EMSI teamed up with Tableau Software to create this industry data display. You can visualize every broad-level (2-digit NAICS) industry by state over the last decade. Also, click on the dot for each state to see the trends for each sector. The bigger the dot, the more jobs that state has in the selected industry.
A few observations:
1. Right off the bat, you can see the explosive growth of the mining sector nationally over the past few years. If you scroll to mining and oil exploration in the dropdown or isolate it by clicking on the chart, you can see Texas has by far the largest number of jobs among all states. We covered this sector and specific oil and gas extraction occupations in depth recently.
2. One of the cool things to do is scroll through each year to see the changing complexion of employment. There’s widespread growth projected for most states in 2011, with a few exceptions, but clicking back through the past few years shows a much different picture.
3. Another intriguing sector is manufacturing. In the last decade, it hasn’t fared well. That much is clear. But notice the tide start to shift in 2010, with Indiana and Michigan showing slight growth. And in 2011, nearly three-quarters of the US is expected to see job expansion.
Hi guys,
The information here is excellent, however I had to click on the link (industry data display) in order to view the data because it never loaded on this page: http://www.economicmodeling.com/2011/06/17/infographic-which-industries-are-growing-in-your-state/
Also, it would be helpful if when you click on a dot to filter the data if a heading would pop-up that would indicate what data is being displayed. In the present configuration you may get filtered data and never know it because of the lack of an indicator. I thought perhaps the filter would be indicated on the pdf output but it was not.
I would love to see a drill down capability to the county level for program development purposes the information is really helpful!
Thanks,
Cathy
Thanks for the feedback, Cathy. Not sure why the interactive graphic didn’t load on our blog page; typically it takes several seconds (or more) to load. And we’ll definitely keep your suggestions in mind as we look to partner on more of these graphics in the future. You’re right — a county-level industry/occupation map would be great.
Josh