In Prentiss County, jobs in the sporting goods and musical instrument stores pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the sporting goods and musical instrument stores industry had the highest average wages in Prentiss County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Prentiss County received a wage of $43,819 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage in Mississippi of $17,040 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $18,087.

Other top-pay jobs in Prentiss County, Mississippi exsists in management and technical consulting services ($38,600), architectural and engineering services ($37,087), legal services ($36,307) and accounting and bookkeeping services ($35,706) 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.

Prentiss County Wages have increased by 17.2% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Prentiss County, Mississippi by a total of 17.2%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Mississippi and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

Prentiss County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total industry employment has decreased by 9.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Mississippi, which went through a gain of 0.2 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Prentiss County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electronics and appliance stores industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 48.8 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Mississippi, where the it saw a gain of 6.7 percent. The losses in the Electronics and appliance stores industry in Prentiss County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 2.7 percent in terms of employment in the Electronics and appliance stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronics and appliance stores (48.8 percent decline)
2. Residential building construction (39.8 percent decline)
3. Automobile dealers (34.7 percent decline)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (32.6 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (29.6 percent decline)

Prentiss County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Logging industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 206.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Prentiss County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Mississippi, where this industry saw a loss of 7.7 percent. The Logging industry in Prentiss County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 10.8 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Logging (206.1 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (192.3 percent gain)
3. Full-service restaurants (107.8 percent gain)
4. Architectural and engineering services (74.6 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (56.1 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Prentiss County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 148 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 39.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Prentiss County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (148 new jobs)
2. Plastics product manufacturing (78 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (37 new jobs)
4. Logging (34 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (19 new jobs)

In Prentiss County, Mississippi, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 688 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Out of the 29 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 8 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 19 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Prentiss County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the General freight trucking industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 58 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the General freight trucking industry make up 27.4 percent of the total job loss in Prentiss County, Mississippi.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (58 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (40 jobs lost)
3. Residential building construction (33 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (29 jobs lost)
5. Nonresidential building construction (15 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.

Prentiss County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Prentiss County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 63 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Mississippi, where the industry reported a gain of 1.2 percent. The losses in the Building finishing contractors industry in Prentiss County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5.4 in percent of jobs in the Building finishing contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (63 percent decline)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (27.5 percent decline)
3. Death care services (21.1 percent decline)
4. Activities related to credit intermediation (21.1 percent decline)
5. Nondepository credit intermediation (16.5 percent decline)

Prentiss County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 123.5 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Prentiss County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Mississippi, where it saw a gain of 2.9 percent. The Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Prentiss County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 3.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (123.5 percent gain)
2. Other miscellaneous store retailers (68.2 percent gain)
3. Activities related to real estate (44.4 percent gain)
4. Building equipment contractors (29.3 percent gain)
5. Architectural and engineering services (26.4 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 0.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in the State of Mississippi, which went through a gain of 1.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

In Prentiss County, Mississippi, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 33 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Given the 33 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 17 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 16 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Prentiss County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Building finishing contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 19 jobs. The declines in the Building finishing contractors industry make up 27.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Prentiss County, Mississippi.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (19 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (10 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (8 jobs lost)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (7 jobs lost)
5. Nondepository credit intermediation (4 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Prentiss County

The Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 54 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 32.9 percent of the total growth in Prentiss County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (54 new jobs)
2. Plastics product manufacturing (30 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (10 new jobs)
4. General freight trucking (9 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (8 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 Prentiss County, Mississippi

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 27.5 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $24,116. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Prentiss County reported an income level of $11,212, this level was 66.3 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Prentiss County, Mississippi White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $34,292 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 3 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $57,038. This income level is 71.4 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Hispanic headed households in Prentiss County, Mississippi , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $26,082, this median household income is 21.6 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Prentiss County, Mississippi can be recognized as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 16.5 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 46.2 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Prentiss County, with 25.7 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Prentiss County had a relatively low household income of $33,282 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 10.1 percent lower than the median income in State of Mississippi of $36,656 and this is 47.6 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.







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

In Prentiss County, Mississippi according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 10.8 percent of the White Alone, 3 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 11.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Prentiss County, Mississippi can be considered to have a less-educated population, with 10 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Prentiss was reported to have a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Mississippi's proportion of 17 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Prentiss County, Mississippi, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 35.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Prentiss have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 9.8 percent (Men) versus 10 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Less than High School category, with 35 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.





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

When measuring the total land area, Prentiss encompasses a total area of 415 total square miles. The area has a medium-low average population density of 62 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Union, FL (62 per sq. mile ), Ripley, IN (62 per sq. mile ), Macon, NC (62 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Madison, NE (62 per sq. mile ), Camp, TX (62 per sq. mile ), Towns, GA (62 per sq. mile ).

Estimated since the year 2000, a very low number of individual migrated to the Prentiss from another country. The international migration into Prentiss accounts for 0.1 percent of immigration into the State of Mississippi. This percent of international migration is very low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Prentiss County, Mississippi has a population base that is comprised of 84.5 percent White, 13.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 0.7 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 14.8 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Mississippi percent of 39.2. Since 2000, Prentiss has increased the level of diversity when 14.0 percent of the population were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Prentiss County, Mississippi to be 36.9 years old. The median in Prentiss is greater than the median age for the State of Mississippi of 35.5. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 35.0 years old. With a total of 23.3 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Prentiss can be understood as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 62 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 14.7 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.



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

Prentiss County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $56,400, reported by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the overall State of Mississippi 2000 home median value of $71,400 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

Throughout the State of Mississippi, Prentiss County stands 20 of 82 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 1,716 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

There seems to be a large amount of affordable housing in Prentiss County, Mississippi. In 2000, 91.1 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

In Prentiss County, there were a total of 11,050 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding all together 252 housing units since the year 2001, or 2.3 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Accommodation and food services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Prentiss County, with a job growth of 44 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 7.6 percent. The State of Mississippi went through a industry job change of 10.3 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

In Prentiss County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 44.9 percent of total employment in the county, making up 2,795 jobs. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries make up 9.9 and 8.1 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Prentiss County. The industry was hit with a loss of 623 jobs during the period, or 18.2 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 49.8 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

The Administrative and waste services industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Prentiss County since the year 2001. The industry went from accounting for 5.1 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent in the year 2005.

In Prentiss County, Manufacturing, Utilities and Transportation and Warehousing are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 3.5. The level of employment in the Manufacturing industry is 3.5 times greater than the national average, signifying that Prentiss County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Prentiss County. In the County, the industry averages 68 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the State of Mississippi establishments size average of 61 for the Manufacturing industry.

Prentiss is the County that is ranked 36 of 83 total Counties throughout Mississippi by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 34 of 83 Counties.



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