In Bradley County, jobs in the offices of physicians pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the offices of physicians industry reported the top wages in Bradley County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Bradley County received a wage of $40,844 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the industry pay the State of Arkansas of $60,694 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $64,740.

Other high-paying jobs in Bradley County, Arkansas can be found in health and personal care stores ($37,855), specialized freight trucking ($26,265), machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($25,994) and accounting and bookkeeping services ($24,420) 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.

Bradley County Wages have increased by 9.7% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Bradley County, Arkansas by a total of 9.7%. This is less than the growth in average industry wages for Arkansas and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

Bradley County Industry Wages Lag Behind Arkansas, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Bradley County, Arkansas can be understood as being medium-low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 18 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $30,584. The overall 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.

Bradley County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Given the 15 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 9 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Bradley County, Arkansas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 257 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Bradley County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building equipment contractors industry has added the most employment with 24 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 27.0 percent of the growth in Bradley County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (24 new jobs)
2. Specialized freight trucking (21 new jobs)
3. Legal services (13 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (12 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (10 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Bradley County

Given the industries in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 39 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 78.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Bradley County, Arkansas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (39 jobs lost)
2. Other general merchandise stores (5 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (3 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (3 jobs lost)
5. Clothing stores (44 jobs lost)

Bradley County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 238.5 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Bradley County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Arkansas, where the industry felt a gain of 2.6 percent. The Specialized freight trucking industry in Bradley County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (238.5 percent gain)
2. General freight trucking (152.6 percent gain)
3. Legal services (137.9 percent gain)
4. Building equipment contractors (91.3 percent gain)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (64.3 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 8.4 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of Arkansas, which went through a gain of 3.0 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.

Bradley County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 29.4 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Arkansas, where the industry felt a gain of 12.9 percent. The losses in the Limited-service eating places industry in Bradley County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 13.9 in percent of jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (29.4 percent decline)
2. Other general merchandise stores (13 percent decline)
3. Offices of dentists (6.5 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (5.8 percent decline)
5. Grocery stores (3 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.

Bradley County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has decreased by 4.2 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in Arkansas, which saw a gain of 2.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Bradley County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 72.7 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Bradley County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Arkansas, where the industry felt a gain of 2.7 percent. The Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Bradley County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 3.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (72.7 percent gain)
2. Management and technical consulting services (67.9 percent gain)
3. Individual and family services (65.5 percent gain)
4. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (27.1 percent gain)
5. Other amusement and recreation industries (20.0 percent gain)

Bradley County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 76.3 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Arkansas, where the it saw a gain of 0.6 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Bradley County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 1.9 percent in terms of employees in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (76.3 percent decline)
2. Architectural and engineering services (45.3 percent decline)
3. Other ambulatory health care services (32.2 percent decline)
4. Community care facilities for the elderly (28.5 percent decline)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (20.8 percent decline)

In Bradley County, Arkansas, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 823 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Given the 71 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 36 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 32 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Bradley County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Individual and family services industry has grown the most with 85 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Individual and family services industry makes up 29.0 percent of the growth in Bradley County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (85 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (47 new jobs)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (18 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (14 new jobs)
5. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (13 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Bradley County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the General medical and surgical hospitals industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 75 jobs. The declines in the General medical and surgical hospitals industry make up 16.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Bradley County, Arkansas.

Top 5 Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (75 jobs lost)
2. Private households (65 jobs lost)
3. Residential mental health facilities (53 jobs lost)
4. Other wood product manufacturing (41 jobs lost)
5. Community care facilities for the elderly (37 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.

Income and Poverty in Bradley County, Arkansas

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Bradley County, Arkansas can be understood to have a relatively high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 26.3 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 52.4 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Bradley County, accounting 51.3 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Hispanic in Bradley County, Arkansas recorded a median income of $19,744, which is 32 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 41.1 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $17,104. In Bradley County, Arkansas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $36,463 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 25.6 percent greater than the median income in 2000.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Bradley County was reported to have a relatively low median income for all households of $29,041 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 29.7 percent lower than the median in Arkansas of $37,653 and the median is 69.2 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Bradley County, Arkansas

Bradley County, Arkansas may to understood as having a moderately-educated population, with 12 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Bradley is reported having a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Arkansas's proportion of 16.6 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Bradley County, Arkansas according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 14.8 percent of the White Alone, 6 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 5.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Bradley County, Arkansas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 35.8 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Bradley have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 13 percent (Men) versus 10.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma, with 37.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





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

Demographic Profile for Bradley County, Arkansas

Bradley County, Arkansas had an estimated population of 12,192 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 12,603. The decline shows a decrease of -3.3 percent. Bradley ranks 55 of 75 counties when analyzing total population change in Arkansas and the county ranks 2,656 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Bradley County, Arkansas to be 39.2 years old. The median in Bradley is greater than the median age in the State of Arkansas of 37.0. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 38.2 years old. With a total of 22.4 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Bradley can be described as having a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 60.5 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 17.1 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

When calculating the total land area, Bradley encompasses a total area of 651 square miles. The county has a very low density of 19 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Montmorency, MI (19 per sq. mile ), Hamilton, IL (19 per sq. mile ), Douglas, WA (19 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Gallatin, IL (19 per sq. mile ), Robertson, TX (19 per sq. mile ), Lake, MT (19 per sq. mile ).

From 2000, a medium-high number of individual migrated to the Bradley from another country. The international migration into Bradley makes up 0.5 percent of immigration into the State of Arkansas. This percent of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Bradley County, Arkansas has a population base that is comprised of 61.2 percent White, 28 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 10.2 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 38.3 percent minorities. This is greater than the State of Arkansas percent of 21.2. Since 2000, Bradley has increased in diversity when 36.9 percent of the people were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Bradley County, Arkansas

In Bradley County, there were a total of 5,949 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding in all 3 homes since 2001, or 0.1 percent.

The State of Arkansas, Bradley County places 75 of 75 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 3,052 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Bradley County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $45,000, according to the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the overall State of Arkansas 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $72,800 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 Bradley County, Arkansas. In 2000, 93.9 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Bradley County, Arkansas -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Bradley County, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance, and the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 33.3 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 1,084 jobs. The Health care and social assistance and Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sectors provide 16.2 and 12.9 percent of total employment, respectively.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Bradley County, averaging 99 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the State of Arkansas average of 56 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Bradley County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Manufacturing and Health care and social assistance industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has a US LQ in the county of 12.25. This means the percent of total employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is 12.25 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Bradley County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Transportation and Warehousing has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Bradley County, with an industry growth of 130.8 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of -1 percent. The State of Arkansas faced a industry job change of 3.9 percent, during the time since 2001.









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