In Yuma County, jobs in the office administrative services pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the office administrative services industry wages were the highest in Yuma County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Yuma County received a wage of $81,197 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry pay the State of Arizona of $51,145 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $61,535.

Other high-paying jobs in Yuma County, Arizona can be found in electric goods merchant wholesalers ($61,470), nondepository credit intermediation ($60,316), oilseed and grain farming ($55,478) and machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($54,571) 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.

Yuma County Wages have increased by 28.3% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Yuma County, Arizona by a total of 28.3%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Arizona and greater than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

Yuma County Industry Wages Lag Behind Arizona, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The overall industry wages in Yuma County, Arizona can be described as relatively low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 31.7 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $38,247. The overall 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.

Yuma County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Yuma County

Given the industries in the area, the Department stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 834 jobs. The declines in the Department stores industry make up 33.9 percent of the total job loss in Yuma County, Arizona.

Top 5 Industries
1. Department stores (834 jobs lost)
2. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (270 jobs lost)
3. Fruit and tree nut farming (249 jobs lost)
4. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (163 jobs lost)
5. Other crop farming (139 jobs lost)

In Yuma County, Arizona, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 7,832 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 98 4-digit NAICS industries, 34 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 63 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Yuma County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other general merchandise stores industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 1,149 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Other general merchandise stores industry makes up 14.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Yuma County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (1,149 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (579 new jobs)
3. Building finishing contractors (507 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (469 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (464 new jobs)

Total employment has increased by 20.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Arizona, which went through 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.

Yuma County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 475.4 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Yuma County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Arizona, where this industry saw a gain of 186.7 percent. The Other general merchandise stores industry in Yuma County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 31.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (475.4 percent gain)
2. Management and technical consulting services (412.3 percent gain)
3. Building finishing contractors (223.5 percent gain)
4. Office administrative services (200.9 percent gain)
5. Home furnishings stores (159.0 percent gain)

Yuma County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 62.3 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 Arizona, where the industry felt a gain of 59.8 percent. The losses in the Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers industry in Yuma County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 21.3 in percent of workers in the Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (62.3 percent decline)
2. Department stores (62.3 percent decline)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (61.4 percent decline)
4. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (61 percent decline)
5. Fruit and tree nut farming (51.3 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 Yuma County, Arizona

Compared to counties across the United States, Yuma County was reported to have a medium-low household income of $37,653 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 26 percent lower than the median in State of Arizona of $47,453 and the median household income is 30.5 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Yuma County, Arizona may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 19.2 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 30.1 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 6 to 11 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Yuma County, having 30 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The poverty rate in Yuma County, Arizona has declined by 0.8 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 19.2 percent to 18.4 percent.

The household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $35,956, which amounts to a 4.5 percent decline. Yuma County, Arizona, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 5 of 10 counties in percent of decline for household income in Arizona. Yuma County ranks 487 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of decline in median income in the US.

As the median household income witnessed a decline in the last five year in Yuma County, Arizona, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in the household income level was the American Indian and Alaska Native category. This category saw a decline of 25 percent since the year 2000. The Hispanic Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Yuma County, experiencing a 2.1 percent decline in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

Hispanic households in Yuma County, Arizona reported a median household income of $31,090, this income level is 17.4 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Yuma County, Arizona White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $40,197 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 6.8 percent greater than the median in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $42,413. This income level is 12.6 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Yuma County had a median income of $30,669, this level was 18.5 percent less than the median income level in this area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 6.9 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $35,058.

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

Higher Education in Yuma County, Arizona

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 1.0 percent. By 2005, 14 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 2.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 13.2 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Yuma County, Arizona has a moderately-educated working age population, with 11.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Yuma was reported to have a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Arizona's proportion of 23.6 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Yuma County, Arizona, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 35 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Yuma have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 13 percent (Men) versus 10.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a Less than High School, with 33.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Yuma County, Arizona according the 2000 Decennial Census, 13.8 percent of the White Alone, 12.6 percent of Black or African American, 25.4 percent of the Asian alone and 4.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

From 2000, Yuma has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 1.8 percent to a total of 13.6 in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proporation of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the porportion in the State of Arizona percent of 25.6 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

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

Demographic Profile for Yuma County, Arizona

Yuma County, Arizona has a population that is made of 40.4 percent White, 1.8 percent African American, 0.9 percent Asian, and 55.1 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 57.8 percent minorities. This is greater than the State of Arizona percent of 33.7. Since 2000, Yuma has increased the percent of minority makeup when 53.4 percent of the population were minorities.

From 2000, a very high amount of people have migrated to Yuma internationally. The international migration into Yuma totals 3.7 percent of the total migration into the State of Arizona. This percent of immigration can be considered very high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

In terms of total land area, Yuma covers a total land area of 5514 square miles. This area has a low average population density of of 33 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Jackson, OK (33 per sq. mile ), Allen, LA (33 per sq. mile ), Turner, GA (33 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Ballard, KY (33 per sq. mile ), Gates, NC (33 per sq. mile ), Mississippi, MO (33 per sq. mile ).

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Yuma County, Arizona to be 33.9 years of age. The median age in Yuma is less than the median age for the State of Arizona of 34.5. Since the year 2000, the area has seen no change in this median, when at that time it was 33.9 years old. A total of 29.2 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Yuma can be described as being made up of a relatively high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 53.4 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 17.4 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population.

Yuma County, Arizona had an estimated population of 181,277 in 2005. The estimated population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 160,753. This growth shows an increase of 12.8 percent. Yuma ranks 6 of 15 counties in terms of population growth in Arizona and the county ranks 163 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

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

Housing Report for Yuma County, Arizona

Yuma County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $106,800, published by the American Community Survey. This is less than the State of Arizona 2005 home value of $185,400 and less than home value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

The residential real estate values in Yuma County, Arizona have seen large increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $21,700, or 25.5 percent, from their 2000 value of $85,100.

Throughout the State of Arizona, Yuma County ranks 6 of 15 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 327 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Yuma County is made up of a medium proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 1.3 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

In Yuma County, the census reported 83,186 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding all together 7,230 homes since 2001, or 9.5 percent.

There seems to be a large amount of housing that is affordable in Yuma County, Arizona. In 2005, 61.1 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Educational services is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Yuma County, with an employment growth of 82.2 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 13.8 percent. The State of Arizona had an industry job change of 50.9 percent, in the last 5 years.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting has the largest businesses in Yuma County, with the industry averaging 64 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 12 and greater than the Arizona average of 25 for the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry.

Wholesale trade between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Yuma County. The sector dealt with a loss of 332 employees during the period, or 17.3 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 83.6 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

In Yuma County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Construction and Retail Trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector has a United State LQ of 27.24. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 27.24 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Yuma specializes in Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

In Yuma County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting is the major employer in the county making up 28.6 percent of total employment in the county, making up 14,659 employees. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 14.4 and 10.7 percent of the total jobs, respectively.







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