Claiborne County Has Moved Down in Residential Property Ownership by 2.9%, According to the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Tennessee

Category: Claiborne County, TN

The 2010 Census reports Claiborne County, Tennessee decreased in total real estate dwellings by 1,597, or 12%, since the 2000 Census-- the State of Tennessee increased in total real estate dwellings by 372,690, or 13%.

Put side by side with the United States, Claiborne County has a very low amount of unoccupied residential properties. 2,006, or 13.5%, currently are unoccupied in Claiborne County, Tennessee. Broken down, of the 2,006 unoccupied properties, 13.4% are on the real estate market for sale, while 20.8% are reported as being listed for rented.

From 2000 to 2010, housing units occupied by owners in Claiborne County have decreased by 2.9%. In 2010, there were 9,726 (75.7%) units occupied by owners, while there were 3,127 (24.3%) residential units were being rented. Claiborne County has a smaller amount of rentals than the State of Tennessee, which saw 31.8% of the housing units occupied by renters.

Compared to counties across the US, Claiborne County has a very low level of housing units that are minority-owned. 2.1% are minority-owned in Claiborne County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Tennessee 14.6% of residential real estate is minority-owned.

American Indian rented the most often, of all race\ethnic groups, in Claiborne County. 61.1% the American Indian Census group reportedly occupied a rental.

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 Claiborne County, Tennessee, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 1,040 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Tennessee

Category: Claiborne County, TN

In Claiborne County, Tennessee, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 1,040 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Out of the 52 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each year, 24 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 27 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

The limitedservice eating places industry has grown the most with 302 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in limitedservice eating places makes up 46.6% percent of the total growth in Claiborne County, Tennessee between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Limitedservice eating places (+302)
2. Health and personal care stores (+47)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (+45)
4. Offices of dentists (+38)
5. Cut and sew apparel manufacturing (+37)

Given the industries in the area, the fullservice restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 133 jobs. The declines in fullservice restaurants make up 17.1% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Claiborne County, Tennessee between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Fullservice restaurants (-133)
2. Residential building construction (-106)
3. Highway, street, and bridge construction (-72)
4. Home health care services (-66)
5. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (-59)

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