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

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People with jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry reported the top wages in Washington County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Washington County received an annual wage of $93,965 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the average industry wage in 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 Washington County, Arkansas can be found in medical and diagnostic laboratories ($93,062), nonscheduled air transportation ($87,402), management of companies and enterprises ($81,920) and electronic markets and agents and brokers ($79,346) 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.

Washington County Wages have increased by 25.0% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Washington County, Arkansas by a total of 25.0%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Arkansas and greater 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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Washington County, Arkansas when analyzed can be described as relatively high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 3.6 percent higher than the state, which was reported to be $30,584. 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.

Washington County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Out of the 125 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 36 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 88 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Washington County, Arkansas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 8,989 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Washington County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 1,115 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 9.5 percent of the growth in Washington County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (1,115 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (678 new jobs)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (649 new jobs)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (633 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (620 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Washington County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Employment services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 582 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Employment services industry make up 20.8 percent of the total employment decline in Washington County, Arkansas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (582 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (469 jobs lost)
3. Business support services (337 jobs lost)
4. Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty (229 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (156 jobs lost)

Washington County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Activities related to credit intermediation industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 429.7 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Washington County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Arkansas, where the industry felt a loss of 38.9 percent. The Activities related to credit intermediation industry in Washington County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 49.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to credit intermediation (429.7 percent gain)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (282.0 percent gain)
3. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (133.3 percent gain)
4. Outpatient care centers (121.1 percent gain)
5. Individual and family services (101.9 percent gain)

Washington County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Business support services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 69 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 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 reported a loss of 1.3 percent. The losses in the Business support services industry in Washington County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 0.8 in percent of workers in the Business support services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (69 percent decline)
2. ISPs and web search portals (54.1 percent decline)
3. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (39.9 percent decline)
4. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (38 percent decline)
5. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (37.8 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 12.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in the State of Arkansas, which experienced a gain of 3.0 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level 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.

Washington County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Washington County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the General freight trucking industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 12 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the General freight trucking industry makes up 21.8 percent of the growth in Washington County.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (12 new jobs)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (8 new jobs)
3. Sawmills and wood preservation (7 new jobs)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (7 new jobs)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (6 new jobs)

In Washington County, Arkansas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 94 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Out of the 38 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 25 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 11 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Washington County

The Building equipment contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 36 jobs. The declines in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 33.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Washington County, Arkansas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (36 jobs lost)
2. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (11 jobs lost)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (7 jobs lost)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (7 jobs lost)
5. Residential building construction (6 jobs lost)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 2 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in the State of Arkansas, which saw a gain of 2.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Washington County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Electronics and appliance stores industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 67.6 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Washington County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Arkansas, where it saw a gain of 0.7 percent. The Electronics and appliance stores industry in Washington County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 3.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronics and appliance stores (67.6 percent gain)
2. RV parks and recreational camps (30.0 percent gain)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (28.2 percent gain)
4. General freight trucking (22.4 percent gain)
5. Sawmills and wood preservation (14.1 percent gain)

Washington County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 61.9 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 sector has gone through in the Arkansas, where the industry reported a gain of 6.2 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Washington County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5.5 percent in terms of employment in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (61.9 percent decline)
2. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (31.7 percent decline)
3. Other miscellaneous store retailers (26.8 percent decline)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (15.8 percent decline)
5. Legal services (12.2 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 Washington County, Arkansas

The rate of poverty in Washington County, Arkansas has increased by 1.1 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 14.6 percent to 15.7 percent.

While the median household income saw a decline since 2000 in Washington County, Arkansas, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in household income was the Black or African American category. This group felt a decline of 47.7 percent from 2000 to 2005. The American Indian and Alaska Native population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Washington County, encountering a 110.1 percent increase in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Washington County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $40,588 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 7.2 percent higher than the median income in State of Arkansas of $37,653 and the median is 21.1 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Washington County, Arkansas can be considered to have a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 14.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 29.9 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Washington County, accounting 19.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

In Washington County, Arkansas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $41,632 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 2.6 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 29.8 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $28,482. Hispanic households in Washington County, Arkansas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $34,765, this median household income is 14.3 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $31,636. This median is 22.1 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Washington County had a median income of $29,853, this was 26.4 percent less than the areas median level for all households.

