Queens County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has increased by 1.1 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in New York, which saw a gain of 1.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Queens County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Cable and other program distribution industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 87.7 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Queens County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in New York, where this industry saw a gain of 4.9 percent. The Cable and other program distribution industry in Queens County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 4.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Cable and other program distribution (87.7 percent gain)
2. Scenic and sightseeing transportation, land (68.4 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (56.7 percent gain)
4. Home health care services (50.8 percent gain)
5. Nonscheduled air transportation (33.7 percent gain)

Queens County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Vending machine operators industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 44 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of New York, where the industry reported a loss of 1 percent. The losses in the Vending machine operators industry in Queens County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 2.2 percent in terms of employees in the Vending machine operators industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Vending machine operators (44 percent decline)
2. Emergency and other relief services (42.2 percent decline)
3. Fabric mills (37.7 percent decline)
4. Promoters of performing arts and sports (35.8 percent decline)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (29.7 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Queens County

The Investigation and security services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,082 jobs. The declines in the Investigation and security services industry make up 9.5 percent of the total job loss in Queens County, New York.

Top 5 Industries
1. Investigation and security services (1,082 jobs lost)
2. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (870 jobs lost)
3. Cut and sew apparel manufacturing (620 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (588 jobs lost)
5. Emergency and other relief services (387 jobs lost)

In Queens County, New York, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 4,722 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Queens County

The Home health care services industry has added the most employment with 3,758 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Home health care services industry makes up 22.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Queens County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (3,758 new jobs)
2. Unclassified (2,568 new jobs)
3. Individual and family services (828 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (779 new jobs)
5. Support activities for air transportation (744 new jobs)

From the 202 4-digit NAICS industries, 111 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 91 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.





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 Queens County, New York

The median household income in the area has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $48,093, posting a 3.1 percent decline. Queens County, New York, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 19 of 29 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of New York. Queens County ranks 551 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in household income across the nation.

The poverty rate in Queens County, New York has declined by 2.7 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 14.6 percent to 11.9 percent.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Queens County, New York may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 14.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 19.4 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Queens County, with 19.7 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Queens County accounted a relatively high household income of $49,654 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 2.2 percent lower than the household income median in State of New York of $50,770 and this is 1 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

As the median household income witnessed a decline since 2000 in Queens County, New York, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in median household income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 20.1 percent in the last five years. The Black or African American population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Queens County, encountering a 2.2 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $51,035. This median income level is 2.8 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Hispanic headed households in Queens County, New York , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $45,288, this median is 8.8 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 1.6 percent greater than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $50,438. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Queens County had a median income of $49,375, this median was 0.6 percent less than the median for all households. In Queens County, New York White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $50,976 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 2.7 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.