Bonneville County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Bonneville County, Idaho, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 1,672 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Of the 122 4-digit NAICS industries, 44 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 77 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Bonneville 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 217 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry makes up 9.8 percent of the growth in Bonneville County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (217 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (168 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (141 new jobs)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (125 new jobs)
5. Other amusement and recreation industries (90 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Bonneville County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Architectural and engineering services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 340 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Architectural and engineering services industry make up 31.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Bonneville County, Idaho.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and engineering services (340 jobs lost)
2. Business support services (157 jobs lost)
3. Support activities for crop production (67 jobs lost)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (67 jobs lost)
5. Employment services (65 jobs lost)

Bonneville County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 43 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Idaho, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 3.5 percent. The losses in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Bonneville County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 0.2 percent in terms of employment in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (43 percent decline)
2. Support activities for crop production (36.5 percent decline)
3. Unclassified (36.4 percent decline)
4. Architectural and engineering services (33 percent decline)
5. Chemical merchant wholesalers (27.7 percent decline)

Bonneville County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Land subdivision industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 163.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Bonneville County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Idaho, where it saw a gain of 23.1 percent. The Land subdivision industry in Bonneville County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 7.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Land subdivision (163.1 percent gain)
2. Other fabricated metal product manufacturing (90.9 percent gain)
3. Spectator sports (88.3 percent gain)
4. Activities related to credit intermediation (64.5 percent gain)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (62.8 percent gain)

Total industry employment has decreased by 4 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in the State of Idaho, which experienced a gain of 5.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.





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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 Bonneville County, Idaho

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 14.3 percent greater than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $55,900. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $60,206. This median is 23.1 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Hispanic in Bonneville County, Idaho , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $35,733, which is 26.9 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Bonneville County had a median household income level of $46,557, this was 4.8 percent less than the median for all households. In Bonneville County, Idaho White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $49,253 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.7 percent greater than the median in 2000.

The median household income in the area has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $44,290, which represents a 9.4 percent decline. Bonneville County, Idaho, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 3 of 6 counties in percent of decline for household income in Idaho. Bonneville County ranks 253 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in median income level for the United States.

The poverty rate in Bonneville County, Idaho has increased by 1.1 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 10.1 percent to 11.2 percent.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Bonneville County had a relatively high median household income of $48,912 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 10.1 percent higher than the median in State of Idaho of $43,959 and the income level is 0.5 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

As the median household income witnessed a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Bonneville County, Idaho, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in median income was the Black or African American category. This group felt a decline of 1192700.3 percent since 2000. The Hispanic population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Bonneville County, seeing a 12 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Bonneville County, Idaho can be understood to have a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 10.1 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 20.2 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Bonneville County, with 18.1 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

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