In Pulaski County, jobs in the business, computer and management training pay the highest wages

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Employment in the business, computer and management training industry paid the average highest wages in Pulaski County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Pulaski County received a wage of $93,857 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry wage in Arkansas of $68,493 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $48,823.

Top-pay jobs in Pulaski County, Arkansas exsists in securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($86,098), offices of physicians ($72,838), power generation and supply ($70,560) and wired telecommunications carriers ($69,998) 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.

Pulaski County Wages have increased by 15.0% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Pulaski County, Arkansas by a total of 15.0%. This is less than the growth in wages for the State of 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.

Pulaski County Industry Wages Exceed Arkansas, but Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Pulaski County, Arkansas when analyzed can be understood as being very high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 12.9 percent higher than the state, which was reported to be $30,584. The industry pay was less than the national industry average 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.

Pulaski County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Pulaski County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 299.3 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Pulaski County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Arkansas, where it saw a gain of 56 percent. The Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers industry in Pulaski County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers (299.3 percent gain)
2. Nondepository credit intermediation (154.8 percent gain)
3. Management and technical consulting services (123.6 percent gain)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (118.8 percent gain)
5. Cut and sew apparel manufacturing (78.3 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 2.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is less than growth in the State of Arkansas, which went through a gain of 3.0 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Pulaski County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Activities related to credit intermediation industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 82.3 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Arkansas, where the industry reported a loss of 38.9 percent. The losses in the Activities related to credit intermediation industry in Pulaski County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 49.5 percent in terms of employment in the Activities related to credit intermediation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to credit intermediation (82.3 percent decline)
2. ISPs and web search portals (81.9 percent decline)
3. Communications equipment manufacturing (78.6 percent decline)
4. Business, computer and management training (56.8 percent decline)
5. Electronic instrument manufacturing (55.8 percent decline)

Out of the 174 4-digit NAICS industries, 81 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 92 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Pulaski County, Arkansas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 5,309 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Pulaski County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,462 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Employment services industry makes up 8.2 percent of the total growth in Pulaski County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (1,462 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (1,208 new jobs)
3. Nondepository credit intermediation (930 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (881 new jobs)
5. Management and technical consulting services (773 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Pulaski County

The Wired telecommunications carriers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 1,277 jobs. The declines in the Wired telecommunications carriers industry make up 10.7 percent of the employment lost during the period in Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Wired telecommunications carriers (1,277 jobs lost)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (891 jobs lost)
3. Insurance carriers (673 jobs lost)
4. Computer systems design and related services (662 jobs lost)
5. Investigation and security services (612 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.

Pulaski County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Pulaski County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Taxi and limousine service industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 50.0 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Pulaski County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Arkansas, where this industry saw a gain of 5.5 percent. The Taxi and limousine service industry in Pulaski County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 4.2 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Taxi and limousine service (50.0 percent gain)
2. Other support services (32.7 percent gain)
3. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (23.9 percent gain)
4. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (22.9 percent gain)
5. Shoe stores (20.1 percent gain)

Pulaski County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 54.9 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 industry sector experienced a gain of 5.5 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Pulaski County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 12.1 in percent of workers in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (54.9 percent decline)
2. Other heavy construction (40.7 percent decline)
3. Spring and wire product manufacturing (38.2 percent decline)
4. Other miscellaneous store retailers (33 percent decline)
5. Vegetable and melon farming (31.4 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 0.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than percent in Arkansas, which saw a gain of 2.3 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Pulaski County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 642 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry make up 13.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Pulaski County, Arkansas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (642 jobs lost)
2. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (331 jobs lost)
3. Textile and fabric finishing mills (155 jobs lost)
4. Other miscellaneous store retailers (140 jobs lost)
5. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (135 jobs lost)

In Pulaski County, Arkansas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 1,824 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Pulaski County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Colleges and universities industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 707 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Colleges and universities industry makes up 10.9 percent of the total employment growth in Pulaski County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Colleges and universities (707 new jobs)
2. Depository credit intermediation (353 new jobs)
3. General medical and surgical hospitals (349 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (198 new jobs)
5. Investigation and security services (195 new jobs)

From the 191 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 94 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 97 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.





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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 Pulaski County, Arkansas

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Pulaski County had a medium-high median income for households of $44,600 (2005 Dollars). This median is 15.6 percent higher than the median in Arkansas of $37,653 and this is 10.2 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Pulaski County reported a median household income of $45,442, which was 1.9 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $48,434. This median is 8.6 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Hispanic Householders in Pulaski County, Arkansas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $37,518, this income level is 15.9 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. In Pulaski County, Arkansas White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $51,859 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 16.3 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 31.9 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $30,369.

