Siskiyou County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Siskiyou County

The Gasoline stations industry has added the most employment with 2 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Gasoline stations industry makes up -0.3 percent of the total number of new jobs in Siskiyou County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Animal slaughtering and processing (88 new jobs)

In Siskiyou County, California, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 5 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.





Total industry employment has decreased by 9.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of California, experiencing a gain of 2.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Siskiyou County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 13 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of California, where the industry felt a gain of 0.1 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Siskiyou County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.3 percent in terms of employees in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (13 percent decline)

Siskiyou County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 71.4 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Siskiyou County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of California, where the industry took a gain of 2.5 percent. The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry in Siskiyou County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous store retailers (71.4 percent gain)
2. Animal food manufacturing (68.8 percent gain)
3. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (63.3 percent gain)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (42.7 percent gain)
5. Computer systems design and related services (39.2 percent gain)





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 Siskiyou County, California

Hispanic headed households in Siskiyou County, California recorded a median income of $29,297, this income level is 15.2 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In Siskiyou County, California White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $35,693 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 3.3 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 28.6 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $24,667. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $22,125. This median is 36 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Siskiyou County had a median household income level of $24,150, which was 30.1 percent less than the median for all households.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Siskiyou County was reported to have a relatively low median household income of $34,550 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 60.8 percent lower than the median in California of $55,567 and this is 42.2 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Siskiyou County, California can be understood to have a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 18.6 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 58.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Siskiyou County, with 31.7 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.







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