Beckham County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Out of the 43 4-digit NAICS industries, 14 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 25 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Beckham County, Oklahoma, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 568 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Beckham County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Grocery stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 14 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 21.7 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Beckham County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (14 jobs lost)
2. Architectural and engineering services (11 jobs lost)
3. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (7 jobs lost)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (6 jobs lost)
5. Child day care services (6 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Beckham County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Support activities for mining industry has added the most employment with 249 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 42.4 percent of the growth in Beckham County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (249 new jobs)
2. Oil and gas extraction (76 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (48 new jobs)
4. Machinery and equipment rental and leasing (46 new jobs)
5. Health and personal care stores (26 new jobs)

Beckham County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 144.4 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Beckham County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Oklahoma, where this industry saw a gain of 23.6 percent. The Unclassified industry in Beckham County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 12.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (144.4 percent gain)
2. Office administrative services (127.1 percent gain)
3. General freight trucking (102.8 percent gain)
4. Health and personal care stores (70.5 percent gain)
5. Oil and gas extraction (44.8 percent gain)

Beckham County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Architectural and engineering services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 43.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Oklahoma, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 9.7 percent. The losses in the Architectural and engineering services industry in Beckham County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5.5 in percent of jobs in the Architectural and engineering services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and engineering services (43.2 percent decline)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (31.8 percent decline)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (14.9 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (12.9 percent decline)
5. Other amusement and recreation industries (9.9 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 8.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in Oklahoma, which saw a gain of 3.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.





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 Beckham County, Oklahoma

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Beckham County reported a relatively low median income for households of $32,060 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 21.9 percent lower than the median in State of Oklahoma of $39,078 and the income level is 53.3 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Beckham County reported a median household income of $30,347, this level was 5.3 percent less than the median for all households. In Beckham County, Oklahoma White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $32,466 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 1.3 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Beckham County, Oklahoma , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $23,271, this median is 27.4 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 26 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $23,714. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $34,917. This income level is 8.9 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Beckham County, Oklahoma may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 18.2 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 39.3 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Beckham County, having 32.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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