Coconino County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Given the 31 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 15 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 15 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Coconino County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building material and supplies dealers industry has added the most employment with 130 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building material and supplies dealers industry makes up 56.6 percent of the total employment growth in Coconino County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (130 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (32 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (30 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (7 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (7 new jobs)

In Coconino County, Arizona, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 174 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Coconino County

Given the industries in the area, the Building finishing contractors industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 23 jobs. The declines in the Building finishing contractors industry make up 25.2 percent of the total job loss in Coconino County, Arizona.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (23 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (19 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (14 jobs lost)
4. Unclassified (6 jobs lost)
5. Health and personal care stores (5 jobs lost)

Employment for all industries has increased by 2.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than growth in Arizona, which went through a gain of 5.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Coconino County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building material and supplies dealers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 270.1 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Coconino County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Arizona, where the industry felt a gain of 17.5 percent. The Building material and supplies dealers industry in Coconino County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 4.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (270.1 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (47.7 percent gain)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (42.9 percent gain)
4. Gasoline stations (21.7 percent gain)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (18.1 percent gain)

Coconino County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 78.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Arizona, where the industry reported a gain of 15.5 percent. The losses in the Building finishing contractors industry in Coconino County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.4 percent in terms of employees in the Building finishing contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (78.2 percent decline)
2. Unclassified (52.9 percent decline)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (26.7 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (25 percent decline)
5. Automobile dealers (17.8 percent decline)





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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 Coconino County, Arizona

Compared to counties across the United States, Coconino County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $44,760 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 6 percent lower than the median in State of Arizona of $47,453 and this is 9.8 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

As the median income level saw a decline since 2000 in Coconino County, Arizona, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median household income was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 30.6 percent since the year 2000. The Asian Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Coconino County, experiencing a 3.5 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

The areas median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $41,184, which represents a 8 percent decline. Coconino County, Arizona, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 3 of 10 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Arizona. Coconino County ranks 332 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median household income in the United States.

The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Coconino County reported an income level of $31,640, which was 29.3 percent less than the median income level in this area. Hispanic headed households in Coconino County, Arizona reported a median household income of $40,282, this income level is 10 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 29.3 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $31,653. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $58,168. This median income level is 30 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. In Coconino County, Arizona White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $48,805 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 9 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Coconino County, Arizona may be understood as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 18.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 32.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Coconino County, accounting 25.5 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The poverty rate in Coconino County, Arizona has declined by 0.3 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 18.2 percent to 17.9 percent.

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