Hawkins County Has Decreased in Property Ownership by 3.0%, From 2000 to 2010, According to the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Tennessee

Category: Hawkins County, TN

The 2010 Census reports Hawkins County, Tennessee decreased in number of total housing units by 2,454, or 10%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of Tennessee increased in housing dwelling units by 372,690, or 13%.

Measured against the United States, Hawkins County has a very low level of vacancy in residential real estate. 3,527, or 13.1%, of residential units are vacant in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Within these 3,527 unoccupied units, 11.4% are on the real estate market for sale, while 25.1% are properties that are available for rent.

From 2000 to 2010, housing units occupied by owners in Hawkins County have decreased by 3.0%. According to the 2010 Census, there were 17,674 (75.7%) housing units occupied by owners, while 5,669 (24.3%) units were rented. Hawkins County has a smaller amount of residential units rented than the State of Tennessee, which the Census reported had 31.8% of the housing units rented.

Compared to counties across the US, Hawkins County has a low level of residential real estate that is minority-owned. 2.6% are minority-owned in Hawkins County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Tennessee 14.6% of housing units are minority-owned.

American Indian is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Hawkins County. 55.8% the American Indian Census group reported renting in 2010.

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 Hawkins County, Tennessee, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 1,739 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Tennessee

Category: Hawkins County, TN

In Hawkins County, Tennessee, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 1,739 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Out of the 59 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each year, 25 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 32 industries reported a drop in employment.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry has grown the most with 630 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in motor vehicle parts manufacturing makes up 45.8% percent of the total number of new jobs in Hawkins County, Tennessee between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (+630)
2. Printing and related support activities (+222)
3. Other ambulatory health care services (+93)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (+78)
5. Insurance agencies and brokerages (+70)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the glass and glass product manufacturing industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 859 jobs in that time period. The declines in glass and glass product manufacturing make up 43.0% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Hawkins County, Tennessee for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Glass and glass product manufacturing (-859)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (-250)
3. Fullservice restaurants (-248)
4. General freight trucking (-145)
5. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (-65)

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