As the median income level saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Pulaski County, Arkansas, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in median income was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 13.3 percent from 2000 to 2005. The Asian Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Pulaski County, encountering a 50.4 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

The poverty rate in Pulaski County, Arkansas has increased by 1.0 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 13.3 percent to 14.3 percent.

The areas median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $40,421, which represents a 9.4 percent decline. Pulaski County, Arkansas, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 5 of 9 counties in percent of decline for income levels in the State of Arkansas. Pulaski County ranks 258 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income in the US.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Pulaski County, Arkansas can be recognized as having a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 13.3 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 25.5 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Pulaski County, accounting 23.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

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

Higher Education in Pulaski County, Arkansas

Pulaski County, Arkansas can be considered to have a highly-educated population of the working age, with 28.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Pulaski was reported to have a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Arkansas's proportion of 16.6 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

From the year 2000, Pulaski has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 3.2 percent to a total of 31.4 in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The poporation of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the porportion of Arkansas percent of 18.8 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Pulaski County, Arkansas, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 30 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Pulaski have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 30 percent (Men) versus 26.4 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree, with 29.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 3.4 percent. As reported in 2005, 33.4 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 3.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 29.8 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

In Pulaski County, Arkansas according the 2000 Decennial Census, 32.8 percent of the White Alone, 15.6 percent of Black or African American, 48 percent of the Asian alone and 16.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

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

Demographic Profile for Pulaski County, Arkansas

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Pulaski County, Arkansas to be 36.4 years old. The median age in Pulaski is less than the median age in Arkansas of 37.0. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 35.0 years of age. A total of 25.2 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Pulaski can be described as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 63.1 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 11.8 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Pulaski County, Arkansas had a total estimated population of 366,463 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 361,702. This growth signifies an increase of 1.3 percent. Pulaski ranks 7 of 75 counties when calculating total change in population for Arkansas and the county ranks 519 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

Pulaski County, Arkansas has a population that is made up of 59.7 percent White, 33.8 percent African American, 1.5 percent Asian, and 3.2 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 38.5 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of Arkansas percent of 21.2. Since 2000, Pulaski has increased in diversity when 35.6 percent of the population were minorities.

When measuring the total land area, Pulaski covers a total land area of 771 square miles. The land areas has a medium-high population density of 475 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Marin, CA (475 per sq. mile ), Washtenaw, MI (482 per sq. mile ), Atlantic, NJ (483 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- San Joaquin, CA (475 per sq. mile ), Cumberland, NC (467 per sq. mile ), Sedgwick, KS (466 per sq. mile ).

Since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people have migrated to Pulaski internationally. The migration from outside the US into Pulaski makes up 12 percent of the total migration into the State of Arkansas. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

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

Housing Report for Pulaski County, Arkansas

Pulaski County is made up of a relatively high proportion of high-valued homes. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 2.4 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

The residential housing values in Pulaski County, Arkansas have seen large increases since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $29,100, or 34.1 percent, since their values in that year of $85,300.

Throughout the State of Arkansas, Pulaski County ranks 9 of 75 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 936 of 3,141, compared to residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Pulaski County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $114,400, reported by the American Community Survey. This median is greater than the Arkansas 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $87,400 and less than home value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

According to the data, there is a average amount of homes that are affordable in Pulaski County, Arkansas. In 2005, 54.9 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

In Pulaski County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 170,520 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a medium-high level of growth, adding in all 7,448 residential units since 2001, or 4.6 percent.

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

In Pulaski County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Health care and social assistance produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 15.5 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 30,180 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries make up 12.8 and 8.9 percent of total employment, respectively.

Educational services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Pulaski County, rising by 21.2 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of 13.8 percent. The State of Arkansas went through a industry job change of 8.2 percent, during the time since 2001.

In Pulaski County, Transportation and Warehousing, Information and Management of companies and enterprises are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Transportation and Warehousing industry has a US LQ in the county of 1.72. This means the percent of total employment in the Transportation and Warehousing sector is 1.72 times greater than the national average, signifying that Pulaski specializes in Transportation and Warehousing.

Mining has the largest employers in Pulaski County. The industry averages 67 employees per business. This is greater than the US industry average of 21 and greater than the State of Arkansas average of 13 for the Mining industry.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Pulaski County. The sector dealt with a loss of 2,854 employees during the period, or 15.1 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 52.1 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.







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