Clark County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Clark County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 48.5 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 has seen in the Idaho, where the it saw a gain of 24.7 percent. The losses in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Clark County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 5 in percent of jobs in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (48.5 percent decline)
2. General freight trucking (38.8 percent decline)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (36.7 percent decline)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (25 percent decline)
5. Other ambulatory health care services (22.9 percent decline)

Clark County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 73.3 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Clark County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Idaho, where this industry saw a gain of 18.8 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Clark County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 9.5 percent in this industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (73.3 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 0.5 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Idaho, which saw a gain of 5.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

In Clark County, Idaho, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 2 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Clark County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the General freight trucking industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 96 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the General freight trucking industry make up 25.2 percent of the total job loss in Clark County, Idaho.

Top 1 Industries
1. General freight trucking (96 jobs lost)









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 Clark County, Idaho

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Clark County, Idaho can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 19.9 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 50 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Clark County, accounting 41.9 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Clark County had a medium-low median household income of $36,944 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 19 percent lower than the household income median in State of Idaho of $43,959 and the median household income is 33 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Hispanic headed households in Clark County, Idaho reported a median household income of $34,612, this income level is 6.3 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Clark County reported a median household income of $23,400, this was 36.7 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Clark County, Idaho White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,456 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.4 percent greater than the median household income in 2000.







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