Saline County Has shrunk in Property Ownership by 2.9%, According to the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Arkansas

Category: Saline County, AR

According to data from the 2010 Census, Saline County, Arkansas decreased in number of total housing units by 10,986, or 32%, since the 2000 Census-- the State of Arkansas increased in housing units by 143,256, or 11%.

When compared to the United States, Saline County has a high amount of unoccupied residential real estate. 3,370, or 7.5%, of residential units are vacant in Saline County, Arkansas. Within these 3,370 vacant residential properties, 18.9% are on the real estate market for sale, while 22.5% are reported as being listed for rented.

From 2000 to 2010, owner-occupied residential properties in Saline County have decreased by 2.9%. In 2010, there were 32,245 (77.8%) owner-occupied housing units, while there were 9,196 (22.2%) units were rented. Saline County has a smaller amount of residential units rented than the State of Arkansas, which reportedly had 33.0% of units rented.

When compared to all counties across the US, Saline County has a medium level of residential properties that are minority-owned. 7.0% are minority-owned in Saline County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Arkansas 15.1% of residential real estate is minority-owned.

Black is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Saline County. 40.7% the Black 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 Saline County, Arkansas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,559 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Arkansas

Category: Saline County, AR

In Saline County, Arkansas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,559 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Given the 101 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each year, 57 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 42 industries reported a drop in employment.

The fullservice restaurants industry has grown the most with 1,109 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in fullservice restaurants makes up 30.3% percent of the total employment growth in Saline County, Arkansas for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Fullservice restaurants (+1109)
2. Justice, public order, and safety activities (+260)
3. Limitedservice eating places (+223)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (+200)
5. Building equipment contractors (+154)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the grocery stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 347 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in grocery stores make up 21.1% percent of the total employment decline in Saline County, Arkansas between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Grocery stores (-347)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (-258)
3. Employment services (-157)
4. Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. (-105)
5. Automobile dealers (-63)

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