NC
Strategic Scorecard |
6.3.2 Manufacturing
Vitality |
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Target: Rank
among top 10 states in percent of manufacturing jobs
(120% of US avg.)
Actual: 137%
of US average
US
Rank 2005: 8th ((tie);
down from 2nd in 1996)
SE
Rank 2005: 2nd ((tie);
down from 1st in 1996)
SE
Region: AL
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4/11/06
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Performance Indicator |
Manufacturing employees /
total employees
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Performance
Trend:
The
trend depicts the degree to which actual
performance has approached the target in
recent years. |
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Comments
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NC’s
preeminent position in manufacturing has been weakening
over the last ten years, due in part to its long-standing
concentration of textiles and other manufacturing
industries vulnerable to global competition.
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From
1996 to 2005, the percent of manufacturing employees
in NC fell from 23.7% to 14.5%. |
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In
2005, NC was ranked 8th in the US in percent of
non-farm jobs in manufacturing, down from 1st in 1995. |
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Definition
(What Is Being Measured)
Manufacturing
jobs as percent of total non-farm jobs.
Source: Source
and links |
Relevance
(Why This Is Important)
The
manufacturing job ratio measures the state’s success in retaining
manufacturing jobs, but does not reflect net income or other indicators
of the industrial vitality. |
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| Other
Highlights |
| North
Carolina |
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Other
indicators of industrial vitality help provide a more complete
picture of NC’s competitive position. While NC lost
12% of its manufacturing jobs from 2000 to 2005, it still
has the largest manufacturing base in the Southeast (Source:
Manufacturers' Register of Manufacturers' News). |
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In
2001, NC was ranked 14th in the US and 2nd in the SE
region in manufacturing output per hour, a rough productivity
measure for the manufacturing sector. More telling, NC
ranked 37th in the US and 7th in the SE in average investment
per manufacturing employee (Source: US Census Bureau,
Annual Survey of Manufacturers). |
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In
2004, NC was ranked 41st in the US and 7th in the SE region
in average hourly earnings for manufacturing workers. |
Southeast
Region |
National |
Global |
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Goal
6.3: Revitalize
Traditional Economic Sectors |
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