Tillman County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Tillman County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building equipment contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 2 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 83.3 percent of the total growth in Tillman County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (2 new jobs)
2. RV parks and recreational camps (34 new jobs)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (30 new jobs)
4. Grocery stores (28 new jobs)
5. Traveler accommodation (25 new jobs)

In Tillman County, Oklahoma, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 67 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

From the 9 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 3 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Tillman County

Given the industries in the area, the Depository credit intermediation industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 11 jobs. The declines in the Depository credit intermediation industry make up 33.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Tillman County, Oklahoma.

Top 3 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (11 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (8 jobs lost)
3. Limited-service eating places (6 jobs lost)

Tillman County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 16.1 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Tillman County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Oklahoma, where the industry felt a gain of 9.6 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Tillman County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 5.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (16.1 percent gain)
2. Health and personal care stores (2.2 percent gain)
3. Other general merchandise stores (1.1 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 4.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in the State of Oklahoma, experiencing a gain of 3.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Tillman County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 15.8 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Oklahoma, where the it saw a gain of 5.5 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Tillman County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.3 in percent of workers in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (15.8 percent decline)
2. Support activities for crop production (12.7 percent decline)
3. Depository credit intermediation (11.6 percent decline)
4. Limited-service eating places (8.9 percent decline)
5. Legal services (6.3 percent decline)





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 Tillman County, Oklahoma

Hispanic Householders in Tillman County, Oklahoma reported a median household income of $22,062, this median household income is 24.1 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Tillman County had a median income of $28,885, this level was 0.6 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 $2,924. This income level is 89.9 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. In Tillman County, Oklahoma White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $30,516 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 5.1 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 38.4 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $17,903.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Tillman County, Oklahoma can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 21.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 83.6 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Tillman County, having 40.1 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Tillman County had a relatively low median household income of $29,049 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 34.5 percent lower than the median in Oklahoma of $39,078 and the median is 69.1 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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