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Key Findings
• There are 19.5% more jobs in Greensboro than there were in 2000.
• Since 2000, employment among the industry groups and sectors in Greensboro has shifted dramatically:
manufacturing lost over 4,000 jobs, while services gained around 22,000. Even with the gain in service
industry employment, Greensboro did not keep pace with other top ten North Carolina cities.
• With the exception of 2015, the poverty rate in Greensboro has been higher than state and national rates
since 2005.
• Median earnings in Greensboro have increased, but lag behind state and national averages, as well as
behind several of the top ten cities in North Carolina.
• Combined costs of housing and transportation in Greensboro in 2015 was higher than the national average
and higher than many of the top ten cities in North Carolina.
DRAFT 35 FEBRUARY 23, 2018
