Napa One-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 124 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 55 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 63 industries reported a drop in employment.

In the Napa, CA metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 671 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Napa Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Residential building construction industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 914 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Residential building construction industry makes up 38.2 percent of the total employment growth in Napa.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (914 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (192 new jobs)
3. Employment services (148 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (83 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (78 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Napa Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Child day care services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 108 jobs. The declines in the Child day care services industry make up 8.9 percent of the total job loss in Napa, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Child day care services (108 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (103 jobs lost)
3. Residential mental health facilities (97 jobs lost)
4. Consumer goods rental (93 jobs lost)
5. Fruit and tree nut farming (90 jobs lost)

The total number of jobs has increased by 1.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than percent in California, which experienced a gain of 2.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2 percent.

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

The Activities related to credit intermediation industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 233.3 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Napa has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of California, where it saw a loss of 0.3 percent. The Activities related to credit intermediation industry in Napa outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to credit intermediation (233.3 percent gain)
2. Residential building construction (113.6 percent gain)
3. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (100.0 percent gain)
4. Other personal services (28.4 percent gain)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (27.8 percent gain)

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

The Consumer goods rental industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 40.5 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 industry felt a loss of 8.7 percent. The losses in the Consumer goods rental industry in Napa outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 4.6 in percent of jobs in the Consumer goods rental industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Consumer goods rental (40.5 percent decline)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (40.3 percent decline)
3. Independent artists, writers, and performers (33.3 percent decline)
4. Unclassified (33.3 percent decline)
5. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (30.6 percent decline)





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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 Napa, CA

When analyzed against other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the US, the Napa metro area reported a medium-low median income for all households of $42,670 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 30.2 percent lower than the household income median in State of California of $55,567 and the median household income is 15.1 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

The poverty rate in the Napa, CA Metro has declined by 5.0 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 12 percent to 7 percent.

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 35.6 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $27,476. In Napa, CA White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $45,451 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 6.5 percent greater than the median in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $52,859. This household income level is 23.9 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Hispanic headed households in Napa, CA recorded a median income of $36,563, this median household income is 14.3 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Napa reported a median household income of $36,105, this was 15.4 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.

As the median household income witnessed a growth in the last five year in the Napa, CA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest growth in the household income level 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 Napa, undergoing a . percent in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

The areas median household income has increased sharply from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has increased to $65,260, which represents a 52.9 percent growth. The Napa, CA MSA, when comparing total percent of growth, ranks 5 of 6 metro area in percent of growth for the household income level in the State of California. Napa ranks 101 of 233 metro area when analyzing the growth in median household income in the United States.

Contrasted against to other Metropolitan Areas throughout the US, the Napa metro area can be recognized as having a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 12.0 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 30.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Napa, with 22.4 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

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