In Kootenai County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry reported the top wages in Kootenai County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Kootenai County was paid an annual wage of $159,415 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry wage in Idaho of $96,261 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $138,150.

High-wage employment in Kootenai County, Idaho are present in druggists' goods merchant wholesalers ($92,002), software publishers ($82,715), land subdivision ($72,976) and pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing ($71,988) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed 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.

Kootenai County Wages have increased by 18.2% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Kootenai County, Idaho by a total of 18.2%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Idaho and greater 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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Kootenai County, Idaho when analyzed can be understood as being medium-high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 11.2 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $31,468. The average pay was less than the US average pay 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.

Kootenai County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Kootenai County

The Sawmills and wood preservation industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 219 jobs. The declines in the Sawmills and wood preservation industry make up 21.1 percent of the total employment decline in Kootenai County, Idaho.

Top 5 Industries
1. Sawmills and wood preservation (219 jobs lost)
2. Individual and family services (109 jobs lost)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (85 jobs lost)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (80 jobs lost)
5. Highway, street, and bridge construction (78 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Kootenai County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 757 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 7.0 percent of the total employment growth in Kootenai County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (757 new jobs)
2. Business support services (748 new jobs)
3. Other general merchandise stores (696 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (643 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (620 new jobs)

Of the 124 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 33 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 91 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Kootenai County, Idaho, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 10,860 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Kootenai County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Telecommunications resellers industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 1584.2 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Kootenai County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Idaho, where the industry took a loss of 3.5 percent. The Telecommunications resellers industry in Kootenai County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 41.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Telecommunications resellers (1584.2 percent gain)
2. Office administrative services (697.5 percent gain)
3. Advertising and related services (244.9 percent gain)
4. Animal slaughtering and processing (215.4 percent gain)
5. Building finishing contractors (149.0 percent gain)

Kootenai County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 87.9 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Idaho, where the industry felt a loss of 34.1 percent. The losses in the Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry in Kootenai County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 2.5 percent in terms of employment in the Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (87.9 percent decline)
2. RV parks and recreational camps (74.3 percent decline)
3. Other financial investment activities (49.5 percent decline)
4. Highway, street, and bridge construction (44.7 percent decline)
5. Sawmills and wood preservation (37.9 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 30.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Idaho, which saw a gain of 13.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 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.

Kootenai County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has increased by 6.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in Idaho, which experienced a gain of 5.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Kootenai County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Private households industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 245.6 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Kootenai County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Idaho, where the industry felt a gain of 23.9 percent. The Private households industry in Kootenai County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1.9 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (245.6 percent gain)
2. Data processing and related services (237.5 percent gain)
3. Other schools and instruction (212.5 percent gain)
4. Florists (70.8 percent gain)
5. Other financial investment activities (54.4 percent gain)

Kootenai County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The RV parks and recreational camps industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 59.8 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 industry felt a loss of 9.3 percent. The losses in the RV parks and recreational camps industry in Kootenai County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 3.8 percent in terms of employees in the RV parks and recreational camps industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. RV parks and recreational camps (59.8 percent decline)
2. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (56 percent decline)
3. Other nonmetallic mineral products (50.9 percent decline)
4. Land subdivision (34.3 percent decline)
5. Electronics and appliance stores (34.1 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Kootenai County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has added the most employment with 194 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry makes up 5.6 percent of the total employment growth in Kootenai County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (194 new jobs)
2. Building finishing contractors (190 new jobs)
3. Residential building construction (176 new jobs)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (175 new jobs)
5. Private households (131 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Kootenai County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Business support services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 282 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Business support services industry make up 31.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Kootenai County, Idaho.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (282 jobs lost)
2. Individual and family services (95 jobs lost)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (74 jobs lost)
4. Residential mental health facilities (71 jobs lost)
5. Utility system construction (56 jobs lost)

In Kootenai County, Idaho, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 2,902 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

From the 147 4-digit NAICS industries, 40 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 106 industries reported employment loss in the 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 Kootenai County, Idaho

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Kootenai County, Idaho can be recognized as having a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 10.5 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 45.9 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Kootenai County, having 15.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

While household income level experienced a decline since 2000 in Kootenai County, Idaho, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median household income was the Black or African American category. This group felt a decline of 3005694.3 percent since the year 2000. The Asian population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Kootenai County, experiencing a 42.7 percent increase in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Kootenai County reported a medium-high median household income of $44,172 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 0.5 percent higher than the median income in State of Idaho of $43,959 and the median is 11.2 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

The poverty rate in Kootenai County, Idaho has increased by 1.4 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 10.5 percent to 11.9 percent.

