In Tallahatchie County, jobs in the specialized freight trucking pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the specialized freight trucking industry had the highest average wages in Tallahatchie County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Tallahatchie County received an annual wage of $33,422 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the industry wage rate in Mississippi of $33,507 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $36,645.

High-wage employment in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi can be found in health and personal care stores ($32,905), insurance agencies, brokerages, and related ($31,370), misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers ($27,549) and general freight trucking ($23,281) 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.

Tallahatchie County Wages have increased by 19.9% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi by a total of 19.9%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of Mississippi 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.

Tallahatchie County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Tallahatchie County

The Specialized freight trucking industry has grown the most with 25 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Specialized freight trucking industry makes up 42.9 percent of the total employment growth in Tallahatchie County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (25 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (13 new jobs)
3. Health and personal care stores (9 new jobs)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (7 new jobs)

In Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 343 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Given the 10 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 4 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 6 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Tallahatchie County

Given the industries in the area, the Other crop farming industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 83 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Other crop farming industry make up 54.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other crop farming (83 jobs lost)
2. Support activities for crop production (47 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (19 jobs lost)
4. Private households (3 jobs lost)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (28 jobs lost)

Tallahatchie County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other crop farming industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 51.8 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Mississippi, where the industry reported a loss of 16.9 percent. The losses in the Other crop farming industry in Tallahatchie County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 24.4 percent in terms of employees in the Other crop farming industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Other crop farming (51.8 percent decline)
2. Support activities for crop production (45.9 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (20.4 percent decline)
4. Private households (11.1 percent decline)

Tallahatchie County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 181.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Tallahatchie County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Mississippi, where this industry saw a gain of 19.9 percent. The Specialized freight trucking industry in Tallahatchie County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 6.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (181.0 percent gain)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (140.0 percent gain)
3. General freight trucking (36.5 percent gain)
4. Health and personal care stores (28.1 percent gain)
5. Legal services (22.9 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 22.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in Mississippi, which experienced a gain of 0.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced 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.

Tallahatchie County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Tallahatchie County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Health and personal care stores industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 5.1 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Tallahatchie County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Mississippi, where the industry took a gain of 2.1 percent. The Health and personal care stores industry in Tallahatchie County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 1.7 percent in this industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Health and personal care stores (5.1 percent gain)
2. Legal services (4.9 percent gain)

Tallahatchie County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 22.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Mississippi, where the it saw a gain of 0.4 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Tallahatchie County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 0.3 percent in terms of employees in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (22.9 percent decline)
2. Lessors of real estate (17.2 percent decline)
3. Private households (13 percent decline)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (12.2 percent decline)
5. Specialized freight trucking (9.9 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 4.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in Mississippi, experiencing a gain of 1.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Tallahatchie County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Health and personal care stores industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 2 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Health and personal care stores industry makes up 66.7 percent of the total growth in Tallahatchie County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Health and personal care stores (2 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (44 new jobs)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (37 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (36 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (29 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Tallahatchie County

Given the industries in the area, the Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 22 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 44.7 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.

Top 2 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (22 jobs lost)
2. Support activities for crop production (6 jobs lost)

In Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 81 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Out of the 13 4-digit NAICS industries, 10 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 2 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 Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi can be understood to have a very high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 32.2 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 45.5 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 6 to 11 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Tallahatchie County, having 46.9 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Tallahatchie County had a very low median income for households of $26,008 (2005 Dollars). This median is 40.9 percent lower than the median in State of Mississippi of $36,656 and the median household income is 88.9 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 27.9 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $18,745. Hispanic households in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $35,831, this income level is 37.8 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Tallahatchie County, Mississippi White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $34,984 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 34.5 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $42,413. This median is 63.1 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area.







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

Higher Education in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

Tallahatchie County, Mississippi has a less-educated working age population, with 11 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Tallahatchie is reported having 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.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 50 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Tallahatchie on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 10 percent (Men) versus 11.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Less than High School category, with 42 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Tallahatchie County, Mississippi according the 2000 Decennial Census, 16.2 percent of the White Alone, 5.8 percent of Black or African American, 31.8 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

Demographic Profile for Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

Tallahatchie County, Mississippi had an estimated population of 14,191 in 2005. The total population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 14,884. The decline denotes a decrease of -4.7 percent. Tallahatchie ranks 70 of 82 counties in terms of population growth in Mississippi and the county ranks 2,864 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Tallahatchie County, Mississippi has a population that is comprised of 38.5 percent White, 59.9 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 1 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very high level of diversity, with 61.3 percent minorities. This is greater than the State of Mississippi percent of 39.2. Since 2000, Tallahatchie has increased the percent of minority makeup when 60.5 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

By measuring total land area, Tallahatchie extends a total area of 644 square miles. This area has a low density of 22 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Clarke, AL (22 per sq. mile ), Pennington, MN (22 per sq. mile ), Wilkes, GA (22 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Ripley, MO (22 per sq. mile ), Miller, GA (22 per sq. mile ), Barton, MO (22 per sq. mile ).

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi to be 34.7 years old. The median age in Tallahatchie is less than the median age in Mississippi of 35.5. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 33.4 years old. With a total of 27.7 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Tallahatchie can be understood as being made up of a relatively high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 59.1 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13.2 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

From 2000, a low amount of people migrated to Tallahatchie from another country. The international migration into Tallahatchie makes up 0.2 percent of the total migration into the State of Mississippi. This percent of international migration is low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

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

Housing Report for Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

In Tallahatchie County, the census reported 5,892 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding in all 108 homes since 2001, or 1.9 percent.

Throughout the State of Mississippi, Tallahatchie County places 36 of 82 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,034 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Tallahatchie County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $42,300, published by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the overall Mississippi 2000 home value of $71,400 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

According to the data, there is a abundant amount of affordable housing in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. In 2000, 95.7 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

The Manufacturing sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Tallahatchie County since the year 2001. The industry went from accounting for 16.1 percent of total employment in 2001 to 5.7 percent of total employment in the year 2005.

In Tallahatchie County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Transportation and Warehousing and Utilities industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has an LQ of 10.7. The percent of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 10.7 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Tallahatchie County may specialize, or be an exporter of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Tallahatchie County. The industry lost a total of 136 jobs during the period, or 54.4 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 59.1 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

Accommodation and food services has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Tallahatchie County, with an industry growth of 145.7 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 7.6 percent. The State of Mississippi encountered a change in industry employment of 10.3 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Tallahatchie County. In the County, the industry averages 14 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the State of Mississippi establishments size average of 61 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Tallahatchie County, Retail Trade, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and the Transportation and Warehousing industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 14.2 percent of the total county employment. This totals 283 people employed. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Transportation and Warehousing industries total 11.3 and 7.2 percent of industry employment.





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