In Chambers County, jobs in the offices of other health practitioners pay the highest wages

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Employment in the offices of other health practitioners industry wages were the highest in Chambers County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Chambers County earned an annual wage of $58,444 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Alabama of $33,623 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $32,682.

Other top-pay jobs in Chambers County, Alabama are present in outpatient care centers ($53,435), general freight trucking ($48,039), electronic markets and agents and brokers ($43,513) and printing and related support activities ($42,589) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail Comparison

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

Chambers County Wages have increased by 7.1% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Chambers County, Alabama by a total of 7.1%. This is less than the growth in wages for the State of Alabama and less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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

Chambers County Industry Wages Lag Behind Alabama, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The overall industry wages in Chambers County, Alabama when analyzed can be understood as being medium-high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 15.6 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $34,182. The average industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

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

Chambers County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

The total number of jobs has decreased by 16.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Alabama, experiencing a gain of 3.3 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Chambers County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 1583.3 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Chambers County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Alabama, where the industry felt a gain of 3.4 percent. The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry in Chambers County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 1.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous store retailers (1583.3 percent gain)
2. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (326.8 percent gain)
3. Lessors of real estate (42.9 percent gain)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (34.2 percent gain)
5. Outpatient care centers (32.6 percent gain)

Chambers County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 59 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Alabama, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 1.9 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Chambers County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5.3 percent in terms of employment in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (59 percent decline)
2. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (53.4 percent decline)
3. Drycleaning and laundry services (45.2 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (42.5 percent decline)
5. Death care services (39.5 percent decline)

In Chambers County, Alabama, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 1,802 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Chambers County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Building equipment contractors industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 136 jobs. The declines in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 32.3 percent of the total employment decline in Chambers County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (136 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (72 jobs lost)
3. Sawmills and wood preservation (33 jobs lost)
4. Other general merchandise stores (24 jobs lost)
5. Automobile dealers (21 jobs lost)

Given the 30 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 18 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 11 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Chambers County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other miscellaneous store retailers industry has grown the most with 63 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Other miscellaneous store retailers industry makes up 25.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Chambers County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous store retailers (63 new jobs)
2. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (61 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (47 new jobs)
4. Gasoline stations (24 new jobs)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (17 new jobs)





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

Chambers County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Chambers County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other schools and instruction industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 76.7 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Chambers County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Alabama, where it saw a gain of 9.3 percent. The Other schools and instruction industry in Chambers County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 5.7 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other schools and instruction (76.7 percent gain)
2. Other miscellaneous store retailers (67.9 percent gain)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (65.9 percent gain)
4. Computer systems design and related services (56.3 percent gain)
5. Employment services (32.5 percent gain)

Chambers County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Book, periodical, and music stores industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 31.9 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Alabama, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 9.4 percent. The losses in the Book, periodical, and music stores industry in Chambers County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 5.1 in percent of workers in the Book, periodical, and music stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Book, periodical, and music stores (31.9 percent decline)
2. Private households (24.3 percent decline)
3. Other heavy construction (23.1 percent decline)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (15.4 percent decline)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (14 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 1.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in Alabama, which saw a gain of 2.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

In Chambers County, Alabama, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 317 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

From the 82 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 40 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 40 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Chambers County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Other general merchandise stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 51 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Other general merchandise stores industry make up 14.9 percent of the total employment decline in Chambers County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (51 jobs lost)
2. Department stores (49 jobs lost)
3. Nursing care facilities (25 jobs lost)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (22 jobs lost)
5. Civic and social organizations (17 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Chambers County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has added the most employment with 171 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Employment services industry makes up 26.5 percent of the growth in Chambers County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (171 new jobs)
2. Nonresidential building construction (90 new jobs)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (46 new jobs)
4. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (35 new jobs)
5. Other amusement and recreation industries (34 new jobs)





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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 Chambers County, Alabama

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Chambers County, Alabama can be recognized as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 17.0 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 50 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Chambers County, having 25.7 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Chambers County was reported to have a medium-low household income of $34,710 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 15.1 percent lower than the median in Alabama of $39,938 and the median is 41.6 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

In Chambers County, Alabama White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $39,628 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 14.2 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 27.6 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $25,119. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Chambers County had a median household income level of $54,356, this level was 56.6 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. Hispanic headed households in Chambers County, Alabama reported a median household income of $20,475, this income level is 41 percent less than the areas median income level for all households.







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

Higher Education in Chambers County, Alabama

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Chambers County, Alabama, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Less than High School category, with 35 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Chambers have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 10.6 percent (Men) versus 8.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Less than High School, with 36.6 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Chambers County, Alabama has a less-educated working age population, with 9.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Chambers counted a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Alabama's proportion of 19 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Chambers County, Alabama according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 12.2 percent of the White Alone, 4.4 percent of Black or African American, 40 percent of the Asian alone and 16 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Chambers County, Alabama

Chambers County, Alabama has a population that is comprised of 59.9 percent White, 38.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 1.2 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 39.7 percent of the population being minorities. This is greater than the State of Alabama percent of 29.3. Since 2000, Chambers has increased the percent of minority population when 39.0 of the population were minorities.

By measuring total land area, Chambers covers a total land area of 597 square miles. The county has a of medium-low average area density of 59 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Chattahoochee, GA (59 per sq. mile ), Owen, IN (59 per sq. mile ), Randolph, IN (59 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Chattahoochee, GA (59 per sq. mile ), Owen, IN (59 per sq. mile ), Randolph, IN (59 per sq. mile ).

Chambers County, Alabama had a population that was estimated at 35,460 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 36,577. The decline represents a decrease of -3.1 percent. Chambers ranks 63 of 67 counties by growth in total population in Alabama and the county ranks 2,980 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age of Chambers County, Alabama 39.6 years old. The median in Chambers is greater than the median in Alabama of 37.4. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 37.9 years old. A total of 23.7 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Chambers can be described as being made up of a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 60.6 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 15.7 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high percent of the population.

From 2000, a low amount of people migrated to Chambers internationally. The international migration into Chambers makes up 0.3 percent of the total migration into the State of Alabama. This amount of international migration is low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Chambers County, Alabama

Chambers County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $58,900, reported by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the State of Alabama 2000 home value of $85,100 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

There seems to be a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Chambers County, Alabama. In 2000, 88.7 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

Chambers County may be be described as having a small, but present percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2000, the Decennial Census counted that 0.9 percent owner-occupied dwelling are valued over a half a million dollars.

In the State of Alabama, Chambers County is positioned 66 of 67 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 2,949 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

In Chambers County, the real estate market was made up of 16,471 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding all together 56 residential structures since 2001, a change of 0.3 percent.



Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Chambers County, Alabama -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Chambers County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 41.4 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 3,950 people employed. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 13.2 and 7.7 percent of all employment.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Chambers County. The industry lost a total of 977 employees during the period, or 19.8 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 57.6 percent of all employment losses in the county.

Chambers County ranks 34 of 68 total Counties throughout Alabama by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 31 of 68 Counties.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Chambers County. In the County, the industry averages 96 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the State of Alabama establishments size average of 52 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Chambers County, Manufacturing, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Utilities are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing industry has a US LQ in the county of 3.23. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing sector is 3.23 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Chambers specializes in Manufacturing.

Administrative and waste services saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Chambers County, growing by 252.5 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 4.5 percent. The State of Alabama underwent a employment change in the industry of 12.3 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.





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