In Cleburne County, jobs in the building finishing contractors pay the highest wages

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Employment in the building finishing contractors industry reported the top wages in Cleburne County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Cleburne County was paid an annual wage of $41,304 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry pay the State of Alabama of $29,321 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $35,357.

High-wage employment in Cleburne County, Alabama may be found in automobile dealers ($39,463), auto parts, accessories, and tire stores ($30,954), building equipment contractors ($26,596) and nonresidential building construction ($23,073) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Cleburne County Wages have increased by 24.9% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Cleburne County, Alabama by a total of 24.9%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Alabama and greater than the growth in average wages for the US.

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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.

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

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The overall industry wages in Cleburne County, Alabama can be described as medium-high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 13.2 percent lower than the with an state average of $34,182. The industry pay was less than the industry average in the US 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.

Cleburne County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Cleburne County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 81.7 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 has experienced in the State of Alabama, where the industry reported a loss of 13.5 percent. The losses in the Nonresidential building construction industry in Cleburne County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 1.6 in percent of jobs in the Nonresidential building construction industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (81.7 percent decline)
2. Limited-service eating places (37.9 percent decline)
3. Building finishing contractors (20.5 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 13.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in the State of Alabama, which saw a gain of 3.3 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Cleburne County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 125.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Cleburne County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Alabama, where the industry felt a loss of 10.5 percent. The Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry in Cleburne County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 16 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (125.0 percent gain)
2. Child day care services (110.9 percent gain)
3. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (92.8 percent gain)
4. Other general merchandise stores (44.8 percent gain)
5. Direct selling establishments (13.3 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Cleburne County

The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry has added the most employment with 30 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry makes up 38.5 percent of the total employment growth in Cleburne County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (30 new jobs)
2. Child day care services (20 new jobs)
3. Other general merchandise stores (9 new jobs)

In Cleburne County, Alabama, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 297 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Out of the 10 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 3 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 7 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Cleburne County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 45 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 67.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Cleburne County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (45 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (16 jobs lost)
3. Building finishing contractors (6 jobs lost)
4. Building finishing contractors (7 jobs lost)
5. Full-service restaurants (6 jobs lost)





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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.

Cleburne County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Cleburne County

The Grocery stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 10 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Grocery stores industry make up 43.1 percent of the total job loss in Cleburne County, Alabama.

Top 4 Industries
1. Grocery stores (10 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (7 jobs lost)
3. Depository credit intermediation (4 jobs lost)
4. Residential building construction (2 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Cleburne County

The Utility system construction industry has added the most employment with 8 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Utility system construction industry makes up 32.0 percent of the total growth in Cleburne County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (8 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (8 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (8 new jobs)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (2 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (8 new jobs)

From the 10 4-digit NAICS industries, 6 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 4 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Cleburne County, Alabama, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 41 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total industry employment has decreased by 2.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Alabama, which experienced a gain of 2.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Cleburne County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 47.9 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Cleburne County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Alabama, where the industry took a gain of 15.2 percent. The Other specialty trade contractors industry in Cleburne County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 6.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (47.9 percent gain)
2. Utility system construction (24.7 percent gain)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (15.6 percent gain)
4. Full-service restaurants (8.0 percent gain)

Cleburne County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grocery stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 11.3 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Alabama, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 4.1 percent. The losses in the Grocery stores industry in Cleburne County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 0.3 percent in terms of employment in the Grocery stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (11.3 percent decline)
2. Residential building construction (11.1 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (8.2 percent decline)
4. Depository credit intermediation (7.2 percent decline)
5. Logging (6.5 percent decline)





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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 Cleburne County, Alabama

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Cleburne County, Alabama can be understood to have a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 13.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 32.4 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Cleburne County, reporting 25.9 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Cleburne County reported a medium-low median income for all households of $36,059 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 10.8 percent lower than the median income in State of Alabama of $39,938 and the income level is 36.3 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 36.9 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $22,749. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Cleburne County reported an income level of $16,819, this level was 53.4 percent less than the median income level in this area. In Cleburne County, Alabama White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,077 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2.8 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic households in Cleburne County, Alabama , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $36,319, this income level is 0.7 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.







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

Higher Education in Cleburne County, Alabama

In Cleburne County, Alabama as reported in the 2000 Census, 9.6 percent of the White Alone, 4.2 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 13.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Cleburne County, Alabama, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Less than High School category, with 37.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Cleburne have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 8.4 percent (Men) versus 10 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is Less than High School, with 36.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

Cleburne County, Alabama has a less-educated 2000 population, with 9.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Cleburne has a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Alabama's proportion of 19 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.





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

Demographic Profile for Cleburne County, Alabama

Cleburne County, Alabama had an estimated population of 14,460 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since its 2000 population of 14,171. This growth shows an increase of 2 percent. Cleburne ranks 23 of 67 counties in terms of population growth in Alabama and the county ranks 1,569 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

From 2000, a medium-low amount of people have migrated to Cleburne internationally. The international migration into Cleburne makes up 0.2 percent of the total international migration into the State of Alabama. This amount of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Cleburne County, Alabama has a population that is made of 93.5 percent White, 3.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 1.8 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 5.8 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Alabama percent of 29.3. Since 2000, Cleburne has increased the level of diversity when 5.4 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age of Cleburne County, Alabama 39.2 years of age. The median age in Cleburne is greater than the median in Alabama of 37.4. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 37.7 years of age. A total of 22.3 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Cleburne can be described as having a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high presence of the population, with 63.6 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 14.2 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

By measuring total land area, Cleburne extends a total area of 560 total square miles. The area has a of low average population density of 26 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Clark, AR (26 per sq. mile ), Clay, AR (26 per sq. mile ), McIntosh, GA (26 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Clark, AR (26 per sq. mile ), Clay, AR (26 per sq. mile ), McIntosh, GA (26 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Cleburne County, Alabama

Cleburne County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $71,300, according to the Decennial Census. This is less than the Alabama 2000 median home value of $85,100 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

According to the data, there is a large amount of affordable housing in Cleburne County, Alabama. In 2000, 84.2 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

When compared to other counties in Alabama, Cleburne County ranks 48 of 67 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 2,717 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

In Cleburne County, the real estate market was made up of 6,372 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding all together 52 housing units since the year 2001, or 0.8 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Professional and technical services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Cleburne County, growing by 80 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of 2.6 percent. The State of Alabama experienced a sector employment shift of 8.8 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

In Cleburne County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Construction sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 45.3 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 876 jobs. The Retail Trade and Construction industries total 18.7 and 14.3 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Cleburne County, with the industry averaging 49 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and less than the State of Alabama typical size of 52 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Cleburne County. The industry lost a total of 276 jobs, or 24 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 49.4 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

In Cleburne County, Manufacturing, Construction and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 3.53. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing sector is 3.53 times greater than the national average, signifying that Cleburne County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.

The Accommodation and food services industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Cleburne County since the year 2001. The industry went from accounting for 7.6 percent of employment in 2001 to 0 percent of employment in 2005.





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