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Hickory is becoming much more racially and ethnically diverse, and clear disparities exist between different groups on a spectrum of educational, economic and other metrics.
Hickory City Manager Warren Wood was blunt in his assessment of racial and ethnic inequities in the city.
Hickory City Council Meets In Special & Regular Session Tuesday Hickory City Council Meets In Special & Regular Session Tuesday January 20, 2021 Hickory City Council met in special session Tuesday (January 19) prior to the regular meeting. Taylor Dellinger, the Senior Data Analyst with the Western Piedmont Council Of Governments, presented a study of equity, economic, and demographic data for the City of Hickory. During the regular meeting, minutes, second readings, and the consent agenda were all approved. Forrest Jones from the Town of Garner and Past-President of North Carolina Streets APW...
That conclusion is not immediately clear from looking at the data of the last 20 years. Even as the population has increased from roughly 141,700 people in 2000 to nearly 160,000 now, the total workforce has fallen. In 2000, there were nearly 101,900 people employed across all industries in the county, according to state data for the second quarter of that year. The workforce has still not reached its turn-of-the-century peak. The closest it got was when the total number employed surpassed 89,000 in 2019 before falling to roughly 78,200 under the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic this year. Ta...