In Pike County, jobs in the office administrative services pay the highest wages

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Employment in the office administrative services industry had the highest average wages in Pike County for 2006. The average industry job in Pike County received an annual wage of $84,761 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry wage rate in Mississippi of $54,503 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $61,535.

High-wage employment in Pike County, Mississippi may be found in management and technical consulting services ($62,306), furniture stores ($60,672), offices of physicians ($48,040) and plastics product manufacturing ($42,146) 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.

Pike County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

The total number of jobs has increased by 6.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Mississippi, which went through a gain of 0.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Pike County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 378.8 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Pike County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Mississippi, where the industry took a gain of 16 percent. The Other specialty trade contractors industry in Pike County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 22.3 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (378.8 percent gain)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (182.7 percent gain)
3. Clothing stores (161.5 percent gain)
4. Activities related to credit intermediation (145.6 percent gain)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (121.0 percent gain)

Pike County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 61.6 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Mississippi, where the industry reported a loss of 19.8 percent. The losses in the Other miscellaneous store retailers industry in Pike County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 1.5 in percent of jobs in the Other miscellaneous store retailers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous store retailers (61.6 percent decline)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (60.2 percent decline)
3. Plastics product manufacturing (43.1 percent decline)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (40.7 percent decline)
5. Specialty food stores (28.8 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Pike County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 297 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 24.3 percent of the total growth in Pike County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (297 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (131 new jobs)
3. Specialized freight trucking (100 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (91 new jobs)
5. Clothing stores (73 new jobs)

In Pike County, Mississippi, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 778 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

From the 55 4-digit NAICS industries, 20 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 32 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Pike County

The Plastics product manufacturing industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 84 jobs. The declines in the Plastics product manufacturing industry make up 25.6 percent of the total job loss in Pike County, Mississippi.

Top 5 Industries
1. Plastics product manufacturing (84 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (41 jobs lost)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (37 jobs lost)
4. Other miscellaneous store retailers (36 jobs lost)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (31 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.

Pike County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Pike County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 78.4 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 sector has gone through in the Mississippi, where the industry felt a gain of 1 percent. The losses in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry in Pike County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 4.9 in percent of jobs in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (78.4 percent decline)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (59.4 percent decline)
3. Lessors of real estate (33.6 percent decline)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (27.8 percent decline)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (26.4 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 4.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Mississippi, experiencing a gain of 1.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Pike County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 356.9 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Pike County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Mississippi, where it saw a gain of 14.6 percent. The Other specialty trade contractors industry in Pike County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (356.9 percent gain)
2. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (204.8 percent gain)
3. Building finishing contractors (79.7 percent gain)
4. Management and technical consulting services (43.8 percent gain)
5. Home furnishings stores (39.2 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Pike County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other specialty trade contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 130 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Other specialty trade contractors industry makes up 20.6 percent of the total number of new jobs in Pike County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (130 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (86 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (46 new jobs)
4. Grocery stores (35 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (31 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Pike County

The Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 70 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry make up 26.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Pike County, Mississippi.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (70 jobs lost)
2. Lessors of real estate (34 jobs lost)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (26 jobs lost)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (19 jobs lost)
5. Other amusement and recreation industries (19 jobs lost)

In Pike County, Mississippi, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 516 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 66 4-digit NAICS industries, 30 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 34 industry sectors reported declines during the time 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 Pike County, Mississippi

Hispanic Householders in Pike County, Mississippi recorded a median income of $41,911, this income level is 45.8 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Pike County, Mississippi White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,114 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 29.1 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $31,626. This income level is 10 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 31.9 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $19,574. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Pike County reported an income level of $21,206, this median was 26.2 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Pike County, Mississippi can be considered to have a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 25.3 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 44.2 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Pike County, accounting 38.4 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Pike County was reported to have a relatively low median income for households of $28,738 (2005 Dollars). This median is 27.6 percent lower than the median in State of Mississippi of $36,656 and the median is 71 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 Pike County, Mississippi

Pike County, Mississippi may to understood as having a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 12.6 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Pike counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Mississippi's proportion of 17 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Pike County, Mississippi as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 17 percent of the White Alone, 5.8 percent of Black or African American, 34.8 percent of the Asian alone and 5.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Pike County, Mississippi, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 31.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Pike have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 13.4 percent (Men) versus 11.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Pike County, Mississippi

Pike County, Mississippi has a population that is comprised of 49.1 percent White, 49.2 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 0.7 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 50.4 percent minorities. This is greater than the State of Mississippi percent of 39.2. Since 2000, Pike has increased in diversity when 48.5 percent of the total population were minorities.

Since the year 2000, a low amount of people migrated to Pike internationally. The migration from outside the US into Pike accounts for 0.2 percent of all immigration into Mississippi. This percent of international migration is low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Pike County, Mississippi to be 36.3 years of age. The median age in Pike is greater than the median in Mississippi of 35.5. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 35.3 years of age. With a total of 26.9 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Pike can be described as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 58.8 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 14.4 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Pike County, Mississippi had a population that was estimated at 39,426 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 38,992. This growth signifies an increase of 1.1 percent. Pike ranks 28 of 82 counties in terms of population growth in Mississippi and the county ranks 1,439 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

When measuring the total land area, Pike covers a total land area of 409 square miles. The land areas has a medium-low density of 96 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Madison, GA (96 per sq. mile ), Whitley, IN (96 per sq. mile ), Franklin, IL (96 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Bradford, FL (96 per sq. mile ), Lycoming, PA (96 per sq. mile ), Defiance, OH (95 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Pike County, Mississippi

When compared to other counties in Mississippi, Pike County stands 72 of 82 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,556 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

In Pike County, the census reported 17,080 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding in all 189 residential structures since 2001, a change of 1.1 percent.

Pike County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $59,700, reported by the Decennial Census. This value is less than the Mississippi 2000 home value of $71,400 and less than home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

It can be understood that there is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Pike County, Mississippi. In 2000, 86.5 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Pike County, Mississippi -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Pike County, Manufacturing, Utilities and Retail Trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 2.01. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing industry is 2.01 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Pike County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Pike County. The industry lost a total of 451 total jobs during the period, accounting for 12.9 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 44 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

Real estate and rental and leasing from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Pike County, with an industry growth of 58.1 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 4.3 percent. The State of Mississippi had an industry job change of 4 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

In Pike County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 25.8 percent of the total county employment. This totals 3,044 individuals. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors account for 21.9 and 10.5 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Pike County. In the County, the industry averages 71 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the State of Mississippi average establishment size of 61 for the Manufacturing industry.







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