In Clay County, jobs in the highway, street, and bridge construction pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the highway, street, and bridge construction industry paid the average highest wages in Clay County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Clay County was paid an annual wage of $86,538 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Florida of $43,509 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $49,314.

Other top-pay jobs in Clay County, Florida are present in electronic instrument manufacturing ($64,107), nondepository credit intermediation ($63,615), business, computer and management training ($63,337) and chemical merchant wholesalers ($62,092) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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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.

Clay County Wages have increased by 38.5% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Clay County, Florida by a total of 38.5%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Florida 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.

Clay County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total industry employment has increased by 13.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in Florida, which experienced a gain of 11.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Clay County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 815.0 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Clay County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Florida, where it saw a gain of 74.9 percent. The Other general merchandise stores industry in Clay County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 31.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (815.0 percent gain)
2. Other heavy construction (575.3 percent gain)
3. Nondepository credit intermediation (342.7 percent gain)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (339.8 percent gain)
5. Home furnishings stores (289.2 percent gain)

Clay County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Plastics product manufacturing industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 87.5 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Florida, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 0.2 percent. The losses in the Plastics product manufacturing industry in Clay County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 9 in percent of jobs in the Plastics product manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Plastics product manufacturing (87.5 percent decline)
2. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (70.7 percent decline)
3. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (61.1 percent decline)
4. Printing and related support activities (57.1 percent decline)
5. Utility system construction (47.7 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Clay County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other general merchandise stores industry has grown the most with 799 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Other general merchandise stores industry makes up 8.4 percent of the total growth in Clay County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (799 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (795 new jobs)
3. Residential building construction (665 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (606 new jobs)
5. Building finishing contractors (536 new jobs)

In Clay County, Florida, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 4,435 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Given the 94 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 26 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 68 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Clay County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Department stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 197 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Department stores industry make up 15.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Clay County, Florida.

Top 5 Industries
1. Department stores (197 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (158 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (152 jobs lost)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (150 jobs lost)
5. Utility system construction (84 jobs lost)





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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.

Clay County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Clay County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Grocery stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 123 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 16.3 percent of the total job loss in Clay County, Florida.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (123 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (88 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (61 jobs lost)
4. Clothing stores (58 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (38 jobs lost)

In Clay County, Florida, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 2,742 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

From the 107 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 31 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 76 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Clay County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other general merchandise stores industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 515 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Other general merchandise stores industry makes up 14.5 percent of the growth in Clay County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (515 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (370 new jobs)
3. Specialized freight trucking (231 new jobs)
4. Building finishing contractors (203 new jobs)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (174 new jobs)

Employment for all industries has increased by 7.8 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in the State of Florida, which went through a gain of 3.2 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Clay County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 204.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Clay County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Florida, where the industry took a gain of 1.3 percent. The Specialized freight trucking industry in Clay County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 3.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (204.1 percent gain)
2. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (177.8 percent gain)
3. Chemical merchant wholesalers (171.0 percent gain)
4. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (141.3 percent gain)
5. Other general merchandise stores (134.7 percent gain)

Clay County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Metal and mineral merchant wholesalers industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 78.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Florida, where the industry reported a gain of 2.2 percent. The losses in the Metal and mineral merchant wholesalers industry in Clay County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 4.5 in percent of jobs in the Metal and mineral merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Metal and mineral merchant wholesalers (78.4 percent decline)
2. Business, computer and management training (51.7 percent decline)
3. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (48.9 percent decline)
4. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (35.4 percent decline)
5. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (31.9 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 Clay County, Florida

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Clay County, Florida may be understood as having a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 6.8 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 11.9 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Clay County, having 10.6 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

In Clay County, Florida White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $58,617 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2.6 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $65,312. This household income level is 14.3 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Clay County had a median income of $59,103, which was 3.4 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. Hispanic in Clay County, Florida recorded a median income of $45,539, this income level is 20.3 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 20.8 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $45,277.

