Lincoln County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Lincoln County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Home health care services industry has grown the most with 34 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Home health care services industry makes up 27.2 percent of the growth in Lincoln County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (34 new jobs)
2. Nonresidential building construction (26 new jobs)
3. Building finishing contractors (13 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (9 new jobs)
5. Architectural and engineering services (8 new jobs)

In Lincoln County, Oklahoma, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 28 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Lincoln County

The General freight trucking industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 41 jobs in that time period. The declines in the General freight trucking industry make up 24.8 percent of the employment lost during the period in Lincoln County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (41 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (39 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (29 jobs lost)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (18 jobs lost)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (9 jobs lost)

Given the 34 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 14 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 20 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Lincoln County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 66.7 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 gone through in the Oklahoma, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 4.6 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Lincoln County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.9 percent in terms of employees in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (66.7 percent decline)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (36.3 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (28.2 percent decline)
4. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (25 percent decline)
5. Grocery stores (20 percent decline)

Lincoln County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 49.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Lincoln County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Oklahoma, where it saw a gain of 15.1 percent. The Nonresidential building construction industry in Lincoln County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 6.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (49.7 percent gain)
2. Home health care services (46.4 percent gain)
3. Building finishing contractors (36.7 percent gain)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (33.3 percent gain)
5. Architectural and engineering services (32.9 percent gain)

Total industry employment has decreased by 0.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in the State of Oklahoma, which experienced a gain of 3.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States 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 Lincoln County, Oklahoma

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $61,913. This household income level is 69.7 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 32.1 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $24,792. In Lincoln County, Oklahoma White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $36,660 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.5 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic households in Lincoln County, Oklahoma recorded a median income of $37,660, this median household income is 3.2 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Lincoln County reported a median household income of $31,703, this level was 13.1 percent less than the areas median level for all households.

Compared to counties across the United States, Lincoln County was reported to have a medium-low median household income of $36,489 (2005 Dollars). This median is 7.1 percent lower than the median in Oklahoma of $39,078 and the median is 34.7 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Lincoln County, Oklahoma may be understood as having a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 14.5 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 25.8 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Lincoln County, reporting 22.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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