Yuba City One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Yuba City Metro Area

The Fruit and tree nut farming industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 229 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Fruit and tree nut farming industry make up 32.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Yuba City, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fruit and tree nut farming (229 jobs lost)
2. Activities related to real estate (113 jobs lost)
3. Oilseed and grain farming (48 jobs lost)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (45 jobs lost)
5. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (41 jobs lost)

From the 50 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 24 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 26 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In the Yuba City, CA metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 900 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Yuba City Metro Area

The Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 143 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 22.7 percent of the total growth in Yuba City.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (143 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (69 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (45 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (41 new jobs)
5. Shoe stores (41 new jobs)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2.7 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in the State of California, which went through a gain of 2.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2 percent.

The Yuba City Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Shoe stores industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 94.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Yuba City has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for California, where this industry saw a gain of 7.4 percent. The Shoe stores industry in Yuba City outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 2.8 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Shoe stores (94.6 percent gain)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (34.3 percent gain)
3. Other miscellaneous store retailers (32.1 percent gain)
4. Support activities for air transportation (31.8 percent gain)
5. Management and technical consulting services (26.0 percent gain)

The Yuba City Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Social advocacy organizations industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 65.7 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of California, where the industry felt a gain of 4.6 percent. The losses in the Social advocacy organizations industry in Yuba City outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 0.8 in percent of workers in the Social advocacy organizations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Social advocacy organizations (65.7 percent decline)
2. Civic and social organizations (35.5 percent decline)
3. Activities related to real estate (31.5 percent decline)
4. Greenhouse and nursery production (28.1 percent decline)
5. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (27.3 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 Yuba City, CA

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $43,109. This household income level is 6.3 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Yuba City, CA White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $42,287 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 4.3 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic in Yuba City, CA reported a median household income of $33,074, this median household income is 18.4 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Yuba City had a median household income level of $33,924, this median was 16.3 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 12.8 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $35,343.

The median household income has increased from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has increased to $43,885, representing a 8.2 percent growth. The Yuba City, CA MSA, when analyzing percentage of growth, ranks 3 of 28 metro area in percent of growth for median household income in the State of California. Yuba City ranks 3 of 28 metro area in terms of the growth in median income in the US.

As the median income level saw a growth during the period of 2000 to 2005 in the Yuba City, CA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest growth in median income was the Asian category. This category saw an increase of 49.5 percent since 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native population group was least impacted by the household income growth in Yuba City, seeing a 17.3 percent decline in household income level, since the year 2005.

When put side-by-side with other Metros throughout the United States, the Yuba City metro area may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 17.8 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 29.8 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Yuba City, accounting 26.6 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Compared to Metro Areas across the United States, the Yuba City metro area had a relatively low median income for households of $40,550 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 37 percent lower than the median income in State of California of $55,567 and this is 21.2 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The poverty rate in the Yuba City, CA Metro has declined by 6.8 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 17.8 percent to 11 percent.

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