Madera One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Madera Metro Area

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Fruit and tree nut farming industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 135 jobs. The declines in the Fruit and tree nut farming industry make up 17.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Madera, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fruit and tree nut farming (135 jobs lost)
2. Printing and related support activities (102 jobs lost)
3. Other crop farming (96 jobs lost)
4. Residential building construction (75 jobs lost)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (58 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Madera Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Support activities for crop production industry has added the most employment with 413 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Support activities for crop production industry makes up 20.5 percent of the total employment growth in Madera.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for crop production (413 new jobs)
2. Other amusement and recreation industries (150 new jobs)
3. Employment services (113 new jobs)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (91 new jobs)
5. Nonresidential building construction (86 new jobs)

Of the 100 4-digit NAICS industries, 41 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 58 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In the Madera, CA metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 1,548 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

The Madera Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Investigation and security services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 442.9 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Madera has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of California, where it saw a gain of 3.2 percent. The Investigation and security services industry in Madera outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 2.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Investigation and security services (442.9 percent gain)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (152.2 percent gain)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (107.7 percent gain)
4. Other motor vehicle dealers (100.0 percent gain)
5. Beverage manufacturing (78.9 percent gain)

The Madera Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Printing and related support activities industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 76.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of California, where the it saw a loss of 0.9 percent. The losses in the Printing and related support activities industry in Madera outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 2 in percent of jobs in the Printing and related support activities industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Printing and related support activities (76.9 percent decline)
2. Unclassified (46.7 percent decline)
3. Support activities for road transportation (27.8 percent decline)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (24.5 percent decline)
5. Other crop farming (20.9 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 4.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of California, which experienced a gain of 2.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2 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 Madera, CA

In Madera, CA White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $54,164 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 20 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic headed households in Madera, CA recorded a median income of $45,421, this median household income is 0.7 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $54,591. This income level is 21 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Madera reported an income level of $56,207, which was 24.6 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 35.4 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $29,162.

The poverty rate in the Madera, CA Metro has increased by 1.1 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 15.5 percent to 16.6 percent.

The areas median household income has increased from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has increased to $46,787, which represents a 3.7 percent growth. The Madera, CA MSA, when analyzing percentage of growth, ranks 1 of 6 metro area in percent of growth for the household income level in the State of California. Madera ranks 12 of 233 metro area when comparing the growth in household income across the nation.

While household income level experienced a growth in the last five year in the Madera, CA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest growth in median household income was the Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through an of . percent since 2000. The population category was least influenced by the median household income growth in Madera, undergoing a . percent in household income level, since the year 2005.

Contrasted against to other Metropolitan Areas throughout the US, the Madera metro area can be understood to have a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 15.5 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 29.8 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Madera, with 25.7 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

When analyzed against other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the US, the Madera metro area accounted a medium-high median income for all households of $45,121 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 23.2 percent lower than the household income median in State of California of $55,567 and the median household income is 8.9 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

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