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Workforce

There are over 100,000 people employed in Cumberland County annually. Additionally, approximately 6,000 military men and women leave Fort Bragg each year. These people look for employment as well. The current unemployment rate in Cumberland County is 5.5%.

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY - FAYETTEVILLE MSA

Year	Month	Labor Force	Employment	Unemployment	Rate
2008
	February	147,015	138,680	8,335	5.7
	January	147,208	138,982	8,226	5.6
2007	December	152,952	145,318	7,634	5.0
	November	153,753	146,132	7,621	5.0
	October	153,828	146,091	7,737	5.0
	September	153,264	145,678	7,586	4.9
	August	150,951	143,049	7,902	5.2
	July	152,797	143,969	8,828	5.8
	June	154,219	145,265	8,954	5.8
	May	152,036	144,152	7,884	5.2
	April	152,103	144,539	7,564	5.0
	March	151,828	144,049	7,779	5.1
	February	151,707	143,360	8,347	5.5
	January	151,600	143,072	8,528	5.6

2006	December	150,865	142,513	8,352	5.5
	November	151,235	142,276	8,959	5.5
	October	150,278	141,938	8,340	5.5
	September	150,012	142,009	8,003	5.3
	August	149,402	140,628	8,774	5.9
	July	150,282	141,042	9,240	6.1
	June	151,646	142,942	8,704	5.7
	May	149,861	141,960	7,901	5.3
	April	148,802	141,558	7,244	4.9
	March	148,239	140,786	7,453	5.0
	February	147,560	139,269	8,291	5.6
	January	146,909	139,180	7,729	5.3


2007	Annual Average	152,586	144,556	8,030	5.3

2006	Annual Average	149,591	141,342	8,249	5.5
2005	Annual Average	147,389	139,010	8,379	5.7
2004	Annual Average	140,399	132,598	7,801	5.6
2003	Annual Average	138,450	129,345	9,105	6.6
2002	Annual Average	136,218	126,602	9,616	7.1
2001	Annual Average	133,424	125,136	8,288	6.2
2000	Annual Average	133,687	127,515	6,172	4.6
1999	Annual Average	135,363	129,690	5,673	4.2
1998	Annual Average	132,088	126,479	5,609	4.2
1997	Annual Average	129,966	124,180	5,786	4.5

COMMUTING PATTERNS
Workers Commuting to Jobs in Cumberland County
by Area of Residency, 2000

Bladen	609
Cumberland	129,663
Durham	40
Harnett	7,214
Hoke	5,078
Lee	609
Moore	1,278
Robeson	3,926
Sampson	2,339
Johnston	422
Wake	466
Richmond	471

Source: 2000 Census, U.S. Census Bureau

Workers Commuting to Jobs from Cumberland County
by Area of Destination, 2000

Bladen	623
Durham	261
Harnett	2,060
Hoke	1,350
Lee	751
Moore	561
Robeson	1,565
Sampson	773
Johnston	352
Wake	1,451
Richmond	153

Source: 2000 Census, U.S. Census Bureau

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EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, 2000-20073

