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141 Table 3 Earnings by Key Non‐Farm Sector 2002‐2005 The US. Department of Commerce/U.S. Census Bureau reported the total number of residential building permits issued in the Atlanta‐Sandy Springs‐
Marietta, GA MSA totaled 38,693 during the first half of 2006, a 7.6 percent increase from the same time period the previous year. The number of permits issued for single‐family homes increased 2.3 percent from 30,115 during the first six months of 2005 to 30,795 during the same time period the following year. The number of permits issued for residential structures containing two units fell 10.5 percent from 114 during the first two quarters of 2005 to 102 during the first two quarters of 2006, while the number of permits issued for residential structures containing three and four units Increased a whopping 256.6 percent from 83 during the first half of 2005 to 296 during the first half of 2006. The number of permits issued for residential structures containing
five or more units Increased 33.0 percent from 5,640 during the first half of 2005 to 7,500 during the same time period the following year. Total % Change 02‐05 % of 2005 Non‐farm Total
Forestry, fishing, related activities, and other
N/A
N/A
Mining
N/A
N/A
Utilities
N/A
N/A
Construction
22.80%
6.50%
Manufacturing
10.00%
8.60%
Wholesale trade
13.90%
8.20%
Retail trade
9.40%
6.10%
Transportation
and warehousing‐2.60%
4.40%
Information
6.00%
7.30%
Finance and insurance
16.30%
7.30%
Real estate and rental and leasing
34.30%
3.30%
Professional
and technical services17.40%
11.10%
Management of companies and enterprises
43.70%
3.20%
Administrative and waste services
27.10%
5.30%
Educational services
19.20%
1.30%
Health care and social assistance
21.90%
6.80%
Arts, entertainment,
and recreation‐1.30%
0.90%
Accommodation and food services
18.90%
2.70%
Other services,
except public administration12.90%
2.60%
Government and government enterprises
19.10%
11.90%
Source: US. Department of Commerce/Bureau of Economic
Analysis