Compared to counties across the United States, Clay County was reported to have a relatively high household income of $57,159 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 20.5 percent higher than the household income median in State of Florida of $45,418 and the median household income is 14 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

The areas median household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $54,055, which represents a 5.4 percent decline. Clay County, Florida, when analyzing percentage of decline, ranks 18 of 33 counties in percent of decline for household income in Florida. Clay County ranks 441 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in household income across the nation.

While household income level experienced a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Clay County, Florida, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in median household income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 1128082.9 percent since 2000. The Hispanic population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Clay County, experiencing a 13.3 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

The poverty rate in Clay County, Florida has increased by 2.7 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 6.8 percent to 9.5 percent.

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

Higher Education in Clay County, Florida

Clay County, Florida has a highly-educated 2000 population, with 20 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Clay is reported having a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Florida's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

Since 2000, Clay has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 3.6 percent to a total of 23.6 in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proporation of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the State of Florida percent of 25.2 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Clay County, Florida, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Clay have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 22.2 percent (Men) versus 18.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree, with 34.6 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Clay County, Florida according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 20.2 percent of the White Alone, 17.6 percent of Black or African American, 31.6 percent of the Asian alone and 18 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 5.2 percent. By 2005, 27.2 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 2.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 20.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

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

Demographic Profile for Clay County, Florida

When measuring the total land area, Clay extends a total area of 601 square miles. The county has a medium-high average area density of 285 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- DeSoto, MS (287 per sq. mile ), Hinds, MS (287 per sq. mile ), Dougherty, GA (288 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Caddo, LA (285 per sq. mile ), Berrien, MI (285 per sq. mile ), Oldham, KY (283 per sq. mile ).

Since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated to Clay internationally. The international migration into Clay totals 0.2 percent of all immigration into Florida. This amount of international migration is medium-high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Clay County, Florida to be 36.8 years old. The median age in Clay is less than the median in Florida of 39.5. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 35.9 years of age. A total of 25.2 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Clay can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 64.6 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 10.2 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

Clay County, Florida has a population that is made up of 81.6 percent White, 8.3 percent African American, 2.4 percent Asian, and 5.5 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high level of diversity, with 16.2 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Florida percent of 36.5. Since 2000, Clay has increased the percent of minority makeup when 13.0 percent of the total population were minorities.

Clay County, Florida had a total estimated population of 171,095 in the year 2005. The population has increased very sharply, since its 2000 population of 141,676. This growth signifies an increase of 20.8 percent. Clay ranks 21 of 67 counties when analyzing total population change in Florida and the county ranks 110 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

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

Housing Report for Clay County, Florida

The residential real estate values in Clay County, Florida have seen large increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $44,600, or 41.1 percent, since 2000 when they were valued at $108,400.

Clay County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $153,000, accounted by the American Community Survey. This is less than the State of Florida 2005 home value of $189,500 and less than home value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

The State of Florida, Clay County is positioned 8 of 67 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 63 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

According to the data, there is a fair amount affordable residential real estate in Clay County, Florida. In 2005, 35.5 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

Clay County has a medium percentage of high-priced residential real estate. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 3.3 percent owner-occupied dwelling are valued over a half a million dollars.

In Clay County, the real estate market was made up of 65,570 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding all together 9,987 housing units since the year 2001, or 18 percent.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Clay County, Florida -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Clay County, Construction, Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Construction industry has an LQ of 2.05. This means the percent of total employment in the Construction sector is 2.05 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Clay County may specialize, or be an exporter of Construction.

In Clay County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Accommodation and food services industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade is the largest employment industry and makes up 22.9 percent of the total county employment. This totals 8,100 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Accommodation and food services industries make up 15.7 and 13.6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

The Administrative and waste services industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Clay County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 20.2 percent of employment in 2001 to 4.6 percent of employment in 2005.

Administrative and waste services between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Clay County. The industry lost a total of 5,098 jobs during the period, or 75.7 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 92.6 percent of all employment losses in the county.

Accommodation and food services has the largest employers in Clay County, with the industry averaging 20 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 19 and less than the State of Florida typical size of 21 for the Accommodation and food services industry.

Management of companies and enterprises in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Clay County, changing a total of 252.9 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 1.6 percent. The State of Florida had changed in sector employment of 20.2 percent, in the period of time since 2001.





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