In DeKalb County, jobs in the computer systems design and related services pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the computer systems design and related services industry paid the average highest wages in DeKalb County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in DeKalb County received an annual wage of $73,103 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry pay the State of Alabama of $66,614 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $80,588.

Top-pay jobs in DeKalb County, Alabama may be found in management and technical consulting services ($68,001), offices of physicians ($55,772), management of companies and enterprises ($52,273) and electronics and appliance stores ($50,009) 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.

DeKalb County Wages have increased by 16.8% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in DeKalb County, Alabama by a total of 16.8%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for 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.

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

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Total wages in all industries in DeKalb County, Alabama can be described as medium-low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 19.3 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $34,182. The average industry wage was less than the US average pay 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.

DeKalb County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Given the 55 4-digit NAICS industries, 17 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 38 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in DeKalb County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 308 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 19.4 percent of the total growth in DeKalb County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (308 new jobs)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (108 new jobs)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (107 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (99 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (95 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in DeKalb County

Given the industries in the area, the Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 118 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry make up 24.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in DeKalb County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (118 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (106 jobs lost)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (38 jobs lost)
4. Nonresidential building construction (37 jobs lost)
5. Specialty food stores (35 jobs lost)

In DeKalb County, Alabama, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 724 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

DeKalb County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Individual and family services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 154.9 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in DeKalb County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Alabama, where the industry took a gain of 27.6 percent. The Individual and family services industry in DeKalb County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 35 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (154.9 percent gain)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (88.4 percent gain)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (87.0 percent gain)
4. Child day care services (84.9 percent gain)
5. Traveler accommodation (78.8 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 3.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Alabama, which saw a gain of 3.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

DeKalb County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Specialty food stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 89.7 percent of the jobs from 2001 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 16.1 percent. The losses in the Specialty food stores industry in DeKalb County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 12.1 percent in terms of employment in the Specialty food stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialty food stores (89.7 percent decline)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (71.5 percent decline)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (54.6 percent decline)
4. Printing and related support activities (40.3 percent decline)
5. Drycleaning and laundry services (35.9 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.

DeKalb County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has decreased by 1.1 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Alabama, which saw a gain of 2.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

DeKalb County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other wood product manufacturing industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 40.4 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Alabama, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 8.7 percent. The losses in the Other wood product manufacturing industry in DeKalb County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.7 in percent of workers in the Other wood product manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other wood product manufacturing (40.4 percent decline)
2. Travel arrangement and reservation services (40.4 percent decline)
3. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (39.9 percent decline)
4. Professional and similar organizations (32.3 percent decline)
5. Traveler accommodation (19 percent decline)

DeKalb County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 58.9 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in DeKalb County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Alabama, where this industry saw a gain of 1.7 percent. The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry in DeKalb County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 2.6 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (58.9 percent gain)
2. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (39.6 percent gain)
3. Activities related to credit intermediation (34.3 percent gain)
4. Activities related to real estate (31.4 percent gain)
5. Child day care services (30.5 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in DeKalb County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 40 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 13.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in DeKalb County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (40 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (39 new jobs)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (21 new jobs)
4. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (19 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (18 new jobs)

Given the 66 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 35 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 30 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in DeKalb County

Given the industries in the area, the Depository credit intermediation industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 41 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Depository credit intermediation industry make up 13.4 percent of the total employment decline in DeKalb County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (41 jobs lost)
2. Professional and similar organizations (40 jobs lost)
3. Department stores (31 jobs lost)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (19 jobs lost)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (17 jobs lost)

In DeKalb County, Alabama, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 162 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.





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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 DeKalb County, Alabama

While household income level experienced a decline from 2000 to 2005 in DeKalb County, Alabama, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in the household income level was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 89.1 percent since 2000. The Hispanic population group was least impacted by the household income decline in DeKalb County, experiencing a 19.2 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

The poverty rate in DeKalb County, Alabama has increased by 7.0 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 15.4 percent to 22.4 percent.

