Jasper County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Jasper County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 27.7 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Iowa, where the industry reported a gain of 5.7 percent. The losses in the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Jasper County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 3.8 in percent of jobs in the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (27.7 percent decline)
2. Private households (24.5 percent decline)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (23.4 percent decline)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (21.7 percent decline)
5. Automobile dealers (18.3 percent decline)

Jasper County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 194.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Jasper County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Iowa, where it saw a gain of 8.6 percent. The Nonresidential building construction industry in Jasper County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 6.1 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (194.1 percent gain)
2. Consumer goods rental (63.0 percent gain)
3. Computer systems design and related services (60.0 percent gain)
4. Other motor vehicle dealers (42.3 percent gain)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (33.3 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 6.5 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in Iowa, which experienced a gain of 1.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Jasper County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Nonresidential building construction industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 22 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Nonresidential building construction industry makes up 13.8 percent of the growth in Jasper County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (22 new jobs)
2. Civic and social organizations (22 new jobs)
3. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (15 new jobs)
4. Plastics product manufacturing (14 new jobs)
5. Child day care services (13 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Jasper County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 69 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 24.2 percent of the total job loss in Jasper County, Iowa.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (69 jobs lost)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (29 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (24 jobs lost)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (20 jobs lost)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (19 jobs lost)

In Jasper County, Iowa, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 675 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Given the 61 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 31 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 27 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.





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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 Jasper County, Iowa

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Jasper County, Iowa can be considered to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 6.5 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 46.2 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Jasper County, accounting 11.9 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Hispanic headed households in Jasper County, Iowa , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $47,741, this median is 2.1 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In Jasper County, Iowa White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $48,778 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was only slightly greater than the median household income in 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Jasper County had a median income of $9,945, this level was 79.6 percent less than the median for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 1 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $48,263. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $43,729. This median income level is 10.3 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Jasper County reported a relatively high median income for all households of $48,769 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 5.3 percent higher than the median income in State of Iowa of $46,179 and the median is 0.7 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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