| 2000 vs. 2016 Total Employment Growth and Change Loudoun County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = 106.24% Rank = #1 Buchanan County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = -23.27% Rank = #82 Cumberland County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = 11.85% Rank = #33 With a spotlight on Cumberland County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of employment across Virginia's 82 counties over the period 2000-2016. Those counties whose employment growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of employment. Likewise, those counties whose employment growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of employment statewide. Statewide Snippets:- Over 2000-2016 employment grew in fifty-three Virginia counties while declining in twenty-nine.
- Employment growth in twenty-three counties outpaced the statewide average (17.22%), while growth in fifty-nine counties trailed.
- At the extremes of the distribution, Loudoun County posted the highest growth of employment (106.24%), while Buchanan County placed last by logging a -23.27% decline.
- The spread in employment growth between the highest (Loudoun County, 106.24%) and lowest (Buchanan County, -23.27%) over 2000-2016 equated to 129.51% ( = 106.24% − -23.27%).
- Employment growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of employment statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Virginia, Virginia Beach City's net employment growth over 2000-2016 of 32,147 made up 4.24% of the total net growth statewide (757,508):
Virginia Beach City: Percent Share of Virginia's
Employment Growth, 2000-2016:4.24% = (32,147 / 757,508) x 100 Cumberland County Snippets:- Over 2000-2016, Cumberland County posted a 11.85% net gain in employment.
- Cumberland County was joined by fifty-eight other counties whose employment growth over 2000-2016 registered below the statewide average (17.22%).
- Ranked #33 among Virginia's 82 counties, Cumberland County's employment growth (11.85%) trailed the statewide average of 17.22% by a 5.37% margin.
- Cumberland County's net employment growth (11.85%, #33) over 2000-2016 registered just above that of Clarke County (11.08%, #34) and just below that of King George County (11.86%, #32).
Data Definition The BEA employment series for states and local areas comprises estimates of the number of jobs, full-time plus part-time, by place of work. Full-time and part-time jobs are counted at equal weight. Employees, sole proprietors, and active partners are included, but unpaid family workers and volunteers are not included. Proprietors employment consists of the number of sole proprietorships and the number of partners in partnerships. The description "by place of work" applies to the wage and salary portion of the series and, with relatively little error, to the entire series. The proprietors employment portion of the series, however, is more nearly by place of residence because, for nonfarm sole proprietorships, the estimates are based on IRS tax data that reflect the address from which the proprietor's individual tax return is filed, which is usually the proprietor's residence. The nonfarm partnership portion of the proprietors employment series reflects the tax-filing address of the partnership, which may be either the residence of one of the partners or the business address of the partnership. The employment estimates are designed to be consistent with the estimates of wages and salaries and proprietors' income that are part of the personal income series. The employment estimates are based on the same sets of source data as the corresponding earnings estimates and are prepared with parallel methodologies. Two forms of proprietors' income-the income of limited partnerships and the income of tax-exempt cooperatives-have no corresponding employment estimates. United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
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https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/ | | | | | | County Distribution of Employment Growth, 2000 vs. 2016 | | More
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Below | Total | | 2000 vs. 2016 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 82 | | | | | | | Virginia Beach City 2016 Employment = 266,272 Percent of State = 5.16% Rank = #1 Highland County 2016 Employment = 1,292 Percent of State = 0.03% Rank = #82 Cumberland County 2016 Employment = 2,549 Percent of State = 0.05% Rank = #79 Again highlighting Cumberland County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2016 employment statewide (5,156,659).  Tip: Although the visual profile of the bar chart remains unchanged you may opt to display the actual total by using the "Select Indicator" options above the graph
Statewide Snippets:- Ranked #1, Virginia Beach City's 2016 employment totaled 266,272, equating to 5.16% of the statewide total.
- Ranked last (#82), Highland County's employment of 1,292 in 2016 comprised just 0.03% of the total statewide. Highland County's employment in 2016 equates to less than .01% to that of Virginia Beach City's.
- Virginia Beach City's 2016 employment (266,272) exceeded the combined employment (258,933) of Virginia's forty-five smallest counties.
Cumberland County Snippets:- Cumberland County's employment in 2016 ranked #79, amounting to 0.05% of the statewide total.
- Cumberland County's employment of 2,549 placed below that of Charles City County's (2,577, #78), and just above that of King and Queen County's (1,900, #80).
