Telfair County Has Fallen Off in Ownership Residential Property by 7.4%, According to the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Georgia

Category: Telfair County, GA

The recent 2010 Census Bureau reports Telfair County, Georgia decreased in number of total housing units by 2,214, or 44%, (since the 2000), while the State of Georgia increased in total real estate dwellings by 807,064, or 20%.

Compared against the United States, Telfair County has a medium amount of unoccupied residential real estate. 1,754, or 24.0%, of housing units are currently vacant in Telfair County, Georgia. Of these 1,754 unoccupied housing units, 6.4% are on the real estate market for sale, while 14.8% are trying to be rented.

Between 2000 and 2010, owner-occupied units in Telfair County have decreased by 7.4%. According to the 2010 Census, there were 3,936 (71.0%) owner-occupied units, while 1,607 (29.0%) units were rented. Telfair County has a smaller portion of rented units than the State of Georgia, which had 34.3% of units occupied by renters.

The 2010 Census reports that Telfair County has a very high level of residential real estate that is minority-owned. 31.7% are owned and occupied by minorities in Telfair County; while US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Georgia 30.2% of residential real estate is minority-owned.

Native Hawaiian is the group with the highest percent of rental in Telfair County. 100.0% the Native Hawaiian 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 Telfair County, Georgia, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 919 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Georgia

Category: Telfair County, GA

In Telfair County, Georgia, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 919 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Given the 30 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each year, 10 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 19 industries reported a drop in employment.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the logging industry has added the most employment with 36 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in logging makes up 42.4% percent of the total number of new jobs in Telfair County, Georgia between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Logging (+36)
2. Executive, legislative and general government (+25)
3. Legal services (+8)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (+6)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (+5)

Given the industries in the area, the limitedservice eating places industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 258 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in limitedservice eating places make up 43.6% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Telfair County, Georgia between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Limitedservice eating places (-258)
2. Depository credit intermediation (-76)
3. Other general merchandise stores (-46)
4. Gasoline stations (-35)
5. Automobile dealers (-34)

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