San Juan County One-Year Industry Employment Change

San Juan County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 26.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Colorado, where the it saw a gain of 1.9 percent. The losses in the General freight trucking industry in San Juan County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 2.3 in percent of workers in the General freight trucking industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. General freight trucking (26.4 percent decline)
2. Offices of physicians (21.2 percent decline)
3. Architectural and engineering services (10.8 percent decline)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (8.2 percent decline)

San Juan County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 40.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in San Juan County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Colorado, where the industry felt a gain of 10.1 percent. The Other general merchandise stores industry in San Juan County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 3.3 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (40.4 percent gain)
2. Investigation and security services (20.0 percent gain)
3. Legal services (7.5 percent gain)
4. Grocery stores (4.6 percent gain)
5. Utility system construction (2.5 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 12 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in Colorado, experiencing a gain of 2.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in San Juan County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other general merchandise stores industry has grown the most with 7 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Other general merchandise stores industry makes up 41.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in San Juan County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (7 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (6 new jobs)
3. Legal services (2 new jobs)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (28 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (24 new jobs)

From the 10 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 5 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 5 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In San Juan County, Colorado, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 128 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in San Juan County

Given the industries in the area, the Architectural and engineering services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 7 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Architectural and engineering services industry make up 37.0 percent of the total employment decline in San Juan County, Colorado.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and engineering services (7 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (5 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (5 jobs lost)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (2 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (15 jobs lost)





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 Juan County, Colorado

In San Juan County, Colorado White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $36,197 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.6 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic in San Juan County, Colorado recorded a median income of $37,294, this median household income is 3.6 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, San Juan County reported a medium-low median income for households of $35,994 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 53.4 percent lower than the household income median in State of Colorado of $55,228 and the income level is 36.5 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, San Juan County, Colorado can be understood to have a relatively high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 20.9 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 40 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in San Juan County, reporting 50 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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