Calhoun County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Calhoun County

The Gasoline stations industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 8 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 20.3 percent of the total employment decline in Calhoun County, Florida.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (8 jobs lost)
2. Specialized freight trucking (8 jobs lost)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (7 jobs lost)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (5 jobs lost)
5. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (5 jobs lost)

In Calhoun County, Florida, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 48 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Given the 13 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 8 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 5 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Calhoun County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has added the most employment with 9 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry makes up 33.3 percent of the total number of new jobs in Calhoun County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (9 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (9 new jobs)
3. Building finishing contractors (4 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (4 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (19 new jobs)

Calhoun County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 50 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Florida, where the it saw a gain of 1.3 percent. The losses in the Specialized freight trucking industry in Calhoun County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 3.5 in percent of workers in the Specialized freight trucking industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (50 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (34.2 percent decline)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (33.3 percent decline)
4. Legal services (23.1 percent decline)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (18.6 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 2.6 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than percent in the State of Florida, experiencing a gain of 3.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Calhoun County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 59.1 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Calhoun County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Florida, where the industry felt a gain of 10.9 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Calhoun County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (59.1 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (30.0 percent gain)
3. Building finishing contractors (25.5 percent gain)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (17.3 percent gain)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (4.6 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 Calhoun County, Florida

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Calhoun County, Florida can be understood to have a relatively high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 20.0 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 47.4 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Calhoun County, accounting 30.2 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Calhoun County had a relatively low median household income of $31,093 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 46.1 percent lower than the household income median in State of Florida of $45,418 and the median is 58 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

In Calhoun County, Florida White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $33,089 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 6.4 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Calhoun County reported a median household income of $16,819, which was 45.9 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $48,652. This household income level is 56.5 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Hispanic households in Calhoun County, Florida recorded a median income of $21,528, this median is 30.8 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 42.5 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $17,875.







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