In Union County, jobs in the electronic markets and agents and brokers pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the electronic markets and agents and brokers industry wages were the highest in Union County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Union County earned an annual wage of $36,560 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry wage rate in Mississippi of $60,393 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $67,074.

Other top-pay jobs in Union County, Mississippi may be found in health and personal care stores ($36,110), offices of physicians ($33,881), general freight trucking ($32,919) and wireless telecommunications carriers ($30,773) 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.

Union County Wages have increased by 6.0% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Union County, Mississippi by a total of 6.0%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for the State of Mississippi and less 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.

Union County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Union County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the General freight trucking industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 384 jobs in that time period. The declines in the General freight trucking industry make up 70.1 percent of the total job loss in Union County, Mississippi.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (384 jobs lost)
2. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (107 jobs lost)
3. Residential building construction (24 jobs lost)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (14 jobs lost)
5. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (6 jobs lost)

Of the 18 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 8 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 10 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Union County, Mississippi, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 385 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Union County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 131 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 27.7 percent of the total growth in Union County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (131 new jobs)
2. Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing (128 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (84 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (62 new jobs)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (27 new jobs)

Total industry employment has decreased by 5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in Mississippi, experiencing a gain of 0.2 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Union County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 61.2 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 seen in the Mississippi, where the industry felt a gain of 16.3 percent. The losses in the Residential building construction industry in Union County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 30.6 percent in terms of employees in the Residential building construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (61.2 percent decline)
2. General freight trucking (58.8 percent decline)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (23.9 percent decline)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (20.5 percent decline)
5. Legal services (18.2 percent decline)

Union County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 352.3 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Union County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Mississippi, where the industry felt a loss of 39.1 percent. The Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing industry in Union County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 23.3 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing (352.3 percent gain)
2. Gasoline stations (115.6 percent gain)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (58.7 percent gain)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (56.6 percent gain)
5. Offices of physicians (56.5 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.

Union County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has decreased by 0.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Mississippi, experiencing a gain of 1.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Union County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 29.7 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Mississippi, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 14.3 percent. The losses in the Residential building construction industry in Union County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.5 percent in terms of employment in the Residential building construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (29.7 percent decline)
2. Nonresidential building construction (29.5 percent decline)
3. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (23.3 percent decline)
4. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (16.7 percent decline)
5. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (14.7 percent decline)

Union County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Professional and similar organizations industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 56.3 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Union County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Mississippi, where the industry felt a loss of 3 percent. The Professional and similar organizations industry in Union County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Professional and similar organizations (56.3 percent gain)
2. Lessors of real estate (50.0 percent gain)
3. Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing (39.3 percent gain)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (29.6 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (26.3 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Union County

The Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 102 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 36.4 percent of the total number of new jobs in Union County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (102 new jobs)
2. Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing (46 new jobs)
3. Nursing care facilities (42 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (18 new jobs)
5. Gasoline stations (17 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Union County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Household and institutional furniture mfg. industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 244 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Household and institutional furniture mfg. industry make up 74.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Union County, Mississippi.

Top 5 Industries
1. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (244 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (30 jobs lost)
3. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (12 jobs lost)
4. Nonresidential building construction (8 jobs lost)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (7 jobs lost)

In Union County, Mississippi, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 20 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Out of the 33 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 14 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 18 industries reported a drop in employment.





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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 Union County, Mississippi

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Union County had a medium-low median income for households of $38,238 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 4.1 percent higher than the median in State of Mississippi of $36,656 and this is 28.5 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Union County, Mississippi can be considered to have a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 12.6 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 29.4 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Union County, reporting 25.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $24,405. This household income level is 36.2 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. Hispanic headed households in Union County, Mississippi , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $34,978, this income level is 8.5 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Union County, Mississippi White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $40,080 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 4.8 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Union County reported a median household income of $21,938, which was 42.6 percent less than the areas median level for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 32.3 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $25,875.







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

Higher Education in Union County, Mississippi

In Union County, Mississippi according the 2000 Decennial Census, 13.8 percent of the White Alone, 8.6 percent of Black or African American, 67.2 percent of the Asian alone and 5.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Union County, Mississippi, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 34.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Union on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 12.6 percent (Men) versus 13.8 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 35 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

Union County, Mississippi can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 13.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Union was reported to have 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.





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

Demographic Profile for Union County, Mississippi

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Union County, Mississippi to be 35.9 years of age. The median in Union is greater than the median in Mississippi of 35.5. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 35.7 years of age. With 24.8 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Union can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 61.7 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13.5 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Union County, Mississippi had an estimated population of 26,784 in 2005. The total population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 25,595. This growth denotes an increase of 4.6 percent. Union ranks 17 of 82 counties in terms of population growth in Mississippi and the county ranks 1,026 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

By measuring total land area, Union spans a total of 415 total square miles. The area has a medium-low average area density of 64 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Gilmer, GA (64 per sq. mile ), Charlevoix, MI (64 per sq. mile ), Massac, IL (64 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Geary, KS (64 per sq. mile ), Nacogdoches, TX (64 per sq. mile ), Pike, OH (64 per sq. mile ).

Union County, Mississippi has a population that is made of 81.5 percent White, 15.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 2.6 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 17.9 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Mississippi percent of 39.2. Since 2000, Union has increased the percent of minority population when 16.9 percent of the population were minorities.

Since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated to Union from outside the country. The immigration into Union totals 1.5 percent of the total migration into the State of Mississippi. This amount of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

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

Housing Report for Union County, Mississippi

Union County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $68,300, published by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the overall Mississippi 2000 home median value of $71,400 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

Throughout the State of Mississippi, Union County ranks 38 of 82 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,089 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

It can be understood that there is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Union County, Mississippi. In 2000, 88.2 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

In Union County, the census reported 11,017 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 195 homes since 2001, or 1.8 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

The Transportation and Warehousing industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Union County since 2001, going from making up 17.6 percent of employment in 2001 to 12.3 percent in the year 2005.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Union County. In the County, the industry averages 66 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the Mississippi average of 61 for the Manufacturing industry.

Transportation and Warehousing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Union County. The sector dealt with a loss of 428 employees during the period, or 32 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 53 percent of all employment losses in the county.

In Union County, Transportation and Warehousing, Manufacturing and Health care and social assistance have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Transportation and Warehousing sector in the county has a location quotient of 3.33. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Transportation and Warehousing sector is 3.33 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Union specializes in Transportation and Warehousing.

In Union County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 37.9 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 2,792 employees. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 13.2 and 12.9 percent of total employment, respectively.

Utilities is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Union County, moving a total of 146.2 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of -8.2 percent. The State of Mississippi had changed in sector employment of -1.3 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.





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