Clay County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Clay County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other support services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 200.0 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Clay County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Alabama, where the industry took a gain of 2.2 percent. The Other support services industry in Clay County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other support services (200.0 percent gain)
2. Unclassified (71.4 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (66.4 percent gain)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (46.9 percent gain)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (33.5 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 1.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than percent in the State of Alabama, which went through a gain of 2.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Clay County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 64.7 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Alabama, where the industry felt a gain of 14.9 percent. The losses in the Management and technical consulting services industry in Clay County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 9.5 percent in terms of employees in the Management and technical consulting services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (64.7 percent decline)
2. Private households (57.5 percent decline)
3. Direct selling establishments (41 percent decline)
4. Lessors of real estate (25.3 percent decline)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (24.2 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Clay County

Given the industries in the area, the Traveler accommodation industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 71 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 20.7 percent of the total employment decline in Clay County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (71 jobs lost)
2. Seafood product preparation and packaging (52 jobs lost)
3. Private households (33 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (24 jobs lost)
5. Clothing stores (22 jobs lost)

In Clay County, Alabama, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 172 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

From the 76 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 28 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 47 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Clay County

The Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 110 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 22.3 percent of the growth in Clay County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (110 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (105 new jobs)
3. Health and personal care stores (28 new jobs)
4. Other support services (26 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (25 new jobs)





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Clay County, Alabama

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Clay County was reported to have a relatively low median income for all households of $32,625 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 22.4 percent lower than the median in Alabama of $39,938 and the median household income is 50.6 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Clay County, Alabama may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 17.1 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 35.6 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 12 to 17 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Clay County, accounting 27.4 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Hispanic households in Clay County, Alabama reported a median household income of $23,985, this median is 26.5 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Clay County reported an income level of $42,413, this level was 30 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. In Clay County, Alabama White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $34,598 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 6 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 33.5 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $21,687.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.