Pawnee County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Pawnee County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Automotive repair and maintenance industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 48.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Oklahoma, where the industry reported a loss of 1.5 percent. The losses in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry in Pawnee County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.4 in percent of workers in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (48.4 percent decline)
2. Other professional and technical services (37.5 percent decline)
3. Offices of dentists (10.6 percent decline)
4. Grocery stores (2.2 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (1.3 percent decline)

Pawnee County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 58.1 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Pawnee County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Oklahoma, where it saw a gain of 2.4 percent. The Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Pawnee County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 3.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (58.1 percent gain)
2. Building finishing contractors (46.7 percent gain)
3. Offices of physicians (19.2 percent gain)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (18.9 percent gain)
5. Building equipment contractors (18.2 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 1.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than growth in Oklahoma, which saw a gain of 3.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Pawnee County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 15 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 24.7 percent of the total growth in Pawnee County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (15 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (8 new jobs)
3. Support activities for mining (8 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (6 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (5 new jobs)

Out of the 23 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 7 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 13 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Pawnee County

Given the industries in the area, the Other professional and technical services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 15 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Other professional and technical services industry make up 55.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Pawnee County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other professional and technical services (15 jobs lost)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (5 jobs lost)
3. Offices of dentists (4 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (2 jobs lost)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (6 jobs lost)

In Pawnee County, Oklahoma, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 44 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.





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 Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Compared to counties across the United States, Pawnee County had a medium-low median income for all households of $37,043 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 5.5 percent lower than the median income in State of Oklahoma of $39,078 and this is 32.6 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Pawnee County, Oklahoma can be recognized as having a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 13.0 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 27.7 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 Pawnee County, reporting 34.4 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 51.6 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $17,916. In Pawnee County, Oklahoma White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $37,603 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 1.5 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Pawnee County, Oklahoma , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $31,298, this income level is 15.5 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Pawnee County reported a median household income of $32,771, this level was 11.5 percent less than the median income level in this area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $27,788. This household income level is 25 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households.







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