Fairfield County Has Sunk in Property Ownership by 0.7%, Between 2000 and 2010

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Parent Category: Connecticut

Category: Fairfield County, CT

The 2010 Census reports Fairfield County, Connecticut decreased in housing units by 21,755, or 6%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of Connecticut increased in total housing units by 101,916, or 7%.

Measured against the United States, Fairfield County has a very high amount of vacant housing units. 25,676, or 7.1%, are reported as unoccupied units in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Among the 25,676 vacant housing units, 15.7% are for sale on the real estate market, while 34.9% are listed for lease.

From 2000 to 2010, housing units occupied by owners in Fairfield County have decreased by 0.7%. According to the 2010 Census, there were 230,167 (68.6%) housing units occupied by owners, while 105,378 (31.4%) housing units were leased. Fairfield County has a smaller amount of rentals than the State of Connecticut, which had 32.5% of residential units occupied by renters.

Compared to counties in the US, Fairfield County has a high level of residential properties that are minority-owned. 17.2% of properties are owned by minorities in Fairfield County; while US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Connecticut 13.8% of owner-occupied units are owned by minorities.

Black is the group that rents the most often in Fairfield County. 57.8% the Black Census group reported to occupy 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 Fairfield County, Connecticut, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 14,436 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Connecticut

Category: Fairfield County, CT

In Fairfield County, Connecticut, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 14,436 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Out of the 239 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each year, 92 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 146 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the other financial investment activities industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 8,655 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in other financial investment activities makes up 28.5% percent of the total growth in Fairfield County, Connecticut between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Other financial investment activities (+8655)
2. Wired telecommunications carriers (+1643)
3. Fullservice restaurants (+1598)
4. Securities and commodity contracts brokerage (+962)
5. Motion picture and video industries (+919)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the employment services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 3,843 jobs. The declines in employment services make up 8.9% percent of the total employment decline in Fairfield County, Connecticut between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Employment services (-3,843)
2. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (-1,884)
3. Commercial and service industry machinery (-1,694)
4. Nondepository credit intermediation (-1,528)
5. Cable and other program distribution (-1,400)

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