San Benito County One-Year Industry Employment Change

San Benito County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 90.0 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in San Benito County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of California, where this industry saw a gain of 0.1 percent. The Gasoline stations industry in San Benito County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 0.3 percent.

Top 2 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (90.0 percent gain)
2. Logging (21.9 percent gain)

San Benito County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other wood product manufacturing industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 13.6 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 industry reported a gain of 0.1 percent. The losses in the Other wood product manufacturing industry in San Benito County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.7 in percent of workers in the Other wood product manufacturing industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Other wood product manufacturing (13.6 percent decline)
2. Poultry and egg production (8.3 percent decline)
3. Offices of dentists (7.8 percent decline)
4. Limited-service eating places (5.7 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 0.6 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than percent in California, experiencing a gain of 2.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in San Benito County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 18 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 75.0 percent of the total employment growth in San Benito County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (18 new jobs)
2. Logging (5 new jobs)
3. Health and personal care stores (34 new jobs)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (28 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in San Benito County

The Other wood product manufacturing industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 11 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Other wood product manufacturing industry make up 71.1 percent of the total job loss in San Benito County, California.

Top 3 Industries
1. Other wood product manufacturing (11 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (2 jobs lost)
3. Offices of dentists (1 jobs lost)

In San Benito County, California, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 7 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Of the 7 4-digit NAICS industries, 4 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 3 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





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 San Benito County, California

In San Benito County, California White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $71,631 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 6.5 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic headed households in San Benito County, California , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $55,802, which is 17 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 28.8 percent greater than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $86,580. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $69,323. This median income level is 3.1 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in San Benito County had a median household income level of $61,913, this median was 7.9 percent less than the areas median level for all households.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, San Benito County, California may be understood as having a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 10.0 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 28.1 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 12 to 17 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in San Benito County, with 13.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, San Benito County had a very high median income for all households of $67,239 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 17.4 percent higher than the median in State of California of $55,567 and the income level is 26.9 percent higher than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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