In Craighead County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry wages were the highest in Craighead County for 2006. The average industry job in Craighead County earned an annual wage of $71,927 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry pay the State of Arkansas of $83,874 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $138,150.

High-wage employment in Craighead County, Arkansas are present in offices of physicians ($68,359), wired telecommunications carriers ($63,738), petroleum merchant wholesalers ($56,807) and management and technical consulting services ($52,386) 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.

Craighead County Wages have increased by 12.9% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Craighead County, Arkansas by a total of 12.9%. This is less than the growth in wages for the State of Arkansas 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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Craighead County, Arkansas when analyzed can be understood as being medium-high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 10.3 percent lower than the with an state average of $30,584. The overall industry wage 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.

Craighead County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Craighead County, Arkansas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 2,228 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Craighead County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Wired telecommunications carriers industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 139 jobs. The declines in the Wired telecommunications carriers industry make up 10.0 percent of the employment lost during the period in Craighead County, Arkansas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Wired telecommunications carriers (139 jobs lost)
2. Printing and related support activities (117 jobs lost)
3. General freight trucking (102 jobs lost)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (82 jobs lost)
5. Nonresidential building construction (81 jobs lost)

Given the 103 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 42 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 60 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Craighead County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Individual and family services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 489 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Individual and family services industry makes up 12.0 percent of the total employment growth in Craighead County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (489 new jobs)
2. Employment services (380 new jobs)
3. Offices of physicians (310 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (258 new jobs)
5. Business support services (207 new jobs)

Craighead County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 303.2 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Craighead County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Arkansas, where the industry took a gain of 45.9 percent. The Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry in Craighead County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 28.5 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (303.2 percent gain)
2. Investigation and security services (160.4 percent gain)
3. Management and technical consulting services (160.3 percent gain)
4. Individual and family services (141.4 percent gain)
5. Activities related to real estate (140.3 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 6.6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in Arkansas, which saw a gain of 3.0 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Craighead County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Wired telecommunications carriers industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 62.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Arkansas, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 37.7 percent. The losses in the Wired telecommunications carriers industry in Craighead County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 34.7 in percent of jobs in the Wired telecommunications carriers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Wired telecommunications carriers (62.9 percent decline)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (59.2 percent decline)
3. Direct selling establishments (50 percent decline)
4. Support activities for road transportation (42.9 percent decline)
5. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (34.8 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.

Craighead County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Craighead County, Arkansas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 25 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Craighead County

Given the industries in the area, the Gasoline stations industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 53 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 74.6 percent of the total job loss in Craighead County, Arkansas.

Top 2 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (53 jobs lost)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (10 jobs lost)





Total employment has increased by 6.8 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in the State of Arkansas, which experienced a gain of 2.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Craighead County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 69.8 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 experienced in the State of Arkansas, where the industry felt a gain of 2.7 percent. The losses in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Craighead County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 3.1 percent in terms of employment in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (69.8 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (36 percent decline)
3. Legal services (10.6 percent decline)
4. Other general merchandise stores (5.9 percent decline)
5. Offices of dentists (5.1 percent decline)

Craighead County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 178.4 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Craighead County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Arkansas, where this industry saw a gain of 8.8 percent. The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Craighead County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (178.4 percent gain)
2. Other general merchandise stores (48.9 percent gain)





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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 Craighead County, Arkansas

The household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $32,770, which represents a 13.6 percent decline. Craighead County, Arkansas, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 4 of 9 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Arkansas. Craighead County ranks 83 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income in the US.

The poverty rate in Craighead County, Arkansas has increased by 2.4 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 15.4 percent to 17.8 percent.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Craighead County accounted a medium-low median household income of $37,937 (2005 Dollars). This median is 0.7 percent higher than the median income in State of Arkansas of $37,653 and the median is 29.5 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Craighead County, Arkansas can be considered to have a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 15.4 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 64.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Craighead County, reporting 24.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Craighead County had a median household income level of $42,413, this was 11.8 percent greater than the median income level in this area. In Craighead County, Arkansas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $40,106 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 5.7 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 44.5 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $21,066. Hispanic households in Craighead County, Arkansas recorded a median income of $28,438, this median household income is 25 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $27,082. This household income level is 28.6 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area.

While the median household income saw a decline in the last five year in Craighead County, Arkansas, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in the household income level was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 38.1 percent in the last five years. The White population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Craighead County, seeing a 11.7 percent decline in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

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

Higher Education in Craighead County, Arkansas

Craighead County, Arkansas may to understood as having a highly-educated working age population, with 21 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Craighead is reported having a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Arkansas's proportion of 16.6 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

In Craighead County, Arkansas as reported in the 2000 Census, 21.4 percent of the White Alone, 14.4 percent of Black or African American, 22 percent of the Asian alone and 11.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Since 2000, Craighead has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.6 percent to a total of 24.6 in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of Arkansas percent of 18.8 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Craighead County, Arkansas, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Craighead have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 22.4 percent (Men) versus 19.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma, with 33 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 6.6 percent. By 2005, 28.6 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 20.8 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

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

Demographic Profile for Craighead County, Arkansas

Craighead County, Arkansas has a population base that is comprised of 85.4 percent White, 9.6 percent African American, 0.7 percent Asian, and 3.1 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 13.4 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Arkansas percent of 21.2. Since 2000, Craighead has increased the level of diversity when 10.5 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Craighead County, Arkansas to be 34.0 years old. The median age in Craighead is less than the median age for the State of Arkansas of 37.0. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 33.1 years of age. A total of 23.9 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Craighead 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-high presence of the population, with 64.3 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 11.8 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

Craighead County, Arkansas had an estimated population of 86,735 in the year 2005. The population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 82,496. This growth represents an increase of 5.1 percent. Craighead ranks 8 of 75 counties in terms of population growth in Arkansas and the county ranks 551 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

In terms of total land area, Craighead extends a total area of 711 square miles. The county has a medium-low average population density of 122 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Montgomery, KY (122 per sq. mile ), Athens, OH (122 per sq. mile ), Rice, MN (122 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Tipton, TN (122 per sq. mile ), Clinton, MI (121 per sq. mile ), Montgomery, NY (121 per sq. mile ).

Since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated to Craighead from outside the country. The immigration into Craighead makes up 2.9 percent of the total migration into the State of Arkansas. This percent of international migration is medium-high 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 Craighead County, Arkansas

When compared to other counties in Arkansas, Craighead County is positioned 7 of 75 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 710 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

The residential real estate values in Craighead County, Arkansas have seen large increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $26,100, or 33 percent, from their 2000 value of $79,200.

Craighead County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $105,300, according to the American Community Survey. This home value is greater than the overall Arkansas 2005 home median value of $87,400 and less than home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

In Craighead County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 37,711 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 2,074 homes since 2001, or 5.8 percent.

There is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Craighead County, Arkansas. In 2005, 59.5 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Craighead County can be understood as having a medium percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 2.2 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Craighead County, with the industry averaging 49 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the US industry average of 39 and less than the Arkansas average of 56 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Craighead County, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing industry has a US LQ in the county of 1.56. The level of employment in the Manufacturing industry is 1.56 times greater than the national average, signifying that Craighead County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

In Craighead County, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance, and the Retail Trade industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 20.1 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 6,906 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade sectors account for 19.9 and 16 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Educational services has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Craighead County, changing a total of 72.9 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of 13.8 percent. The State of Arkansas encountered a change in industry employment of 8.2 percent, since the year 2001.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Craighead County. The industry lost a total of 1,292 jobs, or 15.8 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 46.9 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.







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