Our new jobs in Bristol.

While the data presented here goes back a few years, the fact is the region is worse off today in post 911. Private funded research produces very different results from publicly funded studies. Most important here are the stats between Bristol and Dickenson County. Bristol, Virginia has a 3% unemployment rate while Dickenson County has over 15%, but the poverty rates are nearly the same. This is the result of poverty wage scales and the determination of Bristol politicians in driving down pay-scales and blocking out better jobs to protect low-wage employers.

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Demographics of Southwest Virginia

Population, Unemployment, Uninsured, Underinsured, Poverty Levels

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County/City

Population

Designation

% Unemployed

# Unemployed

# Uninsured*

# Underinsured**

% poverty

# in poverty

US

273,643,269

4.9%

13,408,520

43,782,923

18,060,456

Virginia

7,078,515

3.0%

212,355

990,992

481,339

11.6%

821,108

Bristol, VA (City)

17,367

MUA

3%

521

2,431

1,181

21.1%

3,664

Buchanan County

26,978

HPSA, MUA

8%

2,158

3,777

1,835

24.3%

6,556

Dickenson County

16,396

HPSA, MUA

15%

2,459

2,295

1,115

25.5%

4,181

Galax (City)

6,837

HPSA, MUA

17%

1,162

957

465

22.1%

1,511

Grayson County

17,917

HPSA, MUA

16%

2,867

2,508

1,218

16.5%

2,956

Lee County

23,589

HPSA, MUA

4%

944

3,302

1,604

28.5%

6,723

Norton (City)

3,904

MUA

4%

156

547

265

24.4%

953

Pulaski County

35,127

MUA

12%

4,215

4,918

2,389

14.1%

4,953

Russell County

30,308

MUA

10%

3,031

4,243

2,061

20.7%

6,274

Scott County

23,403

MUA

5%

1,170

3,276

1,591

18.3%

4,283

Smyth County

33,081

MUA

7%

2,316

4,631

2,250

17.3%

5,723

Washington County

51,103

MUA

4%

2,044

7,154

3,475

14.3%

7,308

Wise County

40,123

MUA

4%

1,605

5,617

2,728

23.1%

9,268

Wythe County

27,599

MUA

11%

3,036

3,864

1,877

16.2%

4,471

SW VA TOTALS

353,732

27,684

49,522

24,054

68,823

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16% of all American and 14% of all Virginians are uninsured. 32.3% of poor are uninsured.

**

6.8% of all Virginians are underinsured. Data per county not available.

SOURCES

populations:

http://www.census.gov

designations:

http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/databases/newhpsa/newhpsa.cfm

unemployment:

http://www.vec.state.va.us/lbrmkt/lmi.htm

http://www.vec.state.va.us/pdf/lausclf.pdf

per capita income:

http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases/wccincome-dec-22-1999.html

county descriptions:

http://www.wise.virginia.edu/gmec

uninsured and underinsured:

http://www.census.gov/hhes/hlthins/hlthin98/3yr98.html

http://www.virginia.edu/coopercenter/vastat/

http://www.cdc.gov/mwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00051237.htm

http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org

poverty:

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/stcty/a97_51.htm

 

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