Industry	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	20073
Total Federal Government	10,381	10,270	10,211	10,242	10,282	10,459	10,796	10,882
Total State Government	3,188	3,214	3,254	3,165	3,247	3,360	3,448	3,325
Total Local Government	17,094	16,374	17,054	17,374	17,610	18,047	18,443	17,049
Total Private Industry	79,021	76,374	76,786	78,119	79,639	83,431	83,623	85,215
Total All Industries	109,684	106,694	107,305	108,900	110,777	115,296	116,309	116,471
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	221	187	186	165	191	175	172	198
Utilities	300	307	306	302	296	273	333	376
Construction	5,543	4,711	5,024	5,190	4,776	5,595	6,069	6,456
Manufacturing	12,142	11,751	10,479	9,860	9,169	8,872	7,956	7,849
Wholesale Trade	2,928	2,556	2,516	2,425	2,383	2,419	2,485	2,564
Retail Trade	15,817	15,659	15,428	14,944	15,441	15,959	15,826	15,285
Transportation and Warehousing	5,521	5,449	5,185	5,352	5,271	5,648	5,496	5,045
Information	1,973	2,363	2,186	2,065	2,080	2,290	2,211	2,192
Finance and Insurance	2,850	2,790	2,499	2,391	2,449	2,400	2,424	2,446
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	1,330	1,426	1,394	1,530	1,484	1,661	1,708	1,711
Professional and Technical Services	2,973	3,094	3,118	3,398	3,706	4,125	4,267<	4,823
Management of Companies and Enterprises	388	343	324	338	496	436	303	274
Administrative and Waste Services	6,837	5,477	6,557	6,959	7,408	7,812	7,521	7,545
Educational Services	10,635	10,855	11,080	11,403	12,235	12,769	12,866	11,370
Health and Social Assistance	13,501	13,530	14,476	15,469	15,782	16,706	17,677	19,114
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	1,286	1,295	1,263	1,274	1,204	1,244	1,303	1,298
Accommodation and Food Services	10,450	10,367	11,048	11,459	10,640	11,938	12,478	12,414
Other Services, Ex. Public Administration	3,199	3,253	3,082	3,207	3,227	3,668	3,419	3,696
Public Administration	11,798	11,282	11,064	10,986	11,579	10,991	11,346	11,499
Unclassified	---	---	---	188	---	379	446	316

Source: The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, www.ncesc.com
1 First Quarter Ending March 31, 2007
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NUMBER OF PRIVATE SECTOR ESTABLISHMENTS BY SECTOR, 2000-2007

Industry	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	20073
Total Private Industry	5,358	5,429	5,472	5,383	5,388	5,519	5,649	5,929
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	36	35	31	27	25	25	24	27
Utilities	11	10	9	9	8	7	8	9
Construction	661	608	598	556	530	550	568	614
Manufacturing	138	138	129	127	122	119	121	118
Wholesale Trade	236	225	235	216	210	213	214	221
Retail Trade	1,010	1,015	1,016	979	973	951	938	951
Transportation and Warehousing	162	158	151	151	156	144	140	146
Information	75	83	82	79	75	78	76	84
Finance and Insurance	374	429	382	365	370	370	396	351
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	278	280	290	295	303	325	338	332
Professional and Technical Services	385	400	412	426	450	444	476	510
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	26	21	23	25	22	21	20
Administrative and Waste Services	310	322	354	344	318	309	317	338
Educational Services	35	39	41	41	133	47	53
Health and Social Assistance	476	501	529	553	623	651	668	713
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	62	60	62	62	68	62	65	66
Accommodation and Food Services	469	485	486	480	498	511	532	561
Other Services, Ex. Public Administration	613	616	601	540	504	500	476	488
Public Administration	78	78	78	74	72	---	---	---
Unclassified	---	---	---	112	175	191	252	327

Source: The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, www.ncesc.com
3 Third Quarter Ending September 30, 2007
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PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20073

Industry	Employment
Total Private Industry	85,215
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	198
Utilities	376
Construction	6,456
Manufacturing	7,849
Wholesale Trade	2,564
Retail Trade	14,981
Transportation and Warehousing	4,083
Information	2,192
Finance and Insurance	2,446
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	1,711
Professional and Technical Services	4,663
Management of Companies and Enterprises	274
Administrative and Waste Services	7,512
Educational Services	1,347
Health and Social Assistance	11,678
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	951
Accommodation and Food Services	11,922
Other Services, Ex. Public Administration	3,696
Unclassified	316

Source: The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, www.ncesc.com
1 Third Quarter Ending September 30, 2007
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EMPLOYMENT BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUPS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD PROJECTED TO 2012