Hispanic Householders in Kootenai County, Idaho , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $41,220, this median household income is 6.7 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. In Kootenai County, Idaho White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $44,371 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.5 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $39,174. This income level is 11.3 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Kootenai County had a median household income level of $39,609, this level was 10.3 percent less than the areas median level for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 49.8 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $22,181.

The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $36,675, which amounts to a 17 percent decline. Kootenai County, Idaho, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 1 of 6 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Idaho. Kootenai County ranks 26 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income in the US.

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

Higher Education in Kootenai County, Idaho

In Kootenai County, Idaho as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 19.2 percent of the White Alone, 10.8 percent of Black or African American, 34.6 percent of the Asian alone and 13.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Kootenai County, Idaho can be considered to have a moderately-educated population, with 19 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Kootenai was reported to have a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Idaho's proportion of 21.6 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

Since 2000, Kootenai has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 2.2 percent to a total of 21.2 in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proporation of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the State of Idaho percent of 23.4 and less than the national percent of 27.2.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Kootenai County, Idaho, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Kootenai on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 21.4 percent (Men) versus 17 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is Some College or Associates Degree, with 39.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 1.8 percent. By the year 2005, 22.8 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 3.0 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 20 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

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

Demographic Profile for Kootenai County, Idaho

Kootenai County, Idaho has a population that is comprised of 93.7 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 3 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 3.7 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Idaho percent of 10.5. Since 2000, Kootenai has increased the level of diversity when 3.0 percent of the people were minorities.

Since the year 2000, a low amount of people have migrated to Kootenai internationally. The migration from outside the US into Kootenai totals 1.9 percent of the total international migration into the State of Idaho. This percent of international migration is low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Kootenai County, Idaho to be 37.3 years of age. The median in Kootenai is greater than the median age in Idaho of 34.6. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 36.2 years of age. With a total of 24.3 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Kootenai can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 62.6 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 13.1 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

When measuring the total land area, Kootenai spans a total of 1245 total square miles. The area has a medium-low density of 103 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Worcester, MD (103 per sq. mile ), Pike, PA (103 per sq. mile ), Franklin, MA (103 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Nevada, CA (103 per sq. mile ), Bowie, TX (102 per sq. mile ), Haywood, NC (102 per sq. mile ).

Kootenai County, Idaho had a population of 127,668 in 2005. The estimated population has increased very sharply, since the population in 2000 of 109,539. This growth denotes an increase of 16.6 percent. Kootenai ranks 3 of 44 counties in terms of population growth in Idaho and the county ranks 195 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

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

Housing Report for Kootenai County, Idaho

The residential real estate values in Kootenai County, Idaho have seen large increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $53,500, or 44.5 percent, since their values in that year of $120,100.

In Kootenai County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 54,650 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding in all 6,568 residential units since 2001, or 13.7 percent.

The State of Idaho, Kootenai County is positioned 5 of 44 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 146 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Kootenai County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $173,600, reported by the American Community Survey. This is greater than the overall Idaho 2005 median home value of $134,900 and greater than home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

There seems to be a fair amount of affordable housing in Kootenai County, Idaho. In 2005, 29.2 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Kootenai County can be understood as having a relatively high percentage of high-priced residential real estate. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 7.3 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Kootenai County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Construction industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 16.9 percent of the total county employment. This totals 7,251 employees. The Accommodation and food services and Construction industries total 13.3 and 12.2 percent of all employment.

Educational services from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Kootenai County, with an industry growth of 94.6 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of 13.8 percent. The State of Idaho experienced a change in employment in the sector of 35.4 percent, since the year 2001.

Arts, entertainment, and recreation has the largest employers in Kootenai County. The industry averages 19 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average in the United States of 16 and greater than the Idaho typical size of 10 for the Arts, entertainment, and recreation industry.

In Kootenai County, Construction, Arts, entertainment, and recreation and Utilities are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Construction sector has a United State LQ of 1.86. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Construction sector is 1.86 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Kootenai County may specialize, or be an exporter of Construction.









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