Jackson County Has shrunk in Terms of Ownership of Real Estate by 2.7%, From 2000 to 2010

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Parent Category: Arkansas

Category: Jackson County, AR

Recently reported by the 2010 Census, Jackson County, Arkansas increased in number of total housing units by 355, or 4%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of Arkansas increased in housing dwelling units by 143,256, or 11%.

Put side by side with the United States, Jackson County has a low level of vacancy in residential housing. 877, or 11.5%, are reported as unoccupied units in Jackson County, Arkansas. Broken down, of the 877 vacant units, 10.9% are listed to be sold, while 28.5% are reported as being listed for rented.

From 2000 to 2010, owner-occupied residential properties in Jackson County have decreased by 2.7%. Reported in the 2010 Census, there were 4,496 (66.9%) housing units occupied by owners, while 2,228 (33.1%) housing units were leased. Jackson County has a greater portion properties rented than the State of Arkansas, which reportedly had 33.0% of units rented.

Compared to counties in the US, Jackson County has a medium level of homes that are owned by minorities. 10.3% of properties are owned by minorities in Jackson County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Arkansas 15.1% of homes are owned by minorities.

Native Hawaiian is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Jackson County. 100.0% 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 Jackson County, Arkansas, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 563 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Arkansas

Category: Jackson County, AR

In Jackson County, Arkansas, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 563 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Given the 48 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 21 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 27 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

The justice, public order, and safety activities industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 97 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in justice, public order, and safety activities makes up 22.9% percent of the total number of new jobs in Jackson County, Arkansas for the years between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Justice, public order, and safety activities (+97)
2. Other crop farming (+43)
3. Individual and family services (+32)
4. Nonresidential building construction (+29)
5. Executive, legislative and general government (+26)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the fullservice restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 103 jobs during the period. The employment lost in fullservice restaurants make up 24.8% percent of the employment lost during the period in Jackson County, Arkansas between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Fullservice restaurants (-103)
2. Depository credit intermediation (-79)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (-32)
4. Gasoline stations (-29)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (-21)

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