Barbour County, Alabama increased in housing units by 632, or 5%, (since the 2000), while the State of Alabama increased in total real estate dwellings by 208,142, or 10%.

Compared to the US, Barbour County has a medium amount of unoccupied residential properties. 2,009, or 17.0%, currently are unoccupied in Barbour County, Alabama. Within the 2,009 vacant properties, 6.5% are listed to be sold, while 15.5% are available for rent.

Between 2000 and 2010, owner-occupied units in Barbour County have decreased by 6.4%. By 2010, there were 6,556 (66.8%) housing units occupied by owners, while 3,264 (33.2%) housing units were being rented. Barbour County has a greater amount of rentals than the State of Alabama, which the Census reported had 30.3% of units occupied by renters.

When compared to all counties across the US, Barbour County has a very high level of residential real estate that is minority-owned. 38.4% of housing units are owned by minorities in Barbour County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Alabama 23.0% of housing units are minority-owned.

Native Hawaiian is the group that rents the most often in Barbour County. 87.5% the Native Hawaiian Census group reported renting in the 2010 Census.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Barbour County, Alabama, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 1,751 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Alabama

Category: Barbour County, AL

In Barbour County, Alabama, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 1,751 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Given the 58 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each year, 21 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 37 industries reported employment loss in the period.

The offices of other health practitioners industry has grown the most with 66 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in offices of other health practitioners makes up 17.3% percent of the total number of new jobs in Barbour County, Alabama between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (+66)
2. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (+62)
3. Home health care services (+45)
4. Other crop farming (+31)
5. Insurance agencies and brokerages (+31)

The general freight trucking industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 580 jobs. The declines in general freight trucking make up 29.0% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Barbour County, Alabama for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. General freight trucking (-580)
2. Grocery stores (-309)
3. Sawmills and wood preservation (-199)
4. Employment services (-163)
5. Traveler accommodation (-76)

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