1. TTA Virginia Pg. 1 Prepared by: Roberto Gallardo Assistant Extension Professor November 2012 StateCountyMetro Status VirginiaBrunswickRural VirginiaCharlotteRural VirginiaLunenburgRural VirginiaMecklenburgRural VirginiaNottowayRural VirginiaGreensville+EmporiaRural

2. Pre-Defined* Clusters Pg. 2 TTA – Virginia Pre-Defined ClustersCodeNo. Industries Advanced Materials ManufacturingAdv. Mat.132 Agribusiness, Food Processing & TechnologyAg. Business78 Apparel & TextilesApparel63 Arts, Ent., Recreation and Visitor IndustriesAER57 Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life Sciences)Biomedical45 Business & Financial ServicesBusiness & Financial85 Chemicals & Chemical Based Products ManufacturingChemicals79 Computer & Electronic Product ManufacturingComputer30 Defense & SecurityDefense37 Education & Knowledge CreationEducation28 Electrical Equip., Appliance and Component ManufacturingElectrical22 Energy (Fossil & Renewable)Energy71 Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingFabricated Metal39 Forest & Wood ProductsForest60 Glass & CeramicsGlass17 Information Technology & TelecommunicationsIT Telecomm57 Machinery ManufacturingMachinery49 Mining 23 Primary Metal ManufacturingPrimary Metal25 Printing & PublishingPrinting38 Transportation & LogisticsTransp. & Logistics47 Transportation Equipment ManufacturingTransp. Equip.30 Last Updated: October 2012 *For a list of six-digit NAICS codes industries within each cluster see separate file Source: EMSI Complete employment – 2012.2

3. 2002-2007 % Change Jobs 2007 LQ Bubble size represents cluster’s average earnings in 2012 ; Source: EMSI Complete Employment – 2012.2 TTA – Virginia (2002-2007) Pg. 3 Printing Agribusiness Transp. & Logistics Primary Metal Transp. Equipment Apparel Education Energy Chemicals Mining Biomedical Forest

4. 2007-2012 % Change Jobs 2012 LQ Bubble size represents cluster’s average earnings in 2012; Source: EMSI Complete Employment – 2012.2 Pg. 4 Defense Transp. Equipment Electrical Chemicals Business & Financial Biomedical Primary Metal Transp. & Logistics Forest TTA – Virginia (2007-2012) Education Printing Mining Energy AER Agribusiness Machinery

5. TTA – Virginia 2002-2007 TTA2007 LQ2002 Jobs2007 Jobs02-07 Job Ch.2012 Avg. EarningsType Ag. Business2.384,6173,714-19.56$19,709Mature Biomedical2.102,9313,27311.67$31,051Stars Transp. & Logistics1.912,5342,98417.76$42,002Stars Forest1.822,8552,839-0.56$42,083Mature Business & Financial1.692,4952,6365.65$25,263Stars Education1.562,1492,43513.31$33,425Stars Energy1.172,1171,823-13.89$34,748Mature AER0.841,2441,3064.98$15,937Emerging Apparel0.712,0131,113-44.71$27,385Transforming Chemicals0.691,1871,073-9.60$34,912Transforming Defense0.476667279.16$29,248Emerging Machinery0.2428236730.14$24,392Emerging Glass0.2226835030.60$43,869Emerging Mining0.21339325-4.13$68,963Transforming Adv. Mat.0.20395304-23.04$35,725Transforming Fabricated Metal0.1821528231.16$32,135Emerging Printing0.16263253-3.80$31,192Transforming IT Telecomm0.15286231-19.23$46,259Transforming Transp. Equip.0.1344200354.55$43,467Emerging Electrical0.013515-57.14$32,596Transforming Primary Metal0.013910-74.36$40,316Transforming Computer *Clusters were ranked in descending order based on their 2007 LQ Source: EMSI Complete Employment – 2012.2 Bubble Chart Results Pg. 5

6. *Clusters were ranked in descending order based on their 2012 LQ Source: EMSI Complete Employment – 2012.2 Bubble Chart Results Pg. 6 TTA2012 LQ2007 Jobs2012 Jobs07-12 Job Ch.2012 Avg. EarningsType Biomedical2.573,2733,4886.57$31,051Stars Ag. Business2.213,7142,997-19.31$19,709Mature Business & Financial1.942,636 0.00$25,263Transforming Transp. & Logistics1.942,9842,633-11.76$42,002Mature Education1.692,4352,297-5.67$33,425Mature Forest1.492,8392,028-28.57$42,083Mature Energy1.241,8231,690-7.30$34,748Mature AER0.841,3061,143-12.48$15,937Transforming Apparel0.601,113816-26.68$27,385Transforming Defense0.557277533.58$29,248Emerging Chemicals0.511,073688-35.88$34,912Transforming Machinery0.283673803.54$24,392Emerging Fabricated Metal0.2528233318.09$32,135Emerging Printing0.2425332628.85$31,192Emerging IT Telecomm0.2123129025.54$46,259Emerging Mining0.20325277-14.77$68,963Transforming Glass0.20350270-22.86$43,869Transforming Adv. Mat.0.15304206-32.24$35,725Transforming Transp. Equip.0.08200103-48.50$43,467Transforming Electrical0.02152460.00$32,596Emerging Primary Metal0.0110 0.00$40,316Transforming Computer TTA – Virginia 2007-2012

7. Pg. 7 2012 Expenditures & Leakage* *Only top 20 industries used to calculate the leakage Sorted in descending order based on total expenditures Source: EMSI Complete Employment – 2011.4 TTA – Virginia