The document contains information about employment trends in Tulare County from 2007 to 2012. It shows that the civilian unemployment rate decreased from 15.8% in 2007 to 9.2% in 2012. During this period, the number of employed civilians increased slightly from 174,100 to 174,800 while the number of unemployed civilians decreased significantly from 32,900 to 17,700. Several industries such as crop production and temporary help services experienced major job growth and losses over 2007-2010 and 2010-2012. The document also provides information on demographic trends, showing charts comparing age distributions of white and Hispanic populations as well as data on changing educational attainment levels in the county from 2001 to 2012.

1. Training and Employment Association of Tulare County
April 11th, 2013

2. Civilian Unemployment Rate
18.0%
15.8%
16.0%
14.0%
12.0%
10.0%
9.2%
8.0%
6.0%
4.0%
2.0%
0.0%
2007 2012

3. 250,000
200,000
32,900
17,700
150,000
100,000
174,100 174,800
50,000
0
2007 2012
Civilian Employment Civilian Unemployment

4. Job Growth 2007-2010
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
Support Activities for Crop Production 2,314
Crop Production 842
Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters 615
Other Outpatient Care Centers 545
Limited-Service Eating Places 491
Federal Government, Civilian, Excluding… 329
Private Households 265
Animal Food Manufacturing 258
Plastics Packaging Materials and… 190
Education (Local Government) 180
Job Losses 2007-2010
-1,500 -1,000 -500 0
-1,316 Temporary Help Services
-859 Residential Building Construction
-630 Department Stores
-600 Offices of Physicians
-475 Animal Slaughtering and Processing
-436 Animal Production
-428 Plumbing, Heating, and…
-424 Power and Communication Line and…
-323 Full-Service Restaurants
-299 Drywall and Insulation Contractors

5. Job Growth 2010-2012
0 500 1,000
Temporary Help Services 865
Support Activities for Crop Production 550
Frozen Food Manufacturing 514
Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores 291
Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except… 235
Unclassified Industry 205
Dairy Product (except Frozen) Manufacturing 199
Offices of Physicians 191
Hospitals (Local Government) 170
Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning… 166
Job Losses 2010-2012
-3,000 -2,500 -2,000 -1,500 -1,000 -500 0
-2,773 Crop Production
-254 Private Households
-238 Child and Youth Services
-204 Hospitals (State Government)
-202 Sporting Goods Stores
-187 Paperboard Container Manufacturing
-177 Printing
-134 Management of Companies and Enterprises
-132 Residential Building Construction
-116 Carpet and Rug Mills

6. Positive Trends
• Q3 2012 Tulare County taxable sales increased
by 7.7% compared to the State average of
1.1%
• City of Visalia Building Permits for Single
Family Homes is up 122% so far in 2013
• Q3 2012 Housing defaults declined by 29%

7. 10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
5,000
5,000
0
0
Under 5 Under 5
5 to 9 5 to 9
10 to 14 10 to 14
15 to 19 15 to 19
20 to 24 20 to 24
25 to 29 25 to 29
30 to 34 30 to 34
35 to 39 35 to 39
40 to 44 40 to 44
White
Hispanic
45 to 49 45 to 49
50 to 54 50 to 54
55 to 59 55 to 59
60 to 64 60 to 64
65 to 69 65 to 69
70 to 74 70 to 74
75 to 79 75 to 79
Demographic Trends
80 to 84 80 to 84
85 and over 85 and over

8. 10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
5000
0
Under 5
5 to 9
10 to 14
15 to 19
20 to 24
25 to 29
30 to 34
35 to 39
White, Non-Hispanic
40 to 44
45 to 49
50 to 54
White, Hispanic
55 to 59
60 to 64
65 to 69
70 to 74
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 and over

9. Education
Demographic 2001 Population 2012 Population Change % Change
Less Than 9th Grade 48,559 51,925 3,366 6.93%
9th Grade to 12th Grade 28,467 37,112 8,645 30.37%
High School Diploma 48,879 59,321 10,442 21.36%
Some College 43,569 58,170 14,601 33.51%
Associate's Degree 13,623 21,271 7,648 56.14%
Bachelor's Degree 16,689 22,194 5,505 32.99%
Graduate Degree and Higher 7,791 10,315 2,524 32.40%
Total 207,576 260,308 52,732 25.40%