In Hughes County, jobs in the office administrative services pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the office administrative services industry paid the average highest wages in Hughes County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Hughes County received an annual wage of $49,700 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry pay the State of Oklahoma of $39,128 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $61,535.

Top-pay jobs in Hughes County, Oklahoma may be found in machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($49,604), support activities for mining ($30,214), other support services ($27,280) and depository credit intermediation ($25,592) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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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.

Hughes County Wages have increased by 33.1% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Hughes County, Oklahoma by a total of 33.1%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Oklahoma and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

Hughes County Industry Wages Lag Behind Oklahoma, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Hughes County, Oklahoma can be described as relatively low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 31.8 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $32,677. The overall industry wage was less than the industry average in the US of $40,259.

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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.

Hughes County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Hughes County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for mining industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 40.3 percent from 2001 (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 59.4 percent. The losses in the Support activities for mining industry in Hughes County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 33.7 percent in terms of employees in the Support activities for mining industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (40.3 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (36.3 percent decline)
3. Depository credit intermediation (30.4 percent decline)
4. Legal services (27.5 percent decline)
5. Building equipment contractors (11.1 percent decline)

Hughes County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 34.0 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Hughes County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Oklahoma, where it saw a gain of 3.6 percent. The Limited-service eating places industry in Hughes County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 13.9 percent.

Top 4 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (34.0 percent gain)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (21.2 percent gain)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (13.0 percent gain)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (11.5 percent gain)

Total employment has decreased by 8.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Oklahoma, which went through a gain of 0.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Hughes County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 23 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 79.3 percent of the growth in Hughes County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (23 new jobs)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (2 new jobs)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (2 new jobs)
4. Legal services (11 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (8 new jobs)

In Hughes County, Oklahoma, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 172 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

From the 11 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 5 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 5 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Hughes County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Gasoline stations industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 32 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 37.3 percent of the total employment decline in Hughes County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (32 jobs lost)
2. Support activities for mining (24 jobs lost)
3. Depository credit intermediation (24 jobs lost)
4. Legal services (4 jobs lost)
5. Drycleaning and laundry services (18 jobs lost)

Hughes County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Given the 13 4-digit NAICS industries, 10 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 2 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Hughes County, Oklahoma, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 45 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Hughes County

The Nondepository credit intermediation industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Nondepository credit intermediation industry makes up 100.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Hughes County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (5 new jobs)
2. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (832 new jobs)
3. Outpatient care centers (576 new jobs)
4. Warehousing and storage (527 new jobs)
5. Full-service restaurants (457 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Hughes County

Given the industries in the area, the Support activities for mining industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 248 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Support activities for mining industry make up 87.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Hughes County, Oklahoma.

Top 2 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (248 jobs lost)
2. Depository credit intermediation (18 jobs lost)

Hughes County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Nondepository credit intermediation industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 11.1 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Hughes County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Oklahoma, where it saw a gain of 4.9 percent. The Nondepository credit intermediation industry in Hughes County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 2 percent.

Top 2 Industries
1. Nondepository credit intermediation (11.1 percent gain)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (2.6 percent gain)

Hughes County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for mining industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 87.3 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 gain of 22.2 percent. The losses in the Support activities for mining industry in Hughes County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 17.8 in percent of jobs in the Support activities for mining industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (87.3 percent decline)
2. Depository credit intermediation (24.7 percent decline)
3. Office administrative services (20 percent decline)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (14.8 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (8.7 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 2.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in the State of Oklahoma, which went through a gain of 3.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.





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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 Hughes County, Oklahoma

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Hughes County had a very low median household income of $26,467 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 47.6 percent lower than the household income median in State of Oklahoma of $39,078 and the median household income is 85.6 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Hughes County, Oklahoma can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 21.9 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 51 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Hughes County, with 30.7 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 28.7 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $18,879. In Hughes County, Oklahoma White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $28,211 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 6.6 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic in Hughes County, Oklahoma , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $17,185, which is 35.1 percent less 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 Hughes County had a median household income level of $23,220, which was 12.3 percent less than the areas median level for all households.







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

Higher Education in Hughes County, Oklahoma

In Hughes County, Oklahoma according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 10.8 percent of the White Alone, 2.2 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 6.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Hughes County, Oklahoma is made up of a less-educated population of the working age, with 9.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Hughes has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Oklahoma's proportion of 20.2 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Hughes County, Oklahoma, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 39 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Hughes have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 9.4 percent (Men) versus 10 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 39.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Hughes County, Oklahoma

From 2000, a medium-low number of individuals have migrated to Hughes internationally. The international migration into Hughes makes up 0.1 percent of immigration into the State of Oklahoma. This level of international migration can be considered medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Hughes County, Oklahoma has a population that is made up of 72 percent White, 4.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 3 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest level of diversity, with 7.9 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Oklahoma percent of 15.7. Since 2000, Hughes has increased the level of diversity when 7.4 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Hughes County, Oklahoma had an estimated population of 13,835 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 14,139. The decline signifies a decrease of -2.2 percent. Hughes ranks 60 of 77 counties when analyzing total population change in Oklahoma and the county ranks 2,517 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Hughes County, Oklahoma to be 39.4 years old. The median in Hughes is greater than the median age in the State of Oklahoma of 36.5. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed no change in the median age, at that time the median was 39.4 years of age. With a total of 21.4 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Hughes can be described as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 61.8 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 16.8 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high percent of the population.

When calculating the total land area, Hughes spans a total of 807 square miles. The county has a very low population density of 17 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Nemaha, NE (17 per sq. mile ), Randolph, GA (17 per sq. mile ), Maries, MO (17 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Stevens, WA (17 per sq. mile ), Cuming, NE (17 per sq. mile ), Garfield, CO (17 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Hughes County, Oklahoma

The State of Oklahoma, Hughes County stands 62 of 77 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 2,663 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Hughes County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $32,600, reported by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the overall Oklahoma 2000 median home value of $70,700 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

In Hughes County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 6,339 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 58 residential structures since 2001, a change of 0.9 percent.

There is a abundant amount of affordable housing in Hughes County, Oklahoma. In 2000, 97.1 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Hughes County, Oklahoma -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Hughes County, Retail Trade, Mining, and the Administrative and waste services industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 17.3 percent of the total county employment. This totals 325 people employed. The Mining and Administrative and waste services sectors provide 15.8 and 12.3 percent of all employment.

Retail Trade since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Hughes County. The sector faced a loss of 105 jobs during the period, or 24.4 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 35.8 percent of all employment losses in the county.

Hughes County is ranked number 56 of 78 total Counties throughout Oklahoma in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 55 of 78 Counties.

Mining saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Hughes County, growing in new jobs by 324.3 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 4.7 percent. The State of Oklahoma experienced a change in employment in the sector of 25.7 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Hughes County. In the County, the industry averages 36 jobs per establishment, which is less than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the Oklahoma establishments size average of 31 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Hughes County, Mining, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Administrative and waste services industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Mining industry has a US LQ in the county of 31.3. The percent of employment in the Mining industry is 31.3 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Hughes may be an exporter of products or services of Mining.





Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).