Kern County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Kern County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 7 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry makes up 26.9 percent of the growth in Kern County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (7 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (5 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (4 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (3 new jobs)
5. Other professional and technical services (3 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Kern County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 13 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 44.8 percent of the total employment decline in Kern County, California.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (13 jobs lost)
2. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (5 jobs lost)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (4 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (4 jobs lost)
5. Other heavy construction (1 jobs lost)

In Kern County, California, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 2 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

From the 18 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 7 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 10 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total employment has decreased by 0.1 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in California, which saw a gain of 2.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Kern County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other professional and technical services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 16.3 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Kern County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for California, where the industry felt a gain of 4.6 percent. The Other professional and technical services industry in Kern County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 4.5 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other professional and technical services (16.3 percent gain)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (14.0 percent gain)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (11.1 percent gain)
4. Grocery stores (10.4 percent gain)
5. Building equipment contractors (8.2 percent gain)

Kern County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 11 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the California, where the industry reported a gain of 0.1 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Kern County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 0.3 in percent of workers in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (11 percent decline)
2. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (9.7 percent decline)
3. Limited-service eating places (7.2 percent decline)
4. Other heavy construction (6.5 percent decline)
5. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (5.1 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 Kern County, California

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Kern County, California can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 20.8 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 36 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Kern County, having 31.8 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The areas median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $40,224, which represents a 3 percent decline. Kern County, California, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 16 of 23 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of California. Kern County ranks 560 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income level for the United States.

While the median household income saw a decline since 2000 in Kern County, California, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in the household income level was the White Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 6.9 percent since 2000. The Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Kern County, seeing a 21.3 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 36.6 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $26,312. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Kern County reported a median household income of $31,955, this median was 22.9 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $51,612. This median income level is 24.5 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Kern County, California White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $45,824 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 10.5 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Kern County, California , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $31,898, this median is 23.1 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

The poverty rate in Kern County, California has increased by 0.4 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 20.8 percent to 21.2 percent.

Compared to counties across the United States, Kern County had a medium-high median income for households of $41,472 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 34 percent lower than the household income median in State of California of $55,567 and this is 18.5 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

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