In Logan County, jobs in the offices of physicians pay the highest wages

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Employment in the offices of physicians industry wages were the highest in Logan County for 2006. The average industry job in Logan County was paid an annual wage of $38,648 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the industry wage in Oklahoma of $64,485 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $64,740.

Top-pay jobs in Logan County, Oklahoma are present in support activities for mining ($38,517), automobile dealers ($35,323), machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($32,086) and utility system construction ($31,413) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Logan County Wages have increased by 18.3% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Logan County, Oklahoma by a total of 18.3%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Oklahoma and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

Logan County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total industry employment has increased by 4.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Oklahoma, experiencing a gain of 0.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Logan County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Lessors of real estate industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 52.7 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Oklahoma, where the industry felt a gain of 2.3 percent. The losses in the Lessors of real estate industry in Logan County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 2.1 in percent of workers in the Lessors of real estate industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (52.7 percent decline)
2. Limited-service eating places (45.3 percent decline)
3. Health and personal care stores (38.6 percent decline)
4. Nonresidential building construction (34.1 percent decline)
5. Grocery stores (31.7 percent decline)

Logan County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 2600.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Logan County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Oklahoma, where the industry felt a gain of 4.2 percent. The Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Logan County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 11 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (2600.0 percent gain)
2. Management and technical consulting services (141.5 percent gain)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (85.3 percent gain)
4. Other miscellaneous store retailers (62.8 percent gain)
5. Consumer goods rental (60.9 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Logan County

Given the industries in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 168 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 52.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Logan County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (168 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (52 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (45 jobs lost)
4. Lessors of real estate (26 jobs lost)
5. Health and personal care stores (13 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Logan County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Services to buildings and dwellings industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 173 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry makes up 38.3 percent of the total growth in Logan County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (173 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (49 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (39 new jobs)
4. Automobile dealers (38 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (31 new jobs)

In Logan County, Oklahoma, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 193 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Given the 30 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 11 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 19 industries reported employment loss in the period.





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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.

Logan County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Logan County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other support services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 190.4 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Logan County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Oklahoma, where this industry saw a gain of 23 percent. The Other support services industry in Logan County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 1.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other support services (190.4 percent gain)
2. Management and technical consulting services (85.5 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (28.9 percent gain)
4. Gasoline stations (24.0 percent gain)
5. Nonresidential building construction (22.7 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 2.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in the State of Oklahoma, which experienced a gain of 3.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Logan County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 64.6 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Oklahoma, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 5.7 percent. The losses in the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Logan County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 3.8 in percent of workers in the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (64.6 percent decline)
2. Utility system construction (23.5 percent decline)
3. Other professional and technical services (17.8 percent decline)
4. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (16 percent decline)
5. Full-service restaurants (10.9 percent decline)

From the 33 4-digit NAICS industries, 15 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 16 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Logan County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 30 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 30.6 percent of the total employment decline in Logan County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (30 jobs lost)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (24 jobs lost)
3. Utility system construction (19 jobs lost)
4. Other professional and technical services (5 jobs lost)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (4 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Logan County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other support services industry has added the most employment with 33 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Other support services industry makes up 19.8 percent of the growth in Logan County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other support services (33 new jobs)
2. Gasoline stations (29 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (23 new jobs)
4. Management and technical consulting services (20 new jobs)
5. Nonresidential building construction (19 new jobs)

In Logan County, Oklahoma, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 103 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.





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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 Logan County, Oklahoma

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Logan County was reported to have a medium-high median household income of $43,037 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 9.2 percent higher than the household income median in State of Oklahoma of $39,078 and the median is 14.2 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Logan County, Oklahoma can be recognized as having a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 12.9 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 26.4 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Logan County, reporting 19.4 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Logan County had a median income of $47,623, this level was 10.7 percent greater than the median income level in this area. In Logan County, Oklahoma White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $45,002 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 4.6 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic households in Logan County, Oklahoma reported a median household income of $41,159, this median is 4.4 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 32.5 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $29,067. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $70,525. This median is 63.9 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area.







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

Housing Report for Logan County, Oklahoma

In Logan County, the real estate market was made up of 14,330 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a total of 291 residential structures since 2001, a change of 2.1 percent.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of affordable housing in Logan County, Oklahoma. In 2000, 80 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

The State of Oklahoma, Logan County places 28 of 77 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 1,887 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Logan County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $74,100, reported by the Decennial Census. This value is greater than the