Compared to counties across the United States, DeKalb County accounted a medium-low median household income of $35,260 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 13.3 percent lower than the median in Alabama of $39,938 and the median is 39.3 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, DeKalb County, Alabama can be recognized as having a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 15.4 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 28.7 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 75 years and over are experiencing most percent people in poverty in DeKalb County, having 26.8 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $29,053, which amounts to a 17.6 percent decline. DeKalb County, Alabama, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 3 of 19 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Alabama. DeKalb County ranks 21 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income in the US.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 35.9 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $22,613. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $79,950. This median income level is 126.7 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in DeKalb County reported a median household income of $24,619, this was 30.2 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. Hispanic Householders in DeKalb County, Alabama reported a median household income of $34,834, which is 1.2 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In DeKalb County, Alabama White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $35,507 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.7 percent greater than the median household income in 2000.

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

Higher Education in DeKalb County, Alabama

In DeKalb County, Alabama according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 8.4 percent of the White Alone, 2.4 percent of Black or African American, 32 percent of the Asian alone and 1.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

In 2000, the Census reported that in DeKalb County, Alabama, many men in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 36.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in DeKalb on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 8 percent (Men) versus 8.4 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Less than High School, with 36 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

Since 2000, DeKalb has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 2.4 percent to a total of 10.6 in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proporation of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the porportion of Alabama percent of 21.4 and less than the national percent of 27.2.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 2.0 percent. By the year 2005, 10 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 2.8 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 11.2 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

DeKalb County, Alabama is made up of a less-educated population, with 8.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. DeKalb has 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 national average of 24.4 percent.

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

Demographic Profile for DeKalb County, Alabama

DeKalb County, Alabama had an estimated population of 67,271 in the year 2005. The population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 64,666. This growth represents an increase of 4 percent. DeKalb ranks 13 of 67 counties when calculating total change in population for Alabama and the county ranks 712 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

Since the year 2000, a high amount of people have migrated to DeKalb internationally. The international migration into DeKalb totals 3.7 percent of the total migration into the State of Alabama. This percent of international migration is high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

DeKalb County, Alabama has a population base that is comprised of 87.4 percent White, 1.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 9 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 10.9 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Alabama percent of 29.3. Since 2000, DeKalb has increased in diversity when 7.5 percent of the people were minorities.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in DeKalb County, Alabama to be 37.1 years old. The median age in DeKalb is less than the median age for the State of Alabama of 37.4. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 36.4 years of age. A total of 24 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, DeKalb can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the population, with 62.1 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 13.9 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

By measuring total land area, DeKalb extends a total area of 778 square miles. The county has a of medium-low average population density of 86 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Lumpkin, GA (86 per sq. mile ), Mercer, KY (86 per sq. mile ), Perry, KY (86 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Lumpkin, GA (86 per sq. mile ), Mercer, KY (86 per sq. mile ), Perry, KY (86 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for DeKalb County, Alabama

When compared to other counties in Alabama, DeKalb County stands 28 of 67 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 2,337 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

DeKalb County had a median home value in the year 2005 of $71,900, published by the American Community Survey. This value is less than the overall State of Alabama 2005 median home value of $97,500 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

In DeKalb County, the real estate market was made up of 28,917 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen moderate level of growth, adding a sum of 425 homes since 2001, or 1.5 percent.

DeKalb County is made up of a medium proportion of high-valued homes. In 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 2 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

The residential real estate values in DeKalb County, Alabama have small increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $4,700, or 7 percent, since their values in that year of $67,200.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 2005, 79.8 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has the largest employers in DeKalb County. In the County, the industry averages 57 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the Alabama average of 52 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in DeKalb County. The sector faced a loss of 2,883 jobs during the period, or 23.3 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 95.6 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

In DeKalb County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade and Wholesale trade have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 3.61. The percent of employment in the Manufacturing sector is 3.61 times greater than the US average, showing signs that DeKalb County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

Administrative and waste services has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in DeKalb County, rising by 125.8 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 4.5 percent. The State of Alabama experienced a change in employment in the sector of 12.3 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

DeKalb County ranks 18 of 68 Counties in the State of Alabama according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 17 of 68 Counties.

In DeKalb County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 46.4 percent of the total county employment. This totals 9,502 individuals. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 12.1 and 9.3 percent of all employment.

The Manufacturing industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in DeKalb County since the year 2001. The industry went from accounting for 57.2 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 46.4 percent in 2005.



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