| 2000 vs. 2016 Total Employment Growth and Change York County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = 16.22% Rank = #1 Washington County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = -11.89% Rank = #16 Androscoggin County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = 3.33% Rank = #6 With a spotlight on Androscoggin County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of employment across Maine's 16 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 ten Maine counties while declining in six.
- Employment growth in four counties outpaced the statewide average (5.44%), while growth in twelve counties trailed.
- At the extremes of the distribution, York County posted the highest growth of employment (16.22%), while Washington County placed last by logging a -11.89% decline.
- The spread in employment growth between the highest (York County, 16.22%) and lowest (Washington County, -11.89%) over 2000-2016 equated to 28.11% ( = 16.22% − -11.89%).
- 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 Maine, Cumberland County's net employment growth over 2000-2016 of 30,529 made up 71.51% of the total net growth statewide (42,690):
Cumberland County: Percent Share of Maine's Employment Growth, 2000-2016:71.51% = (30,529 / 42,690) x 100 Androscoggin County Snippets:- Over 2000-2016, Androscoggin County posted a 3.33% net gain in employment.
- Androscoggin County was joined by eleven other counties whose employment growth over 2000-2016 registered below the statewide average (5.44%).
- Ranked #6 among Maine's 16 counties, Androscoggin County's employment growth (3.33%) trailed the statewide average of 5.44% by a 2.11% margin.
- Androscoggin County's net employment growth (3.33%, #6) over 2000-2016 registered just above that of Knox County (3.07%, #7) and just below that of Kennebec County (3.86%, #5).
- Androscoggin County's share of employment statewide slipped from 7.71% in 2000 to 7.55% in 2016, resulting in a share-shift of -0.15%.
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. Regional Definitions. 2023. Web. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/ | | | | County Distribution of Employment Growth, 2000 vs. 2016 | More than 15% | 15% to 10% | 10% to 5% | 5% to 0% | 0% to -5% | -5% to -10% | -10% to -15% | -15% or Below | Total | 2000 vs. 2016 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | | | | | | Cumberland County 2016 Employment = 242,809 Percent of State = 29.37% Rank = #1 Piscataquis County 2016 Employment = 7,871 Percent of State = 0.95% Rank = #16 Androscoggin County 2016 Employment = 62,432 Percent of State = 7.55% Rank = #5 Again highlighting Androscoggin County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2016 employment statewide (826,729). 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, Cumberland County's 2016 employment totaled 242,809, equating to 29.37% of the statewide total.
- Ranked last (#16), Piscataquis County's employment of 7,871 in 2016 comprised just 0.95% of the total statewide. Piscataquis County's employment in 2016 equates to just 3.2% to that of Cumberland County's.
- Cumberland County's 2016 employment (242,809) exceeded the combined employment (212,957) of Maine's ten smallest counties.
Androscoggin County Snippets:- Androscoggin County's employment in 2016 ranked #5, amounting to 7.55% of the statewide total.
- Androscoggin County's employment of 62,432 placed below that of Kennebec County's (77,379, #4), and just above that of Aroostook County's (36,154, #6).
- Androscoggin County's employment of 62,432 exceeds the combined total (59,236) of Maine's four smallest counties.
| | | | County Distribution of Employment, 2016 | More than 125,000 | 125,000 to 100,000 | 100,000 to 75,000 | 75,000 to 50,000 | 50,000 to 25,000 | 25,000 or Below | Total | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | | | | | | Tip: To augment your analysis click on the column headers in the following table to rank and/or sort the data. | | | | Maine Employment by County: 2000 vs. 2016 | 2000 | | 2016 | | 2000 - 2016 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60,420 | 7.71 | | 62,432 | 7.55 | | 3.33 | 2,012 | 4.71 | -0.15 | | | 40,542 | 5.17 | | 36,154 | 4.37 | | -10.82 | -4,388 | -10.28 | -0.80 | | | 212,280 | 27.08 | | 242,809 | 29.37 | | 14.38 | 30,529 | 71.51 | 2.29 | | | 17,677 | 2.25 | | 15,603 | 1.89 | | -11.73 | -2,074 | -4.86 | -0.37 | | | 35,924 | 4.58 | | 36,034 | 4.36 | | 0.31 | 110 | 0.26 | -0.22 | | | 74,506 | 9.50 | | 77,379 | 9.36 | | 3.86 | 2,873 | 6.73 | -0.14 | | | 27,069 | 3.45 | | 27,899 | 3.37 | | 3.07 | 830 | 1.94 | -0.08 | | | 19,196 | 2.45 | | 19,138 | 2.31 | | -0.30 | -58 | -0.14 | -0.13 | | | 24,716 | 3.15 | | 24,951 | 3.02 | | 0.95 | 235 | 0.55 | -0.13 | | | 89,410 | 11.40 | | 90,403 | 10.94 | | 1.11 | 993 | 2.33 | -0.47 | | | 8,589 | 1.10 | | 7,871 | 0.95 | | -8.36 | -718 | -1.68 | -0.14 | | | 20,795 | 2.65 | | 22,060 | 2.67 | | 6.08 | 1,265 | 2.96 | 0.02 | | | 26,657 | 3.40 | | 23,639 | 2.86 | | -11.32 | -3,018 | -7.07 | -0.54 | | | 17,147 | 2.19 | | 18,922 | 2.29 | | 10.35 | 1,775 | 4.16 | 0.10 | | | 19,113 | 2.44 | | 16,840 | 2.04 | | -11.89 | -2,273 | -5.32 | -0.40 | | | 89,998 | 11.48 | | 104,595 | 12.65 | | 16.22 | 14,597 | 34.19 | 1.17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 784,039 | 100.00 | | 826,729 | 100.00 | | 5.44 | 42,690 | 100.00 | 0.00 | | | 472,903 | 60.32 | | 522,299 | 63.18 | | 10.45 | 49,396 | 115.71 | 2.86 | | | 311,136 | 39.68 | | 304,430 | 36.82 | | -2.16 | -6,706 | -15.71 | -2.86 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 Maine Regional Economic Analysis Project (ME-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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