Lassen County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Lassen County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 58.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Lassen County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of California, where this industry saw a gain of 3.9 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Lassen County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 5.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (58.1 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (19.8 percent gain)
3. Full-service restaurants (18.0 percent gain)
4. Legal services (14.7 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (9.3 percent gain)

Lassen County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 27.2 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the California, where the it saw a gain of 3.9 percent. The losses in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Lassen County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5 in percent of workers in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (27.2 percent decline)
2. Other general merchandise stores (6 percent decline)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (1.4 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 7.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in California, which experienced a gain of 2.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Lassen County

The Building equipment contractors industry has added the most employment with 18 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 30.5 percent of the total growth in Lassen County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (18 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (12 new jobs)
3. Depository credit intermediation (10 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (8 new jobs)
5. Full-service restaurants (8 new jobs)

In Lassen County, California, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 146 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

From the 12 4-digit NAICS industries, 5 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 7 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Lassen County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 28 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry make up 89.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Lassen County, California.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (28 jobs lost)
2. Other general merchandise stores (2 jobs lost)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (34 jobs lost)
4. Other general merchandise stores (26 jobs lost)
5. Other support services (25 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.

Income and Poverty in Lassen County, California

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Lassen County was reported to have a medium-high household income of $42,483 (2005 Dollars). This median is 30.8 percent lower than the median in State of California of $55,567 and the median household income is 15.7 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 15.3 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $35,978. Hispanic Householders in Lassen County, California , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $35,715, which is 15.9 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $60,145. This income level is 41.6 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Lassen County had a median household income level of $27,578, this was 35.1 percent less than the median for all households. In Lassen County, California White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $43,224 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 1.7 percent greater than the median income in 2000.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Lassen County, California may be understood as having a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 14.0 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 36.2 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 6 to 11 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Lassen County, accounting 16.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.