Tama County One-Year Industry Employment Change

The total number of jobs has decreased by 2.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in the State of Iowa, which went through a gain of 1.8 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Tama County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 22.7 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 Iowa, where the industry felt a loss of 1.9 percent. The losses in the Residential building construction industry in Tama County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5.5 in percent of jobs in the Residential building construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (22.7 percent decline)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (21.5 percent decline)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (21.3 percent decline)
4. Full-service restaurants (18.8 percent decline)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (17.9 percent decline)

Tama County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of other health practitioners industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 62.5 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Tama County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Iowa, where the industry took a gain of 5.4 percent. The Offices of other health practitioners industry in Tama County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (62.5 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (48.6 percent gain)
3. General freight trucking (15.0 percent gain)
4. Offices of physicians (9.1 percent gain)
5. Other professional and technical services (7.9 percent gain)

In Tama County, Iowa, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 66 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Of the 26 4-digit NAICS industries, 12 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 14 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Tama County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 24 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 36.3 percent of the total employment decline in Tama County, Iowa.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (24 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (7 jobs lost)
3. Residential building construction (7 jobs lost)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (5 jobs lost)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (4 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Tama County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the General freight trucking industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 14 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the General freight trucking industry makes up 26.3 percent of the growth in Tama County.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (14 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (11 new jobs)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (7 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (6 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (3 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 Tama County, Iowa

Compared to counties across the United States, Tama County was reported to have a medium-high median household income of $43,780 (2005 Dollars). This median is 5.5 percent lower than the median income in State of Iowa of $46,179 and the median is 12.2 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Tama County, Iowa can be considered to have a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 10.5 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 35.2 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Tama County, having 20.4 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

In Tama County, Iowa White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $45,073 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 3 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic households in Tama County, Iowa reported a median household income of $31,757, this median is 27.5 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 49.9 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $21,938. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Tama County had a median household income level of $27,184, this was 37.9 percent less than the areas median level for all households. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $45,338. This income level is 3.6 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area.







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