In Gooding County, jobs in the management of companies and enterprises pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the management of companies and enterprises industry had the highest average wages in Gooding County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Gooding County was paid an annual wage of $64,484 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the industry wage rate in Idaho of $93,733 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $82,655.

Top-pay jobs in Gooding County, Idaho exsists in health and personal care stores ($62,543), electronic markets and agents and brokers ($43,281), commercial machinery repair and maintenance ($40,543) and offices of physicians ($39,573) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail Comparison

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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.

Gooding County Wages have increased by 13.6% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Gooding County, Idaho by a total of 13.6%. This is less than the growth in average industry wages for Idaho and less than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

Gooding County Industry Wages Lag Behind Idaho, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Gooding County, Idaho can be described as medium-low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 22.5 percent lower than the with an state average of $31,468. The industry pay was less than the national industry average of $40,259.

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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.

Gooding County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Gooding County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Individual and family services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 63.5 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Idaho, where the it saw a gain of 44.1 percent. The losses in the Individual and family services industry in Gooding County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 35 in percent of jobs in the Individual and family services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (63.5 percent decline)
2. Traveler accommodation (63 percent decline)
3. Full-service restaurants (22.4 percent decline)
4. General freight trucking (12.1 percent decline)
5. Specialized freight trucking (9.8 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 31.5 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in Idaho, which saw a gain of 13.5 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Gooding County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 246.5 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Gooding County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Idaho, where this industry saw a gain of 1.7 percent. The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Gooding County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 0.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (246.5 percent gain)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (167.7 percent gain)
3. Health and personal care stores (140.0 percent gain)
4. Animal food manufacturing (98.9 percent gain)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (93.9 percent gain)

In Gooding County, Idaho, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 1,302 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

From the 26 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 21 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Gooding County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Traveler accommodation industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 38 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 33.3 percent of the total job loss in Gooding County, Idaho.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (38 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (34 jobs lost)
3. Individual and family services (24 jobs lost)
4. Specialized freight trucking (11 jobs lost)
5. General freight trucking (6 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Gooding County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Cattle ranching and farming industry has added the most employment with 650 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Cattle ranching and farming industry makes up 58.6 percent of the growth in Gooding County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (650 new jobs)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (117 new jobs)
3. Vegetable and melon farming (102 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (36 new jobs)
5. Animal food manufacturing (29 new jobs)





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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.

Gooding County One-Year Industry Employment Change

The total number of jobs has increased by 5.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Idaho, which went through a gain of 5.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Gooding County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 159.4 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Gooding County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Idaho, where the industry took a gain of 1.5 percent. The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry in Gooding County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 1.5 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (159.4 percent gain)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (69.0 percent gain)
3. Individual and family services (50.0 percent gain)
4. Oilseed and grain farming (48.5 percent gain)
5. Support activities for crop production (39.5 percent gain)

Gooding County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 31.6 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Idaho, where the industry felt a gain of 6.2 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Gooding County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.2 percent in terms of employment in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (31.6 percent decline)
2. Drycleaning and laundry services (22.2 percent decline)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (9.1 percent decline)
4. Specialized freight trucking (9 percent decline)
5. Lessors of real estate (7.4 percent decline)

Of the 31 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 9 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 22 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Gooding County, Idaho, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 305 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Gooding 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 55 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 75.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Gooding County, Idaho.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (55 jobs lost)
2. Specialized freight trucking (10 jobs lost)
3. Drycleaning and laundry services (3 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (24 jobs lost)
5. Management and technical consulting services (19 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Gooding County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Cattle ranching and farming industry has grown the most with 78 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Cattle ranching and farming industry makes up 29.5 percent of the growth in Gooding County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (78 new jobs)
2. Support activities for crop production (31 new jobs)
3. Vegetable and melon farming (25 new jobs)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (20 new jobs)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (19 new jobs)





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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 Gooding County, Idaho

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $119,649. This household income level is 220.7 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. In Gooding County, Idaho White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,496 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.5 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic households in Gooding County, Idaho recorded a median income of $31,287, this income level is 16.1 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 Gooding County had a median household income level of $35,935, this median was 3.7 percent less than the areas median level for all households.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Gooding County, Idaho can be considered to have a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 13.8 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 78.6 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Gooding County, reporting 23.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Gooding County accounted a medium-low median income for all households of $37,309 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 17.8 percent lower than the household income median in State of Idaho of $43,959 and the median is 31.7 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Gooding County, Idaho

In 2000, the Census reported that in Gooding County, Idaho, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 32.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Gooding have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 12.2 percent (Men) versus 12 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a High School Diploma, with 36.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

Gooding County, Idaho can be considered to have a moderately-educated working age population, with 12 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Gooding was reported to have a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Idaho's proportion of 21.6 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Gooding County, Idaho as reported in the 2000 Census, 13 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 10.6 percent of the Asian alone and 0.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.





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

Demographic Profile for Gooding County, Idaho

Gooding County, Idaho had an estimated population of 14,461 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since its 2000 population of 14,201. This growth shows an increase of 1.8 percent. Gooding ranks 24 of 44 counties in terms of population growth in Idaho and the county ranks 1,597 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Gooding County, Idaho to be 36.1 years old. The median in Gooding is greater than the median age for the State of Idaho of 34.6. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, when it was 35.2 years of age. With a total of 27.6 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Gooding can be understood as being made up of a relatively high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 57.7 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 14.7 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

When calculating the total land area, Gooding spans a total of 731 square miles. The county has a very low density of 20 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Jackson, WI (20 per sq. mile ), Dent, MO (20 per sq. mile ), Bates, MO (20 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Van Buren, TN (20 per sq. mile ), Lyon, IA (20 per sq. mile ), Madison, LA (20 per sq. mile ).

Gooding County, Idaho has a population that is made of 78.5 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 20.1 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 20.5 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of Idaho percent of 10.5. Since 2000, Gooding has increased the percent of minority makeup when 17.3 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

From 2000, a very high number of individual migrated to the Gooding from another country. The international migration into Gooding accounts for 2.2 percent of the total migration into the State of Idaho. This amount of international migration is very high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Gooding County, Idaho

When compared to other counties in Idaho, Gooding County is positioned 25 of 44 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 1,076 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

In Gooding County, the census reported 5,834 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a total of 222 housing units since the year 2001, or 4 percent.

Gooding County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $82,500, accounted by the Decennial Census. This value is less than the Idaho 2000 median home value of $106,300 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.







Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Gooding County, Idaho -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Gooding County, Utilities, Transportation and Warehousing and Manufacturing have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Utilities sector has a United State LQ of 1.58. The percent of employment in the Utilities industry is 1.58 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Gooding County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Utilities.

In Gooding County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Transportation and Warehousing industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 13.8 percent of total employment in the county, making up 705 jobs. The Retail Trade and Transportation and Warehousing sectors account for 8.1 and 5.8 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Gooding County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 36.4 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 0 percent of total employment in the year 2005.

Professional and technical services is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Gooding County, with an employment growth of 104.3 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 2.6 percent. The State of Idaho went through a industry job change of 6.7 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Gooding County. The industry averages 29 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's national average of 39 and less than the State of Idaho typical size of 29 for the Manufacturing industry.







Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).