In Coconino County, jobs in the electronic markets and agents and brokers pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the electronic markets and agents and brokers industry reported the top wages in Coconino County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Coconino County earned an annual wage of $78,935 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Arizona of $61,983 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $67,074.

High-wage employment in Coconino County, Arizona are present in electric goods merchant wholesalers ($78,171), offices of physicians ($64,440), management of companies and enterprises ($55,289) and commercial equip. merchant wholesalers ($55,142) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail 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.

Coconino County Wages have increased by 20.8% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Coconino County, Arizona by a total of 20.8%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of Arizona 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.

Coconino County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Coconino County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Printing and related support activities industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 80.9 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Arizona, where the industry reported a loss of 17 percent. The losses in the Printing and related support activities industry in Coconino County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 18.2 percent in terms of employment in the Printing and related support activities industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Printing and related support activities (80.9 percent decline)
2. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (79.7 percent decline)
3. Emergency and other relief services (66.3 percent decline)
4. Machinery and equipment rental and leasing (53.3 percent decline)
5. Specialized freight trucking (47.9 percent decline)

Coconino County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 773.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Coconino County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Arizona, where this industry saw a gain of 1.6 percent. The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Coconino County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 1.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (773.7 percent gain)
2. Social advocacy organizations (279.2 percent gain)
3. Activities related to credit intermediation (228.9 percent gain)
4. Used merchandise stores (227.5 percent gain)
5. Automotive equipment rental and leasing (224.1 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 16 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in the State of Arizona, which experienced a gain of 16.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Of the 110 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 33 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 77 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Coconino County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Traveler accommodation industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 779 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Traveler accommodation industry makes up 12.5 percent of the total growth in Coconino County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (779 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (627 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (290 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (282 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (239 new jobs)

In Coconino County, Arizona, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 6,113 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Coconino County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 236 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry make up 16.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Coconino County, Arizona.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (236 jobs lost)
2. Printing and related support activities (166 jobs lost)
3. Specialized freight trucking (113 jobs lost)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (90 jobs lost)
5. Special food services (72 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.

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)





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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 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.

Higher Education in Coconino County, Arizona

Coconino County, Arizona has a highly-educated 2000 population, with 30 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Coconino counted a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Arizona's proportion of 23.6 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

From the year 2000, Coconino has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 1.8 percent to a total of 31.8 in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proporation of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the 2005 State of Arizona percent of 25.6 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Coconino County, Arizona, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 31.8 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Coconino on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 30.4 percent (Men) versus 29.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree, with 32.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 1.0 percent. By 2005, 31 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 3.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 32.8 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

In Coconino County, Arizona as reported in the 2000 Census, 38.6 percent of the White Alone, 21.8 percent of Black or African American, 49.2 percent of the Asian alone and 15.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

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

Demographic Profile for Coconino County, Arizona

Since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated to Coconino internationally. The migration from outside the US into Coconino totals 0.7 percent of the total migration into the State of Arizona. This amount of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Coconino County, Arizona had an estimated population of 123,866 in 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 116,667. This growth denotes an increase of 6.2 percent. Coconino ranks 9 of 15 counties when analyzing total population change in Arizona and the county ranks 403 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

When calculating the total land area, Coconino encompasses a total area of 18617 square miles. The county has a very low population density of 7 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Duval, TX (7 per sq. mile ), Meade, SD (7 per sq. mile ), Thomas, KS (7 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Mills, TX (7 per sq. mile ), Lynn, TX (7 per sq. mile ), Furnas, NE (7 per sq. mile ).

Coconino County, Arizona has a population that is made of 55.6 percent White, 1.1 percent African American, 1 percent Asian, and 11.7 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 13.8 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Arizona percent of 33.7. Since 2000, Coconino has increased the percent of minority makeup when 12.7 percent of the people were minorities.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Coconino County, Arizona to be 30.2 years old. The median in Coconino is less than the median age in Arizona of 34.5. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median, when the median age was 29.5 years old. A total of 27.1 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Coconino can be understood as being made up of a relatively high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively high presence of the population, with 65.3 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 7.7 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a relatively low percent of the population.

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

Housing Report for Coconino County, Arizona

The residential housing values in Coconino County, Arizona have seen large increases since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $71,000, or 49.8 percent, since their values in that year of $142,500.

Coconino County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $213,500, accounted by the American Community Survey. This median is greater than the overall State of Arizona 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $185,400 and greater than home value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

According to the data, there is a fair amount of affordable housing in Coconino County, Arizona. In 2005, 32.6 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

Coconino County can be understood as having a relatively high proportion of high-valued homes. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 9.8 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

Throughout the State of Arizona, Coconino County stands 8 of 15 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 555 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

In Coconino County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 58,104 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 3,731 homes since 2001, or 6.9 percent.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Coconino County, Arizona -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Coconino County, Accommodation and food services, Arts, entertainment, and recreation and Health care and social assistance are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Accommodation and food services sector has a United State LQ of 2.62. The level of employment in the Accommodation and food services sector is 2.62 times greater than the national average, signifying that Coconino County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Accommodation and food services.

In Coconino County, Accommodation and food services, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Accommodation and food services provides the most jobs and contributes 25.7 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 10,872 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 16.2 and 15.3 percent of total employment, respectively.

Coconino County ranks 6 of 16 total Counties throughout Arizona in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 5 of 16 Counties.

Administrative and waste services from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Coconino County, rising by 49.1 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 4.5 percent. The State of Arizona saw a change in employment in the sector of 16.2 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Coconino County. In the County, the industry averages 35 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and less than the Arizona average establishment size of 37 for the Manufacturing industry.







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