Harper County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Harper County, Oklahoma, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 24 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Harper County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has added the most employment with 1 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 100.0 percent of the growth in Harper County.

Top 1 Industries
1. General freight trucking (20 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Harper County

Given the industries in the area, the Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 9 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry make up 96.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Harper County, Oklahoma.

Top 1 Industries
1. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (9 jobs lost)



Employment for all industries has increased by 2.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than percent in the State of Oklahoma, which experienced a gain of 3.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Harper County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 33.3 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Oklahoma, where the industry reported a gain of 6.7 percent. The losses in the Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry in Harper County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.2 percent in terms of employment in the Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (33.3 percent decline)

Harper County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 2.4 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Harper County has grow slower than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Oklahoma, where this industry saw a gain of 5.5 percent. The Gasoline stations industry in Harper County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 0.3 percent of the industry employment.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (2.4 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 Harper County, Oklahoma

In Harper County, Oklahoma White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $39,514 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Harper County reported a median household income of $44,502, this level was 12.8 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. Hispanic households in Harper County, Oklahoma recorded a median income of $30,713, this median household income is 22.1 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Harper County, Oklahoma can be understood to have a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 10.2 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 57.6 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Harper County, accounting 24.1 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Harper County reported a medium-low median household income of $39,435 (2005 Dollars). This median is 0.9 percent higher than the median income in State of Oklahoma of $39,078 and this is 24.6 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







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