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2000 vs. 2016 | | 2000 | | 2016 | | 2000 - 2016 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17,554 | 0.40 | | 18,612 | 0.36 | | 6.03 | 1,058 | 0.14 | -0.04 | | | 4,349 | 0.10 | | 4,416 | 0.09 | | 1.54 | 67 | 0.01 | -0.01 | | | 13,178 | 0.30 | | 12,143 | 0.24 | | -7.85 | -1,035 | -0.14 | -0.06 | | | 5,990 | 0.14 | | 5,295 | 0.10 | | -11.60 | -695 | -0.09 | -0.03 | | | 200,667 | 4.56 | | 227,326 | 4.41 | | 13.29 | 26,659 | 3.52 | -0.15 | | | 3,045 | 0.07 | | 3,094 | 0.06 | | 1.61 | 49 | 0.01 | -0.01 | | | 25,987 | 0.59 | | 30,483 | 0.59 | | 17.30 | 4,496 | 0.59 | 0.00 | | | 2,763 | 0.06 | | 2,825 | 0.05 | | 2.24 | 62 | 0.01 | -0.01 | | | 12,748 | 0.29 | | 15,315 | 0.30 | | 20.14 | 2,567 | 0.34 | 0.01 | | | 6,803 | 0.15 | | 5,786 | 0.11 | | -14.95 | -1,017 | -0.13 | -0.04 | | | 10,726 | 0.24 | | 8,230 | 0.16 | | -23.27 | -2,496 | -0.33 | -0.08 | | | 5,607 | 0.13 | | 5,146 | 0.10 | | -8.22 | -461 | -0.06 | -0.03 | | | 8,137 | 0.18 | | 9,193 | 0.18 | | 12.98 | 1,056 | 0.14 | -0.01 | | | 2,107 | 0.05 | | 2,577 | 0.05 | | 22.31 | 470 | 0.06 | 0.00 | | | 5,710 | 0.13 | | 5,082 | 0.10 | | -11.00 | -628 | -0.08 | -0.03 | | | 137,184 | 3.12 | | 185,378 | 3.59 | | 35.13 | 48,194 | 6.36 | 0.48 | | | 6,280 | 0.14 | | 6,976 | 0.14 | | 11.08 | 696 | 0.09 | -0.01 | | | 1,514 | 0.03 | | 1,416 | 0.03 | | -6.47 | -98 | -0.01 | -0.01 | | | 18,124 | 0.41 | | 23,180 | 0.45 | | 27.90 | 5,056 | 0.67 | 0.04 | | | 2,279 | 0.05 | | 2,549 | 0.05 | | 11.85 | 270 | 0.04 | 0.00 | | | 4,743 | 0.11 | | 4,391 | 0.09 | | -7.42 | -352 | -0.05 | -0.02 | | | 5,291 | 0.12 | | 5,478 | 0.11 | | 3.53 | 187 | 0.02 | -0.01 | | | 26,867 | 0.61 | | 36,207 | 0.70 | | 34.76 | 9,340 | 1.23 | 0.09 | | | 5,618 | 0.13 | | 6,087 | 0.12 | | 8.35 | 469 | 0.06 | -0.01 | | | 5,671 | 0.13 | | 7,558 | 0.15 | | 33.27 | 1,887 | 0.25 | 0.02 | | | 18,623 | 0.42 | | 22,660 | 0.44 | | 21.68 | 4,037 | 0.53 | 0.02 | | | 7,211 | 0.16 | | 6,733 | 0.13 | | -6.63 | -478 | -0.06 | -0.03 | | | 13,084 | 0.30 | | 14,002 | 0.27 | | 7.02 | 918 | 0.12 | -0.03 | | | 12,480 | 0.28 | | 20,703 | 0.40 | | 65.89 | 8,223 | 1.09 | 0.12 | | | 4,840 | 0.11 | | 5,024 | 0.10 | | 3.80 | 184 | 0.02 | -0.01 | | | 5,054 | 0.11 | | 6,288 | 0.12 | | 24.42 | 1,234 | 0.16 | 0.01 | | | 18,425 | 0.42 | | 16,397 | 0.32 | | -11.01 | -2,028 | -0.27 | -0.10 | | | 48,327 | 1.10 | | 69,448 | 1.35 | | 43.70 | 21,121 | 2.79 | 0.25 | | | 193,262 | 4.39 | | 246,880 | 4.79 | | 27.74 | 53,618 | 7.08 | 0.39 | | | 1,366 | 0.03 | | 1,292 | 0.03 | | -5.42 | -74 | -0.01 | -0.01 | | | 16,056 | 0.36 | | 15,810 | 0.31 | | -1.53 | -246 | -0.03 | -0.06 | | | 2,283 | 0.05 | | 1,900 | 0.04 | | -16.78 | -383 | -0.05 | -0.02 | | | 13,638 | 0.31 | | 15,256 | 0.30 | | 11.86 | 