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Benchmarking Halifax County, North Carolina against all counties

 

Halifax County, North Carolina has the 2nd-greatest variety of industries among available jobs (0.91) of the 247 counties on the East Coast that are urban up-and-coming. That 0.91 compares to an average of 0.74 and standard deviation of 0.18 across those 247 counties.

Halifax County, North Carolina has these related standings among those 247 peer counties:

  • variety of industries among available jobs = 0.91 (2nd-greatest, tied)

  • new-business growth rate = 7.69% (124th-highest)

  • jobs within a 45-minute commute by car = 6,395 (76th-fewest)

  • labor-force participation = 53.33% (71st-lowest)

  • average weekly wage = $633.00 (46th-lowest)

  • civilian labor-force unemployment = 8.0% (16th-highest)

  • households that receive public-assistance income = 2.02% (82nd-fewest, tied)

  • median household income = $32,245 (19th-lowest)

  • poverty rate = 26.32% (38th-highest)

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Peers

Fayette County, Pennsylvania is first with 0.92.

tied with Haywood County, North Carolina (0.91) and Marion County, Florida (0.91).

beat Putnam County, Florida (0.90), Laurens County, Georgia (0.90), Georgetown County, South Carolina (0.90), and Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (0.90), and 239 others, ending with Chattahoochee County, Georgia (0.03).

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References

  1. on the East Coast. The East Coast states are: ME NH MA RI CT NY PA NJ DE MD VA NC SC GA FL.
  2. variety of industries among available jobs. Higher values are better. Job variety ranges from 0 to 1, where 0 reflects the least variety. Source is the 2015 Census.