In Tishomingo County, jobs in the management and technical consulting services pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the management and technical consulting services industry reported the top wages in Tishomingo County for 2006. The average industry job in Tishomingo County earned an annual wage of $75,829 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the industry wage rate in Mississippi of $43,594 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $67,321.

Other high-paying jobs in Tishomingo County, Mississippi are present in electronic markets and agents and brokers ($47,800), building equipment contractors ($41,451), specialized freight trucking ($38,891) and logging ($36,942) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail 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.

Tishomingo County Wages have increased by 13.8% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Tishomingo County, Mississippi by a total of 13.8%. This is less than the growth in average industry wages for Mississippi and less 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.

Tishomingo County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Out of the 18 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 9 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 9 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Tishomingo County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Plastics product manufacturing industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 107 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Plastics product manufacturing industry makes up 36.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Tishomingo County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Plastics product manufacturing (107 new jobs)
2. Health and personal care stores (63 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (49 new jobs)
4. Specialized freight trucking (21 new jobs)
5. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (20 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Tishomingo County

The General freight trucking industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 29 jobs. The declines in the General freight trucking industry make up 23.6 percent of the total employment decline in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (29 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (26 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (17 jobs lost)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (16 jobs lost)
5. Nondepository credit intermediation (14 jobs lost)

In Tishomingo County, Mississippi, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 3 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total employment has decreased by 0.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in the State of Mississippi, which experienced a gain of 0.2 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Tishomingo County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Health and personal care stores industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 261.1 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Tishomingo County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Mississippi, where this industry saw a gain of 15.9 percent. The Health and personal care stores industry in Tishomingo County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 2.6 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Health and personal care stores (261.1 percent gain)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (100.0 percent gain)
3. Plastics product manufacturing (91.2 percent gain)
4. Limited-service eating places (45.7 percent gain)
5. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (43.7 percent gain)

Tishomingo County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nondepository credit intermediation industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 51.2 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Mississippi, where the industry reported a gain of 5.2 percent. The losses in the Nondepository credit intermediation industry in Tishomingo County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 18.9 percent in terms of employees in the Nondepository credit intermediation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nondepository credit intermediation (51.2 percent decline)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (37.5 percent decline)
3. General freight trucking (34.3 percent decline)
4. Nonresidential building construction (33.8 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (22.5 percent decline)





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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.

Tishomingo County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Tishomingo County

The Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing industry has grown the most with 90 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing industry makes up 42.9 percent of the total growth in Tishomingo County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing (90 new jobs)
2. Health and personal care stores (32 new jobs)
3. Plastics product manufacturing (23 new jobs)
4. General freight trucking (21 new jobs)
5. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (16 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Tishomingo County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Household and institutional furniture mfg. industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 52 jobs. The declines in the Household and institutional furniture mfg. industry make up 50.2 percent of the employment lost during the period in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

Top 5 Industries
1. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (52 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (15 jobs lost)
3. Nondepository credit intermediation (8 jobs lost)
4. Nursing care facilities (7 jobs lost)
5. Offices of physicians (7 jobs lost)

Given the 26 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 14 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 9 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Tishomingo County, Mississippi, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 422 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Tishomingo County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 60.6 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Tishomingo County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Mississippi, where it saw a gain of 2.6 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Tishomingo County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 2.3 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (60.6 percent gain)
2. Health and personal care stores (59.5 percent gain)
3. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (32.9 percent gain)
4. Building equipment contractors (32.8 percent gain)
5. Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing (27.9 percent gain)

Tishomingo County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nondepository credit intermediation industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 37.9 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Mississippi, where the it saw a gain of 1.7 percent. The losses in the Nondepository credit intermediation industry in Tishomingo County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 2 percent in terms of employment in the Nondepository credit intermediation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nondepository credit intermediation (37.9 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (20.7 percent decline)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (15.1 percent decline)
4. Offices of physicians (12 percent decline)
5. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (10.2 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 8.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in Mississippi, which went through a gain of 1.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 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.

Income and Poverty in Tishomingo County, Mississippi

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Tishomingo County, Mississippi can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 14.1 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 47.9 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Tishomingo County, with 18.9 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Tishomingo County accounted a relatively low median income for all households of $33,129 (2005 Dollars). This median is 10.6 percent lower than the median income in State of Mississippi of $36,656 and the income level is 48.3 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 24.8 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $24,921. Hispanic households in Tishomingo County, Mississippi reported a median household income of $39,488, this median household income is 19.2 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Tishomingo County reported an income level of $10,238, this median was 69.1 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Tishomingo County, Mississippi White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $33,535 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.2 percent greater than the median in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $48,938. This median income level is 47.7 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area.







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

Higher Education in Tishomingo County, Mississippi

In Tishomingo County, Mississippi as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 8.8 percent of the White Alone, 3.6 percent of Black or African American, 18.2 percent of the Asian alone and 6.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Tishomingo County, Mississippi has a less-educated population, with 8.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Tishomingo 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 the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 36.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Tishomingo have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 10 percent (Men) versus 7.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 37 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Tishomingo County, Mississippi

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Tishomingo County, Mississippi to be 40.6 years of age. The median age in Tishomingo is greater than the median age in Mississippi of 35.5. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 39.2 years of age. With a total of 22.1 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Tishomingo can be understood as being made up of a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 60.6 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 17.3 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

Since 2000, a medium-low number of individuals have migrated to Tishomingo from another country. The international migration into Tishomingo accounts for 0.6 percent of the total international migration into the State of Mississippi. This level of international migration can be considered medium-low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Tishomingo County, Mississippi had an estimated population of 19,202 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since its 2000 population of 19,160. This growth shows an increase of 0.2 percent. Tishomingo ranks 37 of 82 counties when analyzing total population change in Mississippi and the county ranks 1,873 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

Tishomingo County, Mississippi has a population that is made up of 93.4 percent White, 3.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 2.6 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 6.2 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Mississippi percent of 39.2. Since 2000, Tishomingo has increased the percent of minority population when 5.0 percent of the people were minorities.

When calculating the total land area, Tishomingo extends a total area of 424 square miles. The land areas has a low density of 45 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Buffalo, NE (45 per sq. mile ), Laclede, MO (45 per sq. mile ), Madison, NC (45 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Lewis, WV (45 per sq. mile ), Hardin, TN (45 per sq. mile ), Crawford, IL (45 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Tishomingo County, Mississippi

Tishomingo County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $60,200, according to the Decennial Census. This median is less than the overall Mississippi 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $71,400 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

Throughout the State of Mississippi, Tishomingo County is positioned 57 of 82 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 2,265 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. In 2000, 91 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

In Tishomingo County, there were a total of 9,815 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 154 housing units since the year 2001, or 1.6 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Arts, entertainment, and recreation saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Tishomingo County, growing in new jobs by 37.5 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 4.7 percent. The State of Mississippi had changed in sector employment of -39.4 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

In Tishomingo County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 44.4 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 2,117 people employed. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 13 and 5 percent of total employment, respectively.

In Tishomingo County, Manufacturing, Utilities and Arts, entertainment, and recreation industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 3.46. The percent of employment in the Manufacturing sector is 3.46 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Tishomingo County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Tishomingo County. The industry averages 57 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's national average of 39 and less than the Mississippi typical size of 61 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Tishomingo County. The industry was hit with a loss of 374 jobs during the period, or 15 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 69 percent of all employment losses in the county.







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