1,618 | 0.21 | -0.01 | | | 4,815 | 0.11 | | 6,017 | 0.12 | | 24.96 | 1,202 | 0.16 | 0.01 | | | 6,534 | 0.15 | | 6,888 | 0.13 | | 5.42 | 354 | 0.05 | -0.01 | | | 8,812 | 0.20 | | 7,345 | 0.14 | | -16.65 | -1,467 | -0.19 | -0.06 | | | 111,287 | 2.53 | | 229,515 | 4.45 | | 106.24 | 118,228 | 15.61 | 1.92 | | | 11,837 | 0.27 | | 13,962 | 0.27 | | 17.95 | 2,125 | 0.28 | 0.00 | | | 4,354 | 0.10 | | 4,021 | 0.08 | | -7.65 | -333 | -0.04 | -0.02 | | | 6,246 | 0.14 | | 5,699 | 0.11 | | -8.76 | -547 | -0.07 | -0.03 | | | 2,793 | 0.06 | | 2,988 | 0.06 | | 6.98 | 195 | 0.03 | -0.01 | | | 18,723 | 0.43 | | 15,618 | 0.30 | | -16.58 | -3,105 | -0.41 | -0.12 | | | 4,596 | 0.10 | | 5,323 | 0.10 | | 15.82 | 727 | 0.10 | 0.00 | | | 5,137 | 0.12 | | 6,795 | 0.13 | | 32.28 | 1,658 | 0.22 | 0.01 | | | 4,007 | 0.09 | | 7,582 | 0.15 | | 89.22 | 3,575 | 0.47 | 0.06 | | | 7,178 | 0.16 | | 6,958 | 0.13 | | -3.06 | -220 | -0.03 | -0.03 | | | 4,315 | 0.10 | | 4,535 | 0.09 | | 5.10 | 220 | 0.03 | -0.01 | | | 7,919 | 0.18 | | 7,537 | 0.15 | | -4.82 | -382 | -0.05 | -0.03 | | | 10,421 | 0.24 | | 14,742 | 0.29 | | 41.46 | 4,321 | 0.57 | 0.05 | | | 9,924 | 0.23 | | 8,842 | 0.17 | | -10.90 | -1,082 | -0.14 | -0.05 | | | 8,253 | 0.19 | | 7,499 | 0.15 | | -9.14 | -754 | -0.10 | -0.04 | | | 10,283 | 0.23 | | 11,732 | 0.23 | | 14.09 | 1,449 | 0.19 | -0.01 | | | 10,906 | 0.25 | | 11,968 | 0.23 | | 9.74 | 1,062 | 0.14 | -0.02 | | | 19,519 | 0.44 | | 16,960 | 0.33 | | -13.11 | -2,559 | -0.34 | -0.11 | | | 3,451 | 0.08 | | 3,757 | 0.07 | | 8.87 | 306 | 0.04 | -0.01 | | | 3,833 | 0.09 | | 4,131 | 0.08 | | 7.77 | 298 | 0.04 | -0.01 | | | 12,236 | 0.28 | | 10,196 | 0.20 | | -16.67 | -2,040 | -0.27 | -0.08 | | | 7,483 | 0.17 | | 7,656 | 0.15 | | 2.31 | 173 | 0.02 | -0.02 | | | 19,691 | 0.45 | | 20,709 | 0.40 | | 5.17 | 1,018 | 0.13 | -0.05 | | | 19,136 | 0.43 | | 16,438 | 0.32 | | -14.10 | -2,698 | -0.36 | -0.12 | | | 32,924 | 0.75 | | 61,061 | 1.18 | | 85.46 | 28,137 | 3.71 | 0.44 | | | 2,605 | 0.06 | | 3,199 | 0.06 | | 22.80 | 594 | 0.08 | 0.00 | | | 4,721 | 0.11 | | 4,835 | 0.09 | | 2.41 | 114 | 0.02 | -0.01 | | | 20,535 | 0.47 | | 19,396 | 0.38 | | -5.55 | -1,139 | -0.15 | -0.09 | | | 13,884 | 0.32 | | 17,433 | 0.34 | | 25.56 | 3,549 | 0.47 | 0.02 | | | 5,237 | 0.12 | | 6,094 | 0.12 | | 16.36 | 857 | 0.11 | 0.00 | | | 14,564 | 0.33 | | 15,729 | 0.31 | | 8.00 | 1,165 | 0.15 | -0.03 | | | 113,367 | 2.58 | | 127,035 | 2.46 | | 12.06 | 13,668 | 1.80 | -0.11 | | | 102,047 | 2.32 | | 130,011 | 2.52 | | 27.40 | 27,964 | 3.69 | 0.20 | | | 82,637 | 1.88 | | 76,159 | 1.48 | | -7.84 | -6,478 | -0.86 | -0.40 | | | 114,228 | 2.60 | | 122,235 | 2.37 | | 7.01 | 8,007 | 1.06 | -0.23 | | | 223,161 | 5.07 | | 219,882 | 4.26 | | -1.47 | -3,279 | -0.43 | -0.81 | | | 52,374 | 1.19 | | 60,847 | 1.18 | | 16.18 | 8,473 | 1.12 | -0.01 | | | 194,011 | 4.41 | | 193,556 | 3.75 | | -0.23 | -455 | -0.06 | -0.66 | | | 87,530 | 1.99 | | 81,838 | 1.59 | | -6.50 | -5,692 | -0.75 | -0.40 | | | 26,057 | 0.59 | | 41,291 | 0.80 | | 58.46 | 15,234 | 2.01 | 0.21 | | | 234,125 | 5.32 | | 266,272 | 5.16 | | 13.73 | 32,147 | 4.24 | -0.16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,399,151 | 100.00 | | 5,156,659 | 100.00 | | 17.22 | 757,508 | 100.00 | 0.00 | | | 3,889,015 | 88.40 | | 4,673,016 | 90.62 | | 20.16 | 784,001 | 103.50 | 2.22 | | | 510,136 | 11.60 | | 483,643 | 9.38 | | -5.19 | -26,493 | -3.50 | -2.22 | | | 100,673 | 2.29 | | 128,771 | 2.50 | | 27.91 | 28,098 | 3.71 | 0.21 | | | 12,636 | 0.29 | | 9,934 | 0.19 | | -21.38 | -2,702 | -0.36 | -0.09 | | | 61,784 | 1.40 | | 65,230 | 1.26 | | 5.58 | 3,446 | 0.45 | -0.14 | | | 85,978 | 1.95 | | 87,202 | 1.69 | | 1.42 | 1,224 | 0.16 | -0.26 | | | 21,074 | 0.48 | | 17,212 | 0.33 | | -18.33 | -3,862 | -0.51 | -0.15 | | | 42,297 | 0.96 | | 41,066 | 0.80 | | -2.91 | -1,231 | -0.16 | -0.17 | | | 746,842 | 16.98 | | 893,516 | 17.33 | | 19.64 | 146,674 | 19.36 | 0.35 | | | 57,890 | 1.32 | | 72,857 | 1.41 | | 25.85 | 14,967 | 1.98 | 0.10 | | | 9,950 | 0.23 | | 9,425 | 0.18 | | -5.28 | -525 | -0.07 | -0.04 | | | 41,942 | 0.95 | | 31,850 | 0.62 | | -24.06 | -10,092 | -1.33 | -0.34 | | | 49,616 | 1.13 | | 55,994 | 1.09 | | 12.85 | 6,378 | 0.84 | -0.04 | | | 55,379 | 1.26 | | 63,958 | 1.24 | | 15.49 | 8,579 | 1.13 | -0.02 | | | 57,034 | 1.30 | | 51,624 | 1.00 | | -9.49 | -5,410 | -0.71 | -0.30 | | | 28,751 | 0.65 | | 35,682 | 0.69 | | 24.11 | 6,931 | 0.91 | 0.04 | | | 141,845 | 3.22 | | 236,063 | 4.58 | | 66.42 | 94,218 | 12.44 | 1.35 | | | 74,143 | 1.69 | | 75,898 | 1.47 | | 2.37 | 1,755 | 0.23 | -0.21 | | | 18,570 | 0.42 | | 19,149 | 0.37 | | 3.12 | 579 | 0.08 | -0.05 | | | 69,394 | 1.58 | | 84,317 | 1.64 | | 21.50 | 14,923 | 1.97 | 0.06 | | | 11,172 | 0.25 | | 11,287 | 0.22 | | 1.03 | 115 | 0.02 | -0.04 | | | 59,880 | 1.36 | | 80,990 | 1.57 | | 35.25 | 21,110 | 2.79 | 0.21 | | | 42,683 | 0.97 | | 40,488 | 0.79 | | -5.14 | -2,195 | -0.29 | -0.19 | | | 20,776 | 0.47 | | 18,877 | 0.37 | | -9.14 | -1,899 | -0.25 | -0.11 | | | 27,555 | 0.63 | | 35,847 | 0.70 | | 30.09 | 8,292 | 1.09 | 0.07 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 165,370,800 | | | 193,425,900 | | | 16.96 | 28,055,100 | | | | | 142,396,424 | | | 169,971,911 | | | 19.37 | 27,575,487 | | | | | 22,974,376 | | | 23,453,989 | | | 2.09 | 479,613 | | |
Source: Calculations by the Virginia Regional Economic Analysis Project (VA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis November 2023 REAP_PI_CA1400_YRVYR_1000A | | | | | |
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