In Phillips County, jobs in the employment services pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the employment services industry paid the average highest wages in Phillips County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Phillips County received an annual wage of $50,011 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry wage in Arkansas of $16,675 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $24,977.

High-wage employment in Phillips County, Arkansas can be found in machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($34,447), offices of physicians ($34,355), farm product raw material merch. whls. ($33,224) and warehousing and storage ($32,916) 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.

Phillips County Wages have increased by 17.9% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Phillips County, Arkansas by a total of 17.9%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Arkansas and greater 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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Phillips County, Arkansas can be described as medium-low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 20.3 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $30,584. The average pay 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.

Phillips County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Phillips County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 83 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry make up 23.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Phillips County, Arkansas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (83 jobs lost)
2. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (58 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (45 jobs lost)
4. Lessors of real estate (35 jobs lost)
5. Automobile dealers (26 jobs lost)

In Phillips County, Arkansas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 742 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Out of the 33 4-digit NAICS industries, 18 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 15 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Phillips County

The Individual and family services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 95 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Individual and family services industry makes up 28.5 percent of the total number of new jobs in Phillips County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (95 new jobs)
2. Oilseed and grain farming (77 new jobs)
3. Child day care services (31 new jobs)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (23 new jobs)
5. Warehousing and storage (21 new jobs)

Phillips County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Electronics and appliance stores industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 156.8 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Phillips County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Arkansas, where the industry felt a loss of 6.3 percent. The Electronics and appliance stores industry in Phillips County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 2.7 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronics and appliance stores (156.8 percent gain)
2. Personal care services (100.0 percent gain)
3. Oilseed and grain farming (74.4 percent gain)
4. Warehousing and storage (59.0 percent gain)
5. Individual and family services (53.6 percent gain)

Phillips County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 55.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Arkansas, where the it saw a loss of 19 percent. The losses in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Phillips County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 1.8 percent in terms of employees in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (55.8 percent decline)
2. Clothing stores (54.8 percent decline)
3. Private households (48.1 percent decline)
4. Automobile dealers (46.4 percent decline)
5. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (45.4 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 13.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in Arkansas, experiencing a gain of 3.0 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States 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.

Phillips County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 218 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 119 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 99 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Phillips County, Arkansas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 4,735 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Phillips County

The Private households industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,207 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Private households industry make up 8.6 percent of the total employment decline in Phillips County, Arkansas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (1,207 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (1,093 jobs lost)
3. Insurance carriers (639 jobs lost)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (614 jobs lost)
5. Colleges and universities (487 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Phillips County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Individual and family services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 3,000 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Individual and family services industry makes up 15.6 percent of the total number of new jobs in Phillips County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (3,000 new jobs)
2. Traveler accommodation (1,643 new jobs)
3. General medical and surgical hospitals (1,505 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (1,388 new jobs)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (1,001 new jobs)

Total employment has increased by 0.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in the State of Arkansas, experiencing a gain of 2.3 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Phillips County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Junior colleges industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 169.4 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Phillips County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Arkansas, where the industry took a gain of 4.4 percent. The Junior colleges industry in Phillips County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 1.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Junior colleges (169.4 percent gain)
2. Taxi and limousine service (120.8 percent gain)
3. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (80.4 percent gain)
4. Support activities for rail transportation (40.4 percent gain)
5. Waste collection (40.1 percent gain)

Phillips County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 74.9 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Arkansas, where the industry felt a gain of 0.6 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Phillips 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 (74.9 percent decline)
2. Unclassified (67.8 percent decline)
3. Wireless telecommunications carriers (56.7 percent decline)
4. Textile furnishings mills (49.2 percent decline)
5. Software publishers (42.3 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.

Income and Poverty in Phillips County, Arkansas

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Phillips County, Arkansas can be considered to have a very high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 32.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 47.6 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Phillips County, accounting 56.9 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Phillips County reported a very low median income for all households of $26,010 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 44.8 percent lower than the median in State of Arkansas of $37,653 and the median household income is 88.9 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Phillips County reported a median household income of $146,897, this level was 464.8 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area. Hispanic headed households in Phillips County, Arkansas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $19,013, this median household income is 26.9 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $37,075. This income level is 42.5 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 28.4 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $18,632. In Phillips County, Arkansas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $37,701 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 44.9 percent greater than the median income in 2000.







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

Higher Education in Phillips County, Arkansas

In Phillips County, Arkansas as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 16.6 percent of the White Alone, 8 percent of Black or African American, 40.6 percent of the Asian alone and 5 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Phillips County, Arkansas has a moderately-educated working age population, with 12.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Phillips 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 2000, the Census reported that in Phillips County, Arkansas, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 39.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Phillips on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 12.6 percent (Men) versus 12.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is Less than High School, with 36.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Phillips County, Arkansas

Estimated since the year 2000, a low amount of people migrated to Phillips internationally. The international migration into Phillips totals 0.1 percent of the total migration into the State of Arkansas. This percent of international migration is low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

When measuring the total land area, Phillips covers a total land area of 693 square miles. This area has a low population density of 35 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Mills, IA (35 per sq. mile ), Fairfield, SC (35 per sq. mile ), Metcalfe, KY (35 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Decatur, TN (35 per sq. mile ), Brantley, GA (35 per sq. mile ), Juneau, WI (35 per sq. mile ).

Phillips County, Arkansas had a total estimated population of 24,107 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased sharply, since its 2000 population of 26,282. The decline signifies a decrease of -8.3 percent. Phillips ranks 73 of 75 counties when calculating total change in population for Arkansas and the county ranks 3,072 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

Phillips County, Arkansas has a population base that is comprised of 36.4 percent White, 60.9 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 1.5 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very high level of diversity, with 62.9 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is greater than the State of Arkansas percent of 21.2. Since 2000, Phillips has increased the percent of minority population when 60.5 percent of the population were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Phillips County, Arkansas to be 34.1 years old. The median in Phillips is less than the median age in the State of Arkansas of 37.0. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 33.1 years old. With a total of 31 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Phillips can be described as being made up of a relatively high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low presence of the 2005 population base, with 54.9 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 14.1 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.

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

Housing Report for Phillips County, Arkansas

Phillips County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $46,900, according to the Decennial Census. This is less than the overall Arkansas 2000 home value of $72,800 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

In Phillips County, the real estate market was made up of 10,975 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a total of 64 residential structures since 2001, a change of 0.6 percent.

Throughout the State of Arkansas, Phillips County is positioned 73 of 75 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 2,840 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

It can be understood that there is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Phillips County, Arkansas. In 2000, 92.5 percent of housing was valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Transportation and Warehousing is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Phillips County, rising by 45.2 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of -1 percent. The State of Arkansas saw a change in employment in the sector of 3.9 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

In Phillips County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Health care and social assistance is the major employer in the county making up 22.9 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 1,117 people employed. The Retail Trade and Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sectors provide 18.5 and 10 percent of industry employment.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Phillips County. The sector faced a loss of 381 jobs, or 47.9 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 41.2 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

Phillips County is ranked at 40 of 76 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of Arkansas in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 36 of 76 Counties.

The Manufacturing has seen the largest decrease in industry presence in Phillips County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 14.3 percent of total employment in 2001 to 8.5 percent in 2005.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Phillips County, with the industry averaging 32 jobs per place of business. This is less than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and less than the Arkansas typical size of 56 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Phillips County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Health care and social assistance and Wholesale trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has an LQ of 9.49. This means the percent of total employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is 9.49 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Phillips County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.



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