The areas median household income has declined a small amount from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $39,861, which represents a 1.8 percent decline. Washington County, Arkansas, when analyzing percentage of decline, ranks 9 of 9 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Arkansas. Washington County ranks 616 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income level for the United States.

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

Higher Education in Washington County, Arkansas

Washington County, Arkansas may to understood as having a highly-educated population of the working age, with 24.6 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Washington was reported to have a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Arkansas's proportion of 16.6 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 3.6 percent. By the year 2005, 29.6 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 4.0 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 27.4 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

In Washington County, Arkansas according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 24.8 percent of the White Alone, 25 percent of Black or African American, 55.8 percent of the Asian alone and 6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Since the year 2000, Washington has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.8 percent to a total of 28.4 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 State of Arkansas percent of 18.8 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Washington County, Arkansas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 29.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Washington have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 25.6 percent (Men) versus 23.4 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a High School Diploma, with 31.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

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

Demographic Profile for Washington County, Arkansas

By measuring total land area, Washington extends a total area of 950 square miles. This area has a medium-low density of 190 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Johnson, IA (191 per sq. mile ), Lowndes, GA (192 per sq. mile ), Adams, PA (192 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Macon, IL (190 per sq. mile ), Loudon, TN (190 per sq. mile ), Schuylkill, PA (189 per sq. mile ).

Washington County, Arkansas had an estimated population of 180,357 in the year 2005. The population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 158,651. This growth signifies an increase of 13.7 percent. Washington ranks 2 of 75 counties when calculating total change in population for Arkansas and the county ranks 154 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

Washington County, Arkansas has a population that is made of 79.6 percent White, 2.5 percent African American, 1.9 percent Asian, and 12.4 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high level of diversity, with 16.8 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Arkansas percent of 21.2. Since 2000, Washington has increased the percent of minority makeup when 12.0 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Washington County, Arkansas to be 31.3 years old. The median in Washington 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, at that time the median was 30.8 years old. With 25.2 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Washington can be understood as being made up of a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high presence of the 2005 population base, with 65.4 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 9.4 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a relatively low proportion of the population.

From 2000, a very high number of individuals have migrated to Washington from another country. The international migration into Washington accounts for 21.6 percent of the total migration into the State of Arkansas. This percent of immigration can be considered very high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

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

Housing Report for Washington County, Arkansas

In Washington County, the census reported 77,035 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a total of 10,559 residential structures since 2001, a change of 15.9 percent.

The residential housing values in Washington County, Arkansas have seen large increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $46,200, or 51.3 percent, since their values in that year of $90,100.

Throughout the State of Arkansas, Washington County stands 2 of 75 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 98 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Washington County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $136,300, according to the American Community Survey. This value is greater than the overall State of Arkansas 2005 home median value of $87,400 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

There seems to be a fair amount affordable residential real estate in Washington County, Arkansas. In 2005, 43.5 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Washington County has a medium percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 3.6 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Washington is the County that is ranked 3 of 76 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of Arkansas 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 2 of 76 Counties.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Washington County, with the industry averaging 69 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the State of Arkansas average of 56 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Washington County, Management of companies and enterprises, Transportation and Warehousing and Manufacturing have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Management of companies and enterprises sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.89. The level of employment in the Management of companies and enterprises industry is 1.89 times greater than the national average, signifying that Washington specializes in Management of companies and enterprises.

In Washington County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 20.5 percent of total employment in the county, making up 15,694 individuals. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 14.9 and 12.4 percent of total employment, respectively.

Mining has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Washington County, increasing by 300 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of 4.7 percent. The State of Arkansas went through a industry job change of 7.3 percent, since the year 2001.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Washington County. The sector dealt with a loss of 551 jobs, or 3.4 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 42.1 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).