Clarke County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Clarke County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Professional and similar organizations industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 50 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Iowa, where the industry felt a gain of 1.9 percent. The losses in the Professional and similar organizations industry in Clarke County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2 in percent of workers in the Professional and similar organizations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Professional and similar organizations (50 percent decline)
2. Private households (46.1 percent decline)
3. Full-service restaurants (23.7 percent decline)
4. Legal services (22.5 percent decline)
5. Community care facilities for the elderly (21.1 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 0.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in Iowa, which saw a gain of 1.8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Clarke County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 207.1 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Clarke County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Iowa, where it saw a gain of 4.5 percent. The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry in Clarke County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.9 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (207.1 percent gain)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (122.0 percent gain)
3. Building finishing contractors (120.0 percent gain)
4. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (25.0 percent gain)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (12.0 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Clarke County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 21 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 41.2 percent of the total job loss in Clarke County, Iowa.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (21 jobs lost)
2. Private households (14 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (4 jobs lost)
4. Professional and similar organizations (4 jobs lost)
5. Legal services (3 jobs lost)

In Clarke County, Iowa, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 19 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Given the 16 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 8 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 8 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Clarke County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Electronics and appliance stores industry has added the most employment with 24 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Electronics and appliance stores industry makes up 48.0 percent of the growth in Clarke County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronics and appliance stores (24 new jobs)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (10 new jobs)
3. Building finishing contractors (6 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (6 new jobs)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (1 new jobs)





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 Clarke County, Iowa

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Clarke County, Iowa can be understood to have a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 8.5 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 84.2 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Clarke County, having 16.8 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Clarke County had a medium-high median income for all households of $40,335 (2005 Dollars). This median is 14.5 percent lower than the household income median in State of Iowa of $46,179 and this is 21.8 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Clarke County had a median income of $8,190, this level was 79.7 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Clarke County, Iowa White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $40,707 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.9 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic households in Clarke County, Iowa recorded a median income of $40,365, this median is 0.1 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area.







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