In Madison County, jobs in the architectural and engineering services pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the architectural and engineering services industry had the highest average wages in Madison County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Madison County received an annual wage of $50,813 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the industry pay the State of Idaho of $48,526 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $63,540.

High-wage employment in Madison County, Idaho can be found in professional and similar organizations ($43,458), motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers ($39,263), machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($38,696) and automobile dealers ($33,863) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Madison County Wages have increased by 21.1% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Madison County, Idaho by a total of 21.1%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of Idaho and greater than the growth in average wages for 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.

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

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The overall industry wages in Madison County, Idaho when analyzed can be described as medium-low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 25.9 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $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.

Madison County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Madison County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 164 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry make up 67.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Madison County, Idaho.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (164 jobs lost)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (36 jobs lost)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (16 jobs lost)
4. Lessors of real estate (9 jobs lost)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (8 jobs lost)

In Madison County, Idaho, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 1,244 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Madison County

The Other professional and technical services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 262 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Other professional and technical services industry makes up 21.4 percent of the total growth in Madison County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other professional and technical services (262 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (167 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (137 new jobs)
4. Consumer goods rental (65 new jobs)
5. Other crop farming (62 new jobs)

Of the 37 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 7 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 30 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Madison County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 41.8 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Idaho, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 1.7 percent. The losses in the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Madison County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 0.2 percent in terms of employment in the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (41.8 percent decline)
2. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (23.7 percent decline)
3. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (23 percent decline)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (18.7 percent decline)
5. Lessors of real estate (17.6 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 13.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than percent in the State of Idaho, which experienced a gain of 13.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Madison County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 344.8 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Madison County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Idaho, where this industry saw a gain of 99.9 percent. The Residential building construction industry in Madison County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 30.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (344.8 percent gain)
2. Consumer goods rental (340.4 percent gain)
3. Other crop farming (308.3 percent gain)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (237.9 percent gain)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (165.9 percent gain)





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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.

Madison County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has increased by 4.6 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than growth in Idaho, which went through a gain of 5.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Madison County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Business support services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 27.5 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 experienced in the State of Idaho, where the it saw a gain of 12.3 percent. The losses in the Business support services industry in Madison County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2 percent in terms of employees in the Business support services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (27.5 percent decline)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (20.7 percent decline)
3. Utility system construction (18.3 percent decline)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (17.3 percent decline)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (6.4 percent decline)

Madison County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Clothing stores industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 138.5 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Madison County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Idaho, where the industry took a gain of 8.8 percent. The Clothing stores industry in Madison County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 2.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Clothing stores (138.5 percent gain)
2. Consumer goods rental (114.5 percent gain)
3. Nonresidential building construction (90.5 percent gain)
4. Computer systems design and related services (84.4 percent gain)
5. Architectural and engineering services (50.4 percent gain)

In Madison County, Idaho, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 471 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Given the 43 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 12 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 31 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Madison County

The Consumer goods rental industry has grown the most with 45 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Consumer goods rental industry makes up 10.1 percent of the total number of new jobs in Madison County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Consumer goods rental (45 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (43 new jobs)
3. Computer systems design and related services (38 new jobs)
4. Automobile dealers (37 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (36 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Madison County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Services to buildings and dwellings industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 49 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry make up 33.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Madison County, Idaho.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (49 jobs lost)
2. Utility system construction (23 jobs lost)
3. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (19 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (17 jobs lost)
5. Business support services (14 jobs lost)





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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 Madison County, Idaho

Hispanic households in Madison County, Idaho reported a median household income of $24,792, this income level is 35 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. In Madison County, Idaho White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $39,018 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2.3 percent greater than the median income in 2000. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $43,248. This income level is 13.4 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Madison County had a median household income level of $33,150, which was 13.1 percent less than the median income level in this area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 73.2 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $10,238.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Madison County, Idaho can be understood to have a very high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 30.5 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 39.2 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 18 to 64 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Madison County, reporting 39.9 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Madison County was reported to have a medium-low median income for all households of $38,150 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 15.2 percent lower than the median in Idaho of $43,959 and the median is 28.8 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Madison County, Idaho

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Madison County, Idaho, many men in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Madison have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 31.2 percent (Men) versus 18.2 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a Some College or Associates Degree, with 47.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Madison County, Idaho is made up of a highly-educated working age population, with 24.4 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Madison has a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of Idaho's proportion of 21.6 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Madison County, Idaho as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 25 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 33.8 percent of the Asian alone and 4.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

Demographic Profile for Madison County, Idaho

Madison County, Idaho had an estimated population of 30,975 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 27,421. This growth shows an increase of 13 percent. Madison ranks 7 of 44 counties by growth in total population in Idaho and the county ranks 613 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Madison County, Idaho to be 22.2 years of age. The median age in Madison is less than the median age for the State of Idaho of 34.6. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median, when the median age was 20.7 years of age. With 26.5 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Madison can be described as being made up of a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively high presence of the 2005 population base, with 67.4 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 6.1 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a relatively low proportion of the area population base.

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated to Madison from outside the country. The immigration into Madison totals 1.4 percent of all immigration into Idaho. This level of international migration can be considered medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

In terms of total land area, Madison covers a total land area of 472 square miles. The county has a medium-low density of 66 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Douglas, NV (66 per sq. mile ), Coffee, GA (66 per sq. mile ), Muhlenberg, KY (66 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Posey, IN (66 per sq. mile ), Tate, MS (66 per sq. mile ), Coshocton, OH (65 per sq. mile ).

Madison County, Idaho has a population that is made up of 93.3 percent White, 0.4 percent African American, 0.8 percent Asian, and 4.2 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest level of diversity, with 5.4 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Idaho percent of 10.5. Since 2000, Madison has increased in diversity when 5.0 percent of the total population were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Madison County, Idaho

Madison County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $106,800, published by the Decennial Census. This home value is greater than the overall State of Idaho 2000 home median value of $106,300 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

In Madison County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 10,412 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding in all 2,677 residential structures since 2001, a change of 34.6 percent.

When compared to other counties in Idaho, Madison County places 1 of 44 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 2 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.







Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Madison County, with the industry averaging 26 employees per business. This is less than the industry's national average of 39 and less than the Idaho average establishment size of 29 for the Manufacturing industry.

The Administrative and waste services sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Madison County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 13.4 percent of employment in 2001 to 0 percent of employment in 2005.

In Madison County, Retail Trade, Professional and technical services, and the Manufacturing sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade is the largest employment industry and makes up 14.3 percent of total employment in the county, making up 1,444 employees. The Professional and technical services and Manufacturing sectors provide 11.7 and 10.1 percent of industry employment.

Construction has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Madison County, changing a total of 50.6 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 7.3 percent. The State of Idaho faced a industry job change of 19.3 percent, in the last 5 years.

In Madison County, Professional and technical services, Wholesale trade and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Professional and technical services sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.83. The level of employment in the Professional and technical services industry is 1.83 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Madison specializes in Professional and technical services.







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