Where is the job growth? (Memphis, Knoxville: how much, statistics, health)

[JMT]

OK I can't go to sleep, so I did a bit of research using Tennessee Department of Labor statistics to see what counties in Tennessee are experiencing job growth over the last year (January 2007 - January 2008). I'm not going to list all 95 of Tennessee's counties, just those that seem to be mentioned the most in this forum.

Here we go!

SELECTED COUNTIES...JAN 2007...JAN 2008...NET INCREASE/DECREASE

Anderson (Oak Ridge/Clinton)...33,860...34,460... +600
Blount (Maryville/Alcoa)...58,210...59,650... +1440
Bradley (Cleveland)...45,350...44,680... -670
Cumberland (Crossville)...21,070...20,880... -190
Davidson (Nashville)...299,450...300,520... +1070
Greene (Greeneville)...30,300...28,740... -1560
Hamblen (Morristown)...28,680...28,190... -490
Hamilton (Chattanooga)...155,110...155,920... +810
Jefferson (Jefferson City)...22,910...22,550... -360
Knox (Knoxville)...211,920...215,960... +4040
Madison (Jackson)...45,070...45,950... +880
Maury (Columbia/Spring Hill)...34,180...33,290... -890
Montgomery (Clarksville)...64,950...66,230... +1280
Putnam (Cookeville)...32,990...33,160... +170
Roane (Harriman/Kingsport/Rockwood)...25,480...25,560... +80
Rutherford (Murfreesboro/Smyrna)...117,210...122,580... +5370
Sevier (Sevierville etc.)...42,460...42,320... -140
Shelby (Memphis)...417,210...418,730... +1520
Sullivan (Kingsport/Bristol)...69,980...69,840... -140
Sumner (Hendersonville/Gallatin)...74,640...76,720... +2080
Washington (Johnson City)...56,380...57,620... +1240
Williamson (Franklin/Brentwood)...80,980...84,570... +3590
Wilson (Lebanon/Mt Juliet)...53,730...55,490... +1760

METROPOLITAN AREAS

Chattanooga...326,210...324,770... -1440
Clarksville...102,820...102,650... -170
Jackson...71,980...72,720... +740
Knoxville...493,680...499,630... +5950
Memphis...577,290...581,920... +4630
Morristown...61,360...60,250... -1110
Nashville...772,540...786,990... +14,450
Tri Cities...229,560...230,300... +740

[hiknapster]

Excellent research!

I was starting to get worried about you. Glad to see you are still with us!

[htmlfamily]

Thanks. Those are healthy gains for Nashville--I wonder how many are "Good" jobs though??

[mbmouse]

Great info! Thanks again JMT and I agree, good to see you around again.

[bbkaren]

Thanks for the info JMT!

[JMT]

Thanks everyone, I had fun looking up the stats.

I'm a stats junkie so it was a fun project. I think it's interesting to see where the job growth is taking place in Tennessee. No surprise that it's in Nashville, but I was surprised to see just how much. It looks like half of the job growth in Tennessee is in the Nashville area.

And poor ol' Chattanooga. I guess Chattanooga could've really used that big Toyota plant after all.

And Clarksville's negative job growth is more a reflection of the Kentucky portion of the metro area since Montgomery County TN is booming.