http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/24/24045.html
| Labor Force Data By County, Not Seasonally Adjusted | |||||||
| 02-2011 through 02-2013 | |||||||
| Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||||
| Unemplo | Change over prior | ||||||
| County | Period | Labor Force | Employed | Unemploy | Rate % | year 2011 | |
| Wicomico | 11-Feb | 52506 | 47333 | 5173 | 9.9 | ||
| Wicomico | 11-Mar | 53116 | 48391 | 4725 | 8.9 | ||
| Wicomico | 11-Apr | 52961 | 48485 | 4476 | 8.5 | ||
| Wicomico | 11-May | 53444 | 48877 | 4567 | 8.5 | ||
| Wicomico | 11-Jun | 53825 | 48951 | 4874 | 9.1 | ||
| Wicomico | 11-Jul | 54139 | 49273 | 4866 | 9 | ||
| Wicomico | 11-Aug | 53423 | 48706 | 4717 | 8.8 | ||
| Wicomico | 11-Sep | 53821 | 49172 | 4649 | 8.6 | ||
| Wicomico | 11-Oct | 53384 | 48809 | 4575 | 8.6 | ||
| Wicomico | 11-Nov | 53153 | 48516 | 4637 | 8.7 | ||
| Wicomico | 11-Dec | 53213 | 48619 | 4594 | 8.6 | ||
| Wicomico | 12-Jan | 51246 | 46321 | 4925 | 9.6 | ||
| Wicomico | 12-Feb | 52605 | 47554 | 5051 | 9.6 | 99 | |
| Wicomico | 12-Mar | 53073 | 48351 | 4722 | 8.9 | -43 | |
| Wicomico | 12-Apr | 52786 | 48389 | 4397 | 8.3 | -175 | |
| Wicomico | 12-May | 53608 | 49253 | 4355 | 8.1 | 164 | |
| Wicomico | 12-Jun | 54256 | 49598 | 4658 | 8.6 | 431 | |
| Wicomico | 12-Jul | 54877 | 50349 | 4528 | 8.3 | 738 | |
| Wicomico | 12-Aug | 53372 | 49007 | 4365 | 8.2 | -51 | |
| Wicomico | 12-Sep | 52893 | 48773 | 4120 | 7.8 | -928 | |
| Wicomico | 12-Oct | 52487 | 48385 | 4102 | 7.8 | -897 | |
| Wicomico | 12-Nov | 52603 | 48276 | 4327 | 8.2 | -550 | |
| Wicomico | 12-Dec | 52709 | 48085 | 4624 | 8.8 | -504 | |
| Wicomico | 13-Jan | 51189 | 46296 | 4893 | 9.6 | -57 | |
| Wicomico | 13-Feb | 51425 | 46711 | 4714 | 9.2 | -1180 | p |
| -2953 | less | ||||||
| p = preliminary. | SOURCE: BLS, LAUS | workforce | |||||
| 10-Apr-13 | |||||||
Summer of 2011 - when Perdue had their big IT and Finance layoffs may not have impacted the numbers - but the lost income hurt the community...as well as the trickle-down economy.
ReplyDeleteThe economy is definately getting worse. I can see it to.
ReplyDeleteI too believe things are getting worse here, not better. A friend of mine recently applied for a job, 1200 people applied for that one job!
ReplyDeletea workforce of only 50K in Wicomico out of several hundred thousand residents? sure are a lot of people sitting around doing nothing!
ReplyDeleteResponse to 9:41 - That is partially the reason why crime is so bad here in Wicomico. There are not any jobs or at least a sufficient amount to support our areas population. Its a no brainer, fix the economy and crime will go down.
ReplyDelete9:48 No i see lots of drug addicts walking around Salisbury after they get there FIX at Go-Getters? @snowhiil/main st.
ReplyDeleteview the posted video on here today. it's an interview regarding our new "rain tax". then you'll get it...
ReplyDeleteYou can not fix an economy when businesses are taxed to the limit and have to relocate to another State to survive. All State taxes trickle down to local economies. And it will never get any better because liberal Democrats will always vote Democrat. This State is doomed.
ReplyDeleteYou DEMS voted for it you DEAL with it.
ReplyDeleteWell you can add me to the list. I have recently been forced out after being on the job for 20 years.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen it so bad - economically speaking - around here. Panhandlers on virtually every street corner in and around Salisbury. We have no industrial base left in this county anymore. And every time I go into Wall-mart I nearly always find myself behind someone using an independence card. It is a pitiful condition.
ReplyDeleteThese employment numbers are terrible. In fact, Feb was the worse month to date. How can people pay more taxes when the base is eroding faster than job generation. People had better wake up and fast. This is unsustainable for any economy.
ReplyDeleteThe local economy has gotton worse not better. There are also a lot of vacant and abandoned houses around around here. I have noticed it to.
ReplyDeleteIf you believe the media and state government, things are getting better! So much better in fact, that they want to increase taxes and fees! Board of ED even called my house with a voice recording asking me to attend a voters meeting in support of increasing the county and BOE's budget to increase taxes! I guess we will all be homeless if they get get their way!
ReplyDeleteThings are so bad, that my Brother lost his job at superfresh after over 25 years, and then they became fresh and green. He took a big pay cut and then was permanently laid off. At 53 his job prospects are not good. He has been looking everywhere and cannot find a job. Soon he will be forced out of his apartment and I will have to take him in so he won't become a part of the homeless problem! I also lost my job after 25 years with a manufacturing company and was lucky enough to find a job at half the pay I was making. From 20 dollars an hour to just 12 per hour. Had to sell off things to pay off debt and downsized my lifestyle. Even had to cash in part of my 401k just to pay the F**king property taxes and Registration Fees!!! Not to mention the F**king landfill fee run by county employees!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd they still want to raise taxes! Please tell me when the revolution starts! I want to join it!!!
To 9:08 - DITTO - I could not agree with you more. No matter how much of a raise you give them - it ain't enough. Remember,it's all about the kids.
ReplyDeleteThere are hordes and hordes of abandoned or foreclosed houses in and around Salisbury & Wicomico. Just take a stroll down Mt. Hermon Road and look for yourself. Or how about taking a ride into one of the developments like Sierra Manor, or Kilburnie Estates.
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