1. Uwharrie Region, North Carolina: 2009 - 2015 Jobs and Establishments
Location Quotient
Shift Share
Jobs and Establishments
Earnings
Concentration
Industry Clusters
2009 LQ
2015
Percent
Change LQ
Job Change
Ind Mix Effect
Nat Growth Effect
Expected Change
Competitive Effect
2009 Jobs
2015 Jobs
% Change Jobs
Establishments
Per Worker
Per Estab-lishment
County
Firms
Jobs
Advanced Materials
1.03
1.38
34%
482
(41)
125 83
399
1,425
1,908 45
$101,766,050
$53,342
$2,261,468
0.397
0.084
0.125
Agribusiness, Food Processing And Technology
1.45
1.44
(0%)
(20)
(75)
178
102
(123)
2,033
2,013
(1%) 59
$56,801,280
$28,224
$970,962
0.379
0.135
0.329
Apparel And Textiles
6.67
6.89 3% 58
(93)
208
115
(57)
2,377
2,435 2% 40
$98,019,637
$40,259
$2,450,491
0.340
0.089
0.157
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation And Visitor Industries
0.39
0.40 62 18 80
(18)
708
770 9% 43
$14,144,552
$18,364
$328,943
0.456
0.132
0.149
Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life Sciences)
1.00
205 21
311
332
(126)
3,552
3,757 6%
127
$125,423,790
$33,382
$987,589
0.454
0.116
Business And Financial Services
0.43
(7%)
(73) 44
214
258
(331)
2,443
2,370
(3%)
200
$67,960,142
$28,677
$340,652
0.432
0.071
0.059
Chemicals
1.89
2.62
38%
410
(34) 94 60
350
1,074
1,484 25
$87,562,258
$59,005
$3,537,869
0.501
0.075
0.305
Defense And Security
0.41
(1) 67 66
(26)
769
808 5% 29
$21,249,473
$26,289
$745,596
0.401
0.115
0.193
Education And Knowledge Creation
0.65
0.61
(6%) 3 28 87
(84)
678
681
0.5% 17
$17,790,677
$26,120
$1,078,223
0.663
0.142
0.443
Electrical Equip. Mfg.
2.24
2.54
14% 31
(7) 20 13
233
265
13% 4
$14,286,275
$53,952
$3,571,569
0.572
0.250
0.398
Energy (Fossil And Renewable)
0.73
0.74
139
155
215
(76)
1,771
1,910 8%
180
$73,768,809
$38,622
$410,397
0.424
0.175
0.114
Fabricated Metal Product Mfg.
1.75
2.57
47%
344 54 74
270
622
966
55% 34
$53,377,911
$55,256
$1,593,370
0.413
0.164
0.145
Forest And Wood Products
4.84
4.97
(15)
(214)
305 91
(106)
3,487
3,472
(0.4%)
133
$167,185,703
$48,156
$1,261,779
0.417
0.091
Glass And Ceramics
2.43
2.04
(16%) 16 15
184
157
(14%) 6
$7,467,585
$47,451
$1,244,597
0.699
0.278
0.406
Information Technology And Telecommunications
0.37 5 63
(42)
666
687 50
$29,839,157
$43,436
$593,814
0.485
0.337
0.165
Machinery Mfg.
0.81
0.44
(46%)
(102) 2 23
(124)
131
(44%) 10
$7,486,117
$57,029
$788,012
0.160
0.488
Mining
1.25
1.34 7% 32
154
189
22%
$10,484,515
$55,600
$5,242,258
0.408
0.500
0.292
Primary Metal Mfg.
4.36
5.18
19% 88
(9) 38 30
439
527
20%
$31,434,972
$59,607
$12,573,989
0.822
0.556
0.841
Printing And Publishing
0.35
0.26
(24%)
(72)
(14)
(82)
283
211
(25%)
$8,553,276
$40,539
$407,299
0.450
0.179
0.273
Transportation And Logistics
0.53
0.57
132 52 65
117 14
743
875
18%
$38,783,932
$44,339
$618,071
0.363
0.209
Transportation Equipment Mfg.
0.25
0.10
(59%)
(50) 9 8
(68) 93
(54%)
$3,288,267
$76,441
$1,644,134
1.000
KEY
Above 1.2
+ Change
Top 10
Above
Median
Above Median
Average
1.61
1.73 1% 81
-10
100 90 -9
1,141
1,222 4%
$49,365,447
$44,481
$1,953,976
0.513
0.301
-42
Note: Computer & Electronic Product Mfg. has marginal/negligible presence in the Uwharrie Region, NC.