Trinity County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Trinity County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 26.3 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Trinity County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in California, where this industry saw a gain of 1.2 percent. The Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry in Trinity County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (26.3 percent gain)
2. Building finishing contractors (15.6 percent gain)
3. Offices of physicians (15.4 percent gain)
4. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (12.2 percent gain)
5. Other amusement and recreation industries (6.6 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 1.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in the State of California, which went through a gain of 2.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Trinity County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 11.7 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the California, where the it saw a gain of 4.5 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Trinity County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 2.2 in percent of workers in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (11.7 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (1.9 percent decline)

In Trinity County, California, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 10 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Trinity County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has grown the most with 1 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up -2.3 percent of the growth in Trinity County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (21 new jobs)
2. Other amusement and recreation industries (3 new jobs)









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 Trinity County, California

In Trinity County, California White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $33,441 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 3.1 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Trinity County had a median household income level of $24,235, this median was 25.3 percent less than the areas median level for all households. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $41,925. This median income level is 29.3 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 2.5 percent greater than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $33,239. Hispanic Householders in Trinity County, California , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $26,508, which is 18.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Trinity County accounted a relatively low median income for households of $32,422 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 71.4 percent lower than the median income in State of California of $55,567 and the median household income is 51.5 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Trinity County, California can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 18.7 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 category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 38.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Trinity County, accounting 33.9 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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