San Diego County Has Decayed in Terms of Housing Units Occupied by Owners by 1.1%, (2010 Census)

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Parent Category: California

Category: San Diego County, CA

Recently reported by the 2010 Census, San Diego County, California decreased in number of dwellings by 124,637, or 12%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of California increased in housing units by 1,465,532, or 11%.

Put side by side with the United States, San Diego County has a very high amount of vacant housing units. 77,921, or 6.7%, have been reported as vacant in San Diego County, California. Among these 77,921 unoccupied housing units, 15.0% are listed to be sold, while 37.5% are trying to be rented.

Between 2000 and 2010, residential properties occupied by owners in San Diego County have decreased by 1.1%. In 2010, there were 591,025 (54.4%) housing units occupied by owners, while 495,840 (45.6%) housing units were leased. San Diego County has a greater portion of units rented than the State of California, which the Census reported had 44.1% of the housing units rented.

Compared to counties across the US, San Diego County has a very high level of residential real estate that is minority-owned. 31.8% of properties are owned by minorities in San Diego County; while US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of California 40.5% of housing units are minority-owned.

Black is the group with the highest percent of rental in San Diego County. 68.2% the Black Census group occupies a rented housing unit.

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 San Diego County, California, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 54,105 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: California

Category: San Diego County, CA

In San Diego County, California, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 54,105 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Of the 282 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each year, 104 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 178 industries reported a drop in employment.

The offices of physicians industry has grown the most with 5,593 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in offices of physicians makes up 6.1% percent of the total number of new jobs in San Diego County, California between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Offices of physicians (+5593)
2. Colleges and universities (+5395)
3. Scientific research and development services (+5381)
4. Private households (+4406)
5. Securities and commodity contracts brokerage (+4229)

Given the industries in the area, the employment services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 11,315 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in employment services make up 7.1% percent of the employment lost during the period in San Diego County, California for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Employment services (-11,315)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (-8,400)
3. Residential building construction (-8,113)
4. Building finishing contractors (-7,705)
5. Nondepository credit intermediation (-7,279)

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