Sierra County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Sierra County, New Mexico, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 31 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Sierra County

The Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 19 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 80.6 percent of the total growth in Sierra County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (19 new jobs)
2. Legal services (2 new jobs)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (2 new jobs)
4. General freight trucking (6 new jobs)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (5 new jobs)

Given the 17 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 9 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 6 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Sierra County

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 22 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 46.1 percent of the total job loss in Sierra County, New Mexico.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (22 jobs lost)
2. Consumer goods rental (8 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (8 jobs lost)
4. Vegetable and melon farming (3 jobs lost)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (3 jobs lost)

Sierra County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Consumer goods rental industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 41.4 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the New Mexico, where the industry felt a loss of 3.1 percent. The losses in the Consumer goods rental industry in Sierra County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 4.6 percent in terms of employment in the Consumer goods rental industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Consumer goods rental (41.4 percent decline)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (32 percent decline)
3. Automobile dealers (19 percent decline)
4. Full-service restaurants (12.3 percent decline)
5. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (11.1 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 1.5 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than percent in New Mexico, experiencing a gain of 4.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Sierra County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 20.7 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Sierra County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in New Mexico, where the industry took a gain of 15.3 percent. The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Sierra County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 3.8 percent in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (20.7 percent gain)
2. Legal services (20.0 percent gain)
3. Limited-service eating places (19.0 percent gain)
4. Other motor vehicle dealers (2.5 percent gain)





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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 Sierra County, New Mexico

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 12 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $24,863. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $42,413. This income level is 50.1 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Hispanic in Sierra County, New Mexico reported a median household income of $25,297, this median is 10.5 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Sierra County reported a median household income of $13,393, which was 52.6 percent less than the median for all households. In Sierra County, New Mexico White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $28,502 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.9 percent greater than the median in 2000.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Sierra County, New Mexico can be considered to have a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 20.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 34.9 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Sierra County, accounting 36.2 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Sierra County was reported to have a very low median household income of $28,258 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 41.3 percent lower than the median in New Mexico of $39,936 and the median household income is 73.9 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.







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