Major Occupational Group	2002 Employment	2012 Employment	% of Total 2002	% of Total 2012	Annualized Change
Architecture and Engineering	1,362	1,673	1.20 %	1.27%	2.08
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media	1,049	1,255	0.93%	0.96%	1.81
Building & Grounds, Cleaning and Maintenance	3,692	4,073	3.26%	3.10%	0.99
Business and Financial Operations	3,322	3,803	2.93%	2.90%	1.36
Community and Social Services	1,555	1,946	1.37%	1.48%	2.27
Computer and Mathematical	1,357	1,774	1.20%	1.35%	2.72
Construction and Extraction	4,889	5,862	4.31%	4.46%	1.83
Education, Training and Library	8,010	9,665	7.07%	7.36%	1.90
Farming, Fishing and Forestry	545	413	0.48%	0.31%	-2.74
Food Preparation and Serving Related	10,171	11,593	8.97%	8.83%	1.32
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	6,863	8,607	6.05%	6.55%	2.29
Healthcare Support	3,204	4,227	2.83%	3.22%	2.81
Installation, Maintenance and Repair	5,491	6,323	4.84%	4.81%	1.42
Legal	692	791	0.61%	0.60%	1.35
Life, Physical and Social Science	1,215	1,334	1.07%	1.02%	0.94
Management	5,678	6,721	5.01%	5.12%	1.70
Office and Administrative Support	17,912	19,304	15.80%	14.70%	0.75
Personal Care and Service	2,548	3,190	2.25%	2.43%	2.27
Production	9,034	10,006	7.97%	7.62%	1.03
Protective Service	3,035	3,425	2.68%	2.61%	1.22
Sales and Related	13,209	15,654	11.65%	11.92%	1.71
Transportation and Material Moving	8,512	9,684	7.51%	7.37%	1.30
Total All Industries	113,345	131,323	100%	100%	1.48

Source: Employment Security Commission, www.ncesc.com
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP IN 2002 AND PROJECTED TO 20123

Major Industry Group	Total Employment 2010	Annualized Growth Rate
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Total	1,400	-0.42
Communications and Utilities, Total	1,830	1.67
Construction, Total	6,700	1.92
Durable Goods, Manufacturing, Total	5,270	0.94
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estates, Total	4,110	1.48
Government, Total	17,680	1.35
Manufacturing, Total	13,250	0.82
Nondurable Goods, Manufacturing, Total	7,980	0.74
Retail Trade, Total	31,220	2.04
Services, Total	39,620	0.09
Transportation and Public Utilities	7,280	1.94
Transportation, Total	5,450	2.02
Wholesale and Retail Trade, Total	35,740	2.01
Wholesale Trade, Total	4,520	1.78
Total All Industries	132,030	1.11

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MEAN WAGE BY MSA, 2006 (Most Accurate Information Available as of 04/15/08)3

MSA	Mean Annual Wage, $	Mean Hourly Wage, $	Total Employment
Fayetteville, NC MSA	32,030	15.40	122,190
Asheville, NC MSA	33,210	15.97	167,700
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC MSA	39,710	19.09	814,920
Goldsboro, NC MSA	30,650	14.74	43,190
Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA	35,310	16.98	361,730
Greenville, NC MSA	33,030	15.88	71,470
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA	31,780	15.28	161,980
Jacksonville, NC MSA	28,540	13.72	40,290
Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA	39,370	18.93	477,480
Rocky Mount, NC MSA	31,230	15.02	61,200
Wilmington, NC MSA	32,580	15.66	140,540

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov/oes/oes_dl.htm
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov

EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION OF NORTH CAROLINA
ACTIVE JOB APPLICANTS REGISTERED FOR WORK IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, DECEMBER 20073

County	Registered For Work	0 to 24 Months Experience	Over 24 Months Experience-Labor Force -2007
*Cumberland County*	*14,175*	*5,380*	*7,837*
Bladen County	2,089	741	1,086
Brunswick County	4,517	1,249	2,794
Columbus County	2,877	929	1,754
Hoke County	1,742	709	891
New Hanover County	6,641	1,777	4,190
Pender County	1,703	553	968
Richmond County	3,288	1,567	1,403
Robeson County	7,086	2,832	3,327
Sampson County	3,043	1,208	1,457
Scotland County	2,547	1,064	1,252
North Carolina	350,154	124,223	189,888

1 Registered for Wrok totals include all individuals with an application on file at an ESC office, regardless of D.O.T. coding.
"Experience includes only those assigned a complete D.O.T. code.
Source: North Carolina Employment Security Commission, www. ncesc.com
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