Madera County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Madera County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the General freight trucking industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 55 jobs. The declines in the General freight trucking industry make up 33.1 percent of the total employment decline in Madera County, California.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (55 jobs lost)
2. Nursing care facilities (17 jobs lost)
3. Building finishing contractors (14 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (14 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (13 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Madera County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 21 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 12.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Madera County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (21 new jobs)
2. Computer systems design and related services (21 new jobs)
3. Offices of physicians (21 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (16 new jobs)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (16 new jobs)

In Madera County, California, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 72 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Given the 43 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 23 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 20 industries reported a drop in employment.

Madera County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 163.3 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Madera County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for California, where the industry felt a gain of 2.5 percent. The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry in Madera County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 0.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous store retailers (163.3 percent gain)
2. Management and technical consulting services (92.6 percent gain)
3. Computer systems design and related services (31.7 percent gain)
4. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (28.6 percent gain)
5. Offices of physicians (20.7 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 0.8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in California, which experienced a gain of 2.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Madera County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 83.9 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the California, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 72.7 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Madera County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 12.1 percent in terms of employees in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (83.9 percent decline)
2. Private households (23.1 percent decline)
3. Building finishing contractors (23 percent decline)
4. General freight trucking (19.9 percent decline)
5. Architectural and engineering services (11 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 Madera County, California

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Madera County, California can be understood to have a relatively high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 21.4 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 38.9 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Madera County, having 36.8 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

As the median income level saw a growth from 2000 to 2005 in Madera County, California, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest growth in median income was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced an increase of 16.9 percent in the last five years. The American Indian and Alaska Native population category was least influenced by the median household income growth in Madera County, encountering a 47.4 percent decline in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

The poverty rate in Madera County, California has declined by 4.8 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 21.4 percent to 16.6 percent.

It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $60,798. This median is 43.2 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. In Madera County, California White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $46,087 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 8.6 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Madera County had a median household income level of $39,448, this was 7.1 percent less than the median for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 12.1 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $37,307. Hispanic Householders in Madera County, California , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $33,888, this income level is 20.2 percent less than the areas median income level for all households.

The areas median household income has increased from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has increased to $46,787, which represents a 10.2 percent growth. Madera County, California, when analyzing percentage of growth, ranks 3 of 17 counties in percent of growth for median household income in the State of California. Madera County ranks 10 of 119 counties (or parishes) when comparing the growth in median household income in the United States.

Compared to counties across the United States, Madera County reported a medium-high median income for all households of $42,455 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 30.9 percent lower than the median in State of California of $55,567 and the income level is 15.7 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.