In Washington County, jobs in the insurance agencies, brokerages, and related pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry had the highest average wages in Washington County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Washington County was paid an annual wage of $44,767 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the industry wage in Florida of $50,458 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $54,074.

Other high-paying jobs in Washington County, Florida can be found in utility system construction ($35,732), offices of physicians ($34,326), automobile dealers ($30,796) and accounting and bookkeeping services ($29,377) 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.

Washington County Wages have increased by 15.2% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Washington County, Florida by a total of 15.2%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Florida and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

Washington County Industry Wages Lag Behind Florida, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Washington County, Florida can be understood as being very low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 37.7 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $36,487. The average industry wage was less than the national industry average 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.

Washington County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Washington County, Florida, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 810 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Washington County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 67 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry makes up 37.4 percent of the total number of new jobs in Washington County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (67 new jobs)
2. Health and personal care stores (55 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (22 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Washington County

The Building equipment contractors industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 101 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 87.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Washington County, Florida.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (101 jobs lost)
2. Architectural and engineering services (11 jobs lost)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (3 jobs lost)
4. Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (9 jobs lost)
5. Computer systems design and related services (7 jobs lost)

Out of the 13 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 3 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 10 industries reported employment loss in the period.

The total number of jobs has increased by 21.9 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in Florida, which saw a gain of 11.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Washington County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 182.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Washington County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Florida, where it saw a gain of 86.5 percent. The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Washington County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 20.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (182.0 percent gain)
2. Health and personal care stores (116.9 percent gain)
3. Automobile dealers (40.0 percent gain)
4. Offices of physicians (31.1 percent gain)
5. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (24.6 percent gain)

Washington County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 53.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Florida, where the industry felt a gain of 35.8 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Washington County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5.3 percent in terms of employment in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (53.2 percent decline)
2. Architectural and engineering services (34.3 percent decline)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (9.2 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.

Washington County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Out of the 25 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 9 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 15 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Washington County, Florida, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 356 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Washington County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has grown the most with 47 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry makes up 22.0 percent of the total employment growth in Washington County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (47 new jobs)
2. Utility system construction (31 new jobs)
3. Health and personal care stores (30 new jobs)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (28 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (22 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Washington County

Given the industries in the area, the Automotive repair and maintenance industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 14 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry make up 38.0 percent of the total employment decline in Washington County, Florida.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (14 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (4 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (4 jobs lost)
4. Architectural and engineering services (4 jobs lost)
5. Depository credit intermediation (3 jobs lost)

Washington County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Automotive repair and maintenance industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 33.3 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Florida, where the industry felt a gain of 1.7 percent. The losses in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry in Washington County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.4 in percent of jobs in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (33.3 percent decline)
2. Activities related to real estate (33.3 percent decline)
3. Automobile dealers (22.2 percent decline)
4. General freight trucking (22.2 percent decline)
5. Architectural and engineering services (14.5 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 8.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Florida, which experienced a gain of 3.2 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Washington County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 83.3 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Washington County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Florida, where the industry took a gain of 13.3 percent. The Building finishing contractors industry in Washington County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (83.3 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (82.0 percent gain)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (79.8 percent gain)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (55.1 percent gain)
5. Health and personal care stores (41.3 percent gain)





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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 Washington County, Florida

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Washington County was reported to have a relatively low median income for all households of $32,669 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 39 percent lower than the median in State of Florida of $45,418 and this is 50.4 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 4.6 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $31,151. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $32,906. This household income level is 0.7 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Washington County, Florida White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $32,948 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.9 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Washington County reported a median household income of $21,520, which was 34.1 percent less than the median for all households. Hispanic Householders in Washington County, Florida , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $34,775, this median is 6.4 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Washington County, Florida can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 19.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 43.6 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Washington County, accounting 32.8 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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

Higher Education in Washington County, Florida

Washington County, Florida can be considered to have a less-educated population of the working age, with 9.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Washington is reported having a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Florida's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Washington County, Florida, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 40.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Washington have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 8.4 percent (Men) versus 10.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma, with 37.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Washington County, Florida as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 9.4 percent of the White Alone, 6 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

Demographic Profile for Washington County, Florida

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated to Washington internationally. The international migration into Washington makes up 0 percent of all immigration into Florida. This percent of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Washington County, Florida to be 39.3 years old. The median age in Washington is less than the median in Florida of 39.5. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 38.9 years of age. With 22.2 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Washington can be understood as having a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 63.2 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 14.6 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Washington County, Florida had an estimated population of 22,299 in 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 21,017. This growth shows an increase of 6.1 percent. Washington ranks 55 of 67 counties in terms of population growth in Florida and the county ranks 1,001 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

When measuring the total land area, Washington spans a total of 580 square miles. The county has a low average area density of 38 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Summers, WV (38 per sq. mile ), Hampton, SC (38 per sq. mile ), Washington, NC (38 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Pike, IN (38 per sq. mile ), Jasper, TX (38 per sq. mile ), Washington, KY (38 per sq. mile ).

Washington County, Florida has a population that is comprised of 80.5 percent White, 13.6 percent African American, 0.6 percent Asian, and 2.4 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high level of diversity, with 16.6 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Florida percent of 36.5. Since 2000, Washington has increased in diversity when 16.3 percent of the population were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Washington County, Florida

Washington County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $70,000, reported by the Decennial Census. This is less than the overall State of Florida 2000 home median value of $105,500 and less than home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

In Washington County, the census reported 9,945 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding in all 352 homes since 2001, or 3.7 percent.

When compared to other counties in Florida, Washington County places 46 of 67 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,159 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

According to the data, there is a large amount of affordable housing in Washington County, Florida. In 2000, 84.2 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Real estate and rental and leasing in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Washington County, growing by 118.2 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 4.3 percent. The State of Florida had an industry job change of 16.7 percent, during the time since 2001.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Washington County. The industry averages 71 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the Florida establishments size average of 24 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Washington County, Arts, entertainment, and recreation, Construction and Manufacturing have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Arts, entertainment, and recreation sector has a United State LQ of 2.41. The percent of employment in the Arts, entertainment, and recreation sector is 2.41 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Washington may be an exporter of products or services of Arts, entertainment, and recreation.

In Washington County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Construction industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 20.6 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 855 individuals. The Retail Trade and Construction sectors account for 17.1 and 10.8 percent of the total jobs, respectively.









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