Muskogee County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Muskogee County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other specialty trade contractors industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 108 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Other specialty trade contractors industry make up 16.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (108 jobs lost)
2. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (105 jobs lost)
3. Home health care services (56 jobs lost)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (34 jobs lost)
5. Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (33 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Muskogee County

The Warehousing and storage industry has added the most employment with 146 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Warehousing and storage industry makes up 13.9 percent of the growth in Muskogee County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Warehousing and storage (146 new jobs)
2. Employment services (131 new jobs)
3. Individual and family services (109 new jobs)
4. Gasoline stations (78 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (64 new jobs)

From the 81 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 33 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 46 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Muskogee County, Oklahoma, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 93 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Employment for all industries has increased by 0.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than growth in the State of Oklahoma, which experienced a gain of 3.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Muskogee County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Sporting goods and musical instrument stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 54.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Oklahoma, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 23.7 percent. The losses in the Sporting goods and musical instrument stores industry in Muskogee County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 4.2 percent in terms of employees in the Sporting goods and musical instrument stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (54.6 percent decline)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (48.9 percent decline)
3. Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (32.3 percent decline)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (28.7 percent decline)
5. Other personal services (24.4 percent decline)

Muskogee County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 326.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Muskogee County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Oklahoma, where the industry felt a loss of 0.6 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Muskogee County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 9.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (326.7 percent gain)
2. Warehousing and storage (278.3 percent gain)
3. Other financial investment activities (244.4 percent gain)
4. Unclassified (200.0 percent gain)
5. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (104.9 percent gain)





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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 Muskogee County, Oklahoma

The poverty rate in Muskogee County, Oklahoma has increased by 2.3 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 17.9 percent to 20.2 percent.

While the median household income saw a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in median income was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 1134031.5 percent since 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Muskogee County, seeing a 10.6 percent increase in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

Compared to counties across the United States, Muskogee County accounted a relatively low median income for households of $33,272 (2005 Dollars). This median is 17.5 percent lower than the median in Oklahoma of $39,078 and the income level is 47.7 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Muskogee County, Oklahoma may be understood as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 17.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 31.8 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Muskogee County, having 26.4 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The areas median household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $31,188, representing a 6.3 percent decline. Muskogee County, Oklahoma, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 6 of 9 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Oklahoma. Muskogee County ranks 396 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in household income across the nation.

The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Muskogee County reported an income level of $31,137, this level was 6.4 percent less than the areas median level for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 28.2 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $23,875. In Muskogee County, Oklahoma White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $35,327 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 6.2 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $58,793. This median income level is 76.7 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Hispanic households in Muskogee County, Oklahoma , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $28,762, this median is 13.6 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.