Imperial County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Imperial County, California, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 77 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 30 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 14 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 15 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Imperial County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Individual and family services industry has grown the most with 26 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Individual and family services industry makes up 22.2 percent of the total employment growth in Imperial County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (26 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (24 new jobs)
3. Residential building construction (23 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (10 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (10 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Imperial County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Gasoline stations industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 18 jobs. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 23.9 percent of the total job loss in Imperial County, California.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (18 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (14 jobs lost)
3. Logging (13 jobs lost)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (5 jobs lost)
5. Architectural and engineering services (4 jobs lost)

Imperial County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Architectural and engineering services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 33.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the California, where the it saw a gain of 6.5 percent. The losses in the Architectural and engineering services industry in Imperial County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5.5 percent in terms of employees in the Architectural and engineering services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and engineering services (33.3 percent decline)
2. Computer systems design and related services (33.3 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (19.3 percent decline)
4. Logging (16.6 percent decline)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (13 percent decline)

Imperial County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 66.1 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Imperial County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in California, where the industry felt a gain of 3.9 percent. The Other specialty trade contractors industry in Imperial County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (66.1 percent gain)
2. Residential building construction (38.2 percent gain)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (34.8 percent gain)
4. Individual and family services (30.6 percent gain)
5. Building equipment contractors (27.5 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 2.5 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in California, which experienced a gain of 2.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 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.

Income and Poverty in Imperial County, California

As the median income level saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Imperial County, California, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in median income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 19.3 percent since the year 2000. The Hispanic Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Imperial County, undergoing a 0.4 percent decline in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Imperial County had a medium-low median household income of $37,288 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 49 percent lower than the median in California of $55,567 and this is 31.8 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The poverty rate in Imperial County, California has declined by 1.1 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 22.6 percent to 21.5 percent.

The household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $35,533, representing a 4.7 percent decline. Imperial County, California, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 11 of 23 counties in percent of decline for household income in California. Imperial County ranks 479 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in household income across the nation.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Imperial County, California may be understood as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 22.6 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 29.7 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Imperial County, having 30.6 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

In Imperial County, California White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $41,131 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 10.3 percent greater than the median in 2000. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $52,306. This income level is 40.3 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 4.4 percent greater than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $38,925. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Imperial County had a median income of $29,692, this median was 20.4 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. Hispanic headed households in Imperial County, California , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $32,873, this income level is 11.8 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

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