In Coffee County, jobs in the insurance carriers pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the insurance carriers industry reported the top wages in Coffee County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Coffee County was paid an annual wage of $91,133 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry wage in Alabama of $52,176 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $63,385.

Other top-pay jobs in Coffee County, Alabama exsists in architectural and engineering services ($61,856), computer systems design and related services ($57,236), individual and family services ($53,361) and offices of physicians ($46,771) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed 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.

Coffee County Wages have increased by 17.7% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Coffee County, Alabama by a total of 17.7%. This is less than the growth in wages for the State of Alabama and greater than the growth in industry wages across 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.

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

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The overall industry wages in Coffee County, Alabama can be described as relatively low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 28.5 percent lower than the with an state 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.

Coffee County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Coffee County

The Automobile dealers industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 24 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Automobile dealers industry make up 16.2 percent of the employment lost during the period in Coffee County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automobile dealers (24 jobs lost)
2. Residential building construction (22 jobs lost)
3. Lessors of real estate (15 jobs lost)
4. Private households (15 jobs lost)
5. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (13 jobs lost)

In Coffee County, Alabama, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,805 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Coffee County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 192 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 18.5 percent of the total growth in Coffee County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (192 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (86 new jobs)
3. Individual and family services (86 new jobs)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (71 new jobs)
5. Gasoline stations (55 new jobs)

Given the 50 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 14 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 36 industries reported a drop in employment.

Coffee County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 36.6 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 felt in the State of Alabama, where the industry felt a loss of 17.1 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Coffee County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 19.8 percent in terms of employees in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (36.6 percent decline)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (30.3 percent decline)
3. Lessors of real estate (28.1 percent decline)
4. Other miscellaneous store retailers (25.3 percent decline)
5. Residential building construction (22.6 percent decline)

Coffee County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Individual and family services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 252.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Coffee County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Alabama, where it saw a gain of 27.6 percent. The Individual and family services industry in Coffee County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 35 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (252.0 percent gain)
2. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (250.0 percent gain)
3. Management and technical consulting services (176.7 percent gain)
4. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (115.7 percent gain)
5. Nonresidential building construction (107.5 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 16.6 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in Alabama, experiencing a gain of 3.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.





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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.

Coffee County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Coffee County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 59 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 14.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Coffee County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (59 new jobs)
2. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (42 new jobs)
3. Health and personal care stores (32 new jobs)
4. Nonresidential building construction (29 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (28 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Coffee County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 32 jobs. The declines in the Grocery stores industry make up 19.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Coffee County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (32 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (18 jobs lost)
3. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (18 jobs lost)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (14 jobs lost)
5. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (13 jobs lost)

In Coffee County, Alabama, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 440 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

From the 72 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 29 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 41 industries reported a drop in employment.

Coffee County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 203.2 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Coffee County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Alabama, where the industry felt a loss of 2 percent. The Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers industry in Coffee County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1.4 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (203.2 percent gain)
2. Health and personal care stores (65.5 percent gain)
3. Lessors of real estate (31.6 percent gain)
4. Individual and family services (30.3 percent gain)
5. Private households (25.0 percent gain)

Coffee County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 43.3 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 it saw a gain of 2.6 percent. The losses in the Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry in Coffee County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 0.7 in percent of workers in the Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (43.3 percent decline)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (26.2 percent decline)
3. Specialty food stores (18.1 percent decline)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (16 percent decline)
5. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (14.1 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 3.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Alabama, which went through a gain of 2.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.





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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 Coffee County, Alabama

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Coffee County had a medium-low median income for all households of $39,387 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 1.4 percent lower than the median in State of Alabama of $39,938 and this is 24.7 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $38,860. This household income level is 1.3 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 40 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $23,639. Hispanic in Coffee County, Alabama reported a median household income of $39,341, this median is 0.1 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. In Coffee County, Alabama White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $43,382 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 10.1 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Coffee County reported a median household income of $31,275, this median was 20.6 percent less than the median income level in this area.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Coffee County, Alabama can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 14.7 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 36 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Coffee County, reporting 27.2 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.







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

Higher Education in Coffee County, Alabama

In Coffee County, Alabama as reported in the 2000 Census, 21.6 percent of the White Alone, 8.6 percent of Black or African American, 19.6 percent of the Asian alone and 26.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Coffee County, Alabama, many men in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 27 percent achieving this level. The female population in Coffee have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 22.8 percent (Men) versus 16.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree, with 28.2 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Coffee County, Alabama has a highly-educated population, with 19.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Coffee has a higher percent of population with high education level 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 Coffee County, Alabama

Coffee County, Alabama has a population that is comprised of 75 percent White, 18.3 percent African American, 1.1 percent Asian, and 3.3 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 22.7 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Alabama percent of 29.3. Since 2000, Coffee has increased the percent of minority population when 21.9 percent of the total population were minorities.

Coffee County, Alabama had an estimated population of 45,567 in 2005. The total population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 43,553. This growth signifies an increase of 4.6 percent. Coffee ranks 16 of 67 counties when analyzing total population change in Alabama and the county ranks 826 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

Since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people have migrated to Coffee internationally. The migration from outside the US into Coffee totals 1 percent of the total international migration into the State of Alabama. This amount of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age of Coffee County, Alabama 38.5 years of age. The median in Coffee is greater than the median age in Alabama of 37.4. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 37.2 years of age. A total of 23.3 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Coffee can be understood as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 62.3 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 14.4 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

When measuring the total land area, Coffee extends a total area of 679 total square miles. The area has a of medium-low average area density of 67 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Madera, CA (67 per sq. mile ), Carter, KY (67 per sq. mile ), Russell, KY (67 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Madera, CA (67 per sq. mile ), Carter, KY (67 per sq. mile ), Russell, KY (67 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Coffee County, Alabama

Coffee County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $76,600, accounted by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the State of Alabama 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $85,100 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

Throughout the State of Alabama, Coffee County is positioned 10 of 67 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,015 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

There is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Coffee County, Alabama. In 2000, 82.1 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

In Coffee County, the real estate market was made up of 20,953 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding a total of 842 residential units since 2001, or 4.2 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Coffee County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Manufacturing and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.14. The percent of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 2.14 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Coffee specializes in Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Coffee County, averaging 68 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the State of Alabama average establishment size of 52 for the Manufacturing industry.

Educational services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Coffee County, with an employment growth of 156.5 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 13.8 percent. The State of Alabama experienced a sector employment shift of 5.7 percent, since the year 2001.

In Coffee County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 25 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 3,011 employees. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 19.7 and 16 percent of all employment.









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