Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area industry wages have increased by 18.6% percent since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area by a total of 18.6%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of California and greater than the growth in average wages for the US.

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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.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind California, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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The average total wages in all industries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA can be described as very high when analyzed with other Metro Areas in the United States. The overall wages are 17.2 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $45,358. The overall industry wage was less than the US average pay of $40,259.

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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.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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In the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 145,410 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Given the 249 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 144 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 105 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Management of companies and enterprises industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 30,732 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Management of companies and enterprises industry make up 9.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (30,732 jobs lost)
2. Cut and sew apparel manufacturing (23,534 jobs lost)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (19,207 jobs lost)
4. Telecommunications resellers (12,664 jobs lost)
5. Scheduled air transportation (12,081 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Private households industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 48,919 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Private households industry makes up 10.2 percent of the total growth in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (48,919 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (30,814 new jobs)
3. Motion picture and video industries (27,764 new jobs)
4. Management and technical consulting services (22,301 new jobs)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (16,020 new jobs)

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Vegetable and melon farming industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 72.6 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the California, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 2.7 percent. The losses in the Vegetable and melon farming industry in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 6.5 percent in terms of employees in the Vegetable and melon farming industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Vegetable and melon farming (72.6 percent decline)
2. Charter bus industry (51.7 percent decline)
3. Unclassified (51.2 percent decline)
4. Business, computer and management training (50.4 percent decline)
5. Telecommunications resellers (47 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of California, which went through a gain of 2.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Educational support services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 123.5 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for California, where the industry felt a gain of 79.9 percent. The Educational support services industry in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 70.7 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Educational support services (123.5 percent gain)
2. Waste collection (83.2 percent gain)
3. Activities related to credit intermediation (81.4 percent gain)
4. Support activities for mining (78.6 percent gain)
5. Other ground passenger transportation (70.9 percent gain)

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana One-Year Industry Employment Change

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The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other animal production industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 72.6 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of California, where the industry took a gain of 0.9 percent. The Other animal production industry in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 0 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other animal production (72.6 percent gain)
2. Other ground passenger transportation (41.9 percent gain)
3. Educational support services (27.0 percent gain)
4. Insurance and employee benefit funds (22.5 percent gain)
5. Wireless telecommunications carriers (22.3 percent gain)

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 54.4 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined slower than the industry has seen in the California, where the it saw a loss of 72.7 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 12.1 in percent of jobs in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (54.4 percent decline)
2. Vegetable and melon farming (44.9 percent decline)
3. Charter bus industry (37.5 percent decline)
4. Other support activities for transportation (21.6 percent decline)
5. Other nonmetallic mineral products (20.6 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 2.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in the State of California, which went through a gain of 2.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Management of companies and enterprises industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 5,971 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Management of companies and enterprises industry make up 14.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (5,971 jobs lost)
2. Telecommunications resellers (3,347 jobs lost)
3. Scheduled air transportation (2,083 jobs lost)
4. Activities related to credit intermediation (2,056 jobs lost)
5. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (1,425 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area

The Employment services industry has grown the most with 15,005 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Employment services industry makes up 9.5 percent of the total growth in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (15,005 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (8,084 new jobs)
3. Private households (7,092 new jobs)
4. Management and technical consulting services (6,385 new jobs)
5. Department stores (5,517 new jobs)

Of the 259 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 97 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 162 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 116,004 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

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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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA

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In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $59,691 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 11.1 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 27 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $39,225. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $59,548. This household income level is 10.9 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Hispanic Householders in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $42,300, this median household income is 21.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana reported an income level of $46,593, this was 13.2 percent less than the median income level in this area.

The household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $51,824, posting a 3.5 percent decline. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 2 of 7 metro area in percent of decline for income levels in the State of California. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ranks 200 of 233 metro area in terms of the decline in median income level for the United States.

While the median household income saw a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in the household income level was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 32.5 percent since the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, experiencing a 45.7 percent increase in median income, since the values reporting the 2000 Decennial Census.

The poverty rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro has declined by 1.1 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 15.6 percent to 14.5 percent.

Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metro area may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 15.6 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 23.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, with 22.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the US, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metro area had a relatively high median income for households of $53,707 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 3.5 percent lower than the median income in State of California of $55,567 and the income level is 8.5 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

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

Higher Education in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro Area

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From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 4.2 percent. By the year 2005, 31.2 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 5.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 27.6 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

The American Community Survey reported that in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 31.2 percent reaching this education level. The female population in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metro area have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 31.2 percent (Men) versus 27.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 27.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro Area can be considered to have a highly-educated 2005 population, with 29.4 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the American Community Survey of 2005. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana MSA counted a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of California's proportion of 29.6 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 27.2 percent.

From the year 2000, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metro area has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 5.0 percent to a total of 29.4 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the State of California percent of 29.6 and greater than the national percent of 27.2.

In the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro Area according the 2005 American Community Survey, 32.4 percent of the White Alone, 23 percent of Black or African American, 47.6 percent of the Asian alone and 9 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

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

Demographic Profile for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA

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Since 2000, a extremely high number of individuals migrated into the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metro area, with 646,907 people migrating in internationally. The migration from outside the US into Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana makes up 45.7 percent of all immigration into California. This percent of immigration can be considered extremely high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated the median age in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metro area to be 34.0 years old. The median in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is less than the median age for the State of California of 34.4. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 32.3 years of age. With 0.3 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana can be understood as having a relatively high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 60.3 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 11 percent of the population. When compared to other metro areas in the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 33.8 percent White, 7.3 percent African American, 13.5 percent Asian, and 43.5 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very high level of diversity, with 64.3 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of California percent of 53.4. Since 2000, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana has increased in diversity when 61.7 percent of the total population were minorities.

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metro area had an estimated population of in 2005. The total population has increased, since its 2000 population of. This growth signifies an increase of 4.2 percent. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ranks 2 of 26 MSAs by growth in total population in California and the metro area ranks 6 of 361 metro areas when calculating the total change in MSA population across the US.

In terms of total land area, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metro area spans a total area of 4850 square miles. The land areas has a very high density of 2,664 persons per square mile. Other metro areas with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (2,787 per sq. mile ), Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux (85 per sq. mile ), Albuquerque (86 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (1,679 per sq. mile ), Trenton-Ewing (1,621 per sq. mile ), Honolulu (1,509 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana

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Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana recorded a median home value in 2005 of $520,000, published by the American Community Survey. This value is greater than the State of California 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $477,700 and greater than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

In the State of California, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana places 26 of the 26 metro areas by percent in growth of new residential structures. The metropolitan area places 311 of 361, comparing the percentage change in residential real estate in other US MSAs.

In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, there were a total of 4,356,982 homes in 2005. The metro area has experienced a medium level of growth in the number housing units, adding a total of 89,331 housing units since the year 2001, or 2.1 percent.

There is a limited amount of real estate that is affordable in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California. In 2005, only 5 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana has an extremely high proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. During the year 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 52.4 percent of the houses were valued over a half a million dollars.

The residential real estate values in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California have increased very sharply since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $316,700, or 155.8 percent, since 2000 when their medians were reported to be $203,300.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Los Angeles, California -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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Management of companies and enterprises has a largest number of employees per establishment in Los Angeles Metro Area. The industry averages 68 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 40 and greater than the State of California average of 54 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in the Los Angeles MSA. The sector faced a loss of 137,666 jobs, or 17.5 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 75.1 percent of all Metro Area employment losses since 2001.

In Los Angeles, Information, Other services, except public administration and Management of companies and enterprises are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Information sector has a United State LQ of 1.78. The level of employment in the Information sector is 1.78 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Los Angeles may specialize, or be an exporter of Information.

A well-paying sector in Los Angeles is the mining sector with an annual pay of $120,444. In the Metropolitan Area since the year 2001, the industry annual average wages have grown by 53.8 percent or $42,111. The State of California shows the same pattern in the mining sector, standing at the top of sectors by 2004 industry pay.

Other services, except public administration has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Los Angeles, moving a total of 20.4 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 2.8 percent. The State of California saw a change in employment in the sector of 16.9 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

In Los Angeles, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 13.4 percent of all jobs throughout the region, totaling 649,926 jobs. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 11.8 and 9.9 percent of total employment, respectively.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).