Adair County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Adair County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 76.9 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Oklahoma, where the industry reported a gain of 0.6 percent. The losses in the Residential building construction industry in Adair County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 5.5 percent in terms of employees in the Residential building construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (76.9 percent decline)
2. Nonresidential building construction (54.8 percent decline)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (43.5 percent decline)
4. Full-service restaurants (37.4 percent decline)
5. Nursing care facilities (6.7 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 7.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in Oklahoma, which experienced a gain of 3.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Adair County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Nondepository credit intermediation industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 48.7 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Adair County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Oklahoma, where it saw a gain of 4.9 percent. The Nondepository credit intermediation industry in Adair County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nondepository credit intermediation (48.7 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (38.9 percent gain)
3. Gasoline stations (16.1 percent gain)
4. Offices of physicians (7.9 percent gain)
5. Legal services (5.0 percent gain)

From the 12 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 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 Adair County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Nonresidential building construction industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 31 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 33.0 percent of the total job loss in Adair County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (31 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (22 jobs lost)
3. Residential building construction (17 jobs lost)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (13 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (10 jobs lost)

In Adair County, Oklahoma, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 257 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Adair County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 47 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 67.6 percent of the total number of new jobs in Adair County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (47 new jobs)
2. Gasoline stations (10 new jobs)
3. Nondepository credit intermediation (6 new jobs)
4. Depository credit intermediation (3 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (2 new jobs)





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 Adair County, Oklahoma

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Adair County had a relatively low median household income of $29,111 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 34.2 percent lower than the median income in State of Oklahoma of $39,078 and the median is 68.8 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Adair County, Oklahoma can be considered to have a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 23.2 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 28.5 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 6 to 11 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Adair County, reporting 31 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Hispanic households in Adair County, Oklahoma , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $32,459, this income level is 11.5 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 54.8 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $13,163. In Adair County, Oklahoma White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $29,231 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.4 percent greater than the median in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Adair County reported a median household income of $27,930, this level was 4.1 percent less than the median income level in this area.







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