Nevada County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Nevada County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 28.6 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Nevada County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in California, where the industry took a gain of 3.9 percent. The Other specialty trade contractors industry in Nevada County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 6.8 percent.

Top 3 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (28.6 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (11.3 percent gain)
3. Support activities for mining (8.1 percent gain)

Nevada County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 23.1 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of California, where the industry felt a loss of 1.4 percent. The losses in the Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry in Nevada County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 1.3 in percent of workers in the Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (23.1 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 5.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in California, which went through a gain of 2.1 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Nevada County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 10 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry make up 93.9 percent of the total employment decline in Nevada County, California.

Top 3 Industries
1. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (10 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (25 jobs lost)
3. Home health care services (16 jobs lost)

Out of the 6 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 2 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 3 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Nevada County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Support activities for mining industry has grown the most with 12 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 61.7 percent of the total employment growth in Nevada County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (12 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (6 new jobs)

In Nevada County, California, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 40 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.





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 Nevada County, California

While the median household income saw a decline since 2000 in Nevada County, California, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in median income was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 725110.9 percent since 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Nevada County, undergoing a 64.3 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

The poverty rate in Nevada County, California has declined by 1.8 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 8.1 percent to 6.3 percent.

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 71.4 percent greater than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $91,953. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Nevada County had a median household income level of $40,323, which was 24.9 percent less than the median income level in this area. In Nevada County, California White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $54,020 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.7 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $53,112. This median income level is 1 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. Hispanic headed households in Nevada County, California recorded a median income of $54,600, this median is 1.7 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area.

Compared to counties across the United States, Nevada County accounted a relatively high median household income of $53,661 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 3.6 percent lower than the household income median in State of California of $55,567 and the median is 8.4 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Nevada County, California can be understood to have a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 8.1 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 14.4 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 12 to 17 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Nevada County, accounting 11.8 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The median household income in the area has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $51,615, representing a 3.8 percent decline. Nevada County, California, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 14 of 23 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of California. Nevada County ranks 519 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of decline in household income across the nation.

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