Hickman County Has Deteriorated in Residential Property Ownership by 3.0%, From 2000 to 2010, According to the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Tennessee

Category: Hickman County, TN

The 2010 Census reports Hickman County, Tennessee decreased in total real estate dwellings by 1,407, or 16%, (since the 2000), while the State of Tennessee increased in total housing units by 372,690, or 13%.

Compared against the United States, Hickman County has a very low amount of unoccupied residential real estate. 1,335, or 12.9%, of housing units are currently vacant in Hickman County, Tennessee. Within these 1,335 vacant housing units, 13.2% are on the real estate market for sale, while 17.2% are listed in the rental market.

Between 2000 and 2010, residential properties occupied by owners in Hickman County have decreased by 3.0%. The 2010 Census reports there were 6,924 (77.1%) owner-occupied housing units, while there were 2,052 (22.9%) housing units were being rented. Hickman County has a smaller amount of rentals than the State of Tennessee, which had 31.8% of residential units occupied by renters.

Compared to counties in the US, Hickman County has a low level of residential properties that are minority-owned. 4.1% of properties are owned by minorities in Hickman County; while US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Tennessee 14.6% of residential real estate is minority-owned.

Native Hawaiian is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Hickman County. 100.0% the Native Hawaiian 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 Hickman County, Tennessee, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 131 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Tennessee

Category: Hickman County, TN

In Hickman County, Tennessee, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 131 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Out of the 34 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 15 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 18 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

The limitedservice eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 160 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in limitedservice eating places makes up 55.2% percent of the total growth in Hickman County, Tennessee between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Limitedservice eating places (+160)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (+37)
3. Child day care services (+25)
4. Gasoline stations (+19)
5. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (+10)

The other wood product manufacturing industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 62 jobs. The declines in other wood product manufacturing make up 17.7% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Hickman County, Tennessee for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Other wood product manufacturing (-62)
2. Sawmills and wood preservation (-56)
3. Building finishing contractors (-40)
4. Other general merchandise stores (-39)
5. Depository credit intermediation (-30)

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