Greer County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has increased by 13.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in Oklahoma, experiencing a gain of 3.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Greer County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grocery stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 11.1 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Oklahoma, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 0.2 percent. The losses in the Grocery stores industry in Greer County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 0.3 percent in terms of employees in the Grocery stores industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Grocery stores (11.1 percent decline)
2. Legal services (4.8 percent decline)

Greer County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 47.7 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Greer County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Oklahoma, where the industry felt a gain of 5.5 percent. The Gasoline stations industry in Greer County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 0.3 percent.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (47.7 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Greer County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Grocery stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 8 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 95.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Greer County, Oklahoma.

Top 1 Industries
1. Grocery stores (8 jobs lost)

In Greer County, Oklahoma, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 85 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Greer County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 14 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 100.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Greer County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (14 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (50 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 Greer County, Oklahoma

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Greer County, Oklahoma can be considered to have a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 19.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 40.8 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Greer County, with 39.3 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Greer County had a relatively low median income for all households of $30,178 (2005 Dollars). This median is 29.5 percent lower than the median in Oklahoma of $39,078 and this is 62.8 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 36.8 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $19,079. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Greer County reported an income level of $93,635, this was 210.3 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $138,515. This median income level is 359 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Hispanic Householders in Greer County, Oklahoma reported a median household income of $21,206, which is 29.7 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In Greer County, Oklahoma White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $30,584 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.3 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.







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