Seminole County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Seminole County, Oklahoma, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 248 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Out of the 30 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 8 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 20 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Seminole County

The Nursing care facilities industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 185 jobs. The declines in the Nursing care facilities industry make up 88.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Seminole County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nursing care facilities (185 jobs lost)
2. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (11 jobs lost)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (6 jobs lost)
4. Legal services (3 jobs lost)
5. Depository credit intermediation (2 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Seminole County

The Support activities for mining industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 243 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 58.9 percent of the total employment growth in Seminole County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (243 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (49 new jobs)
3. Specialized freight trucking (42 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (13 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (11 new jobs)

Seminole County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 30.4 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 2.4 percent. The losses in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Seminole County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 3.1 percent in terms of employees in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (30.4 percent decline)
2. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (26.8 percent decline)
3. Nursing care facilities (25.7 percent decline)
4. Activities related to real estate (11.1 percent decline)
5. Legal services (7 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 4.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Oklahoma, which experienced a gain of 3.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Seminole County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 82.9 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Seminole County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Oklahoma, where the industry took a gain of 10.2 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Seminole County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 2.3 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (82.9 percent gain)
2. Support activities for mining (54.0 percent gain)
3. Support activities for road transportation (50.0 percent gain)
4. Specialized freight trucking (40.7 percent gain)
5. Building equipment contractors (25.7 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 Seminole County, Oklahoma

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 6 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $28,113. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Seminole County reported a median household income of $25,285, this was 15.5 percent less than the median for all households. In Seminole County, Oklahoma White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $30,880 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 3.2 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic households in Seminole County, Oklahoma recorded a median income of $21,938, this income level is 26.7 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $19,013. This income level is 36.4 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area.

Compared to counties across the United States, Seminole County reported a relatively low median income for all households of $29,915 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 30.6 percent lower than the median income in State of Oklahoma of $39,078 and this is 64.2 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, Seminole County, Oklahoma may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 20.8 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 34.7 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Seminole County, accounting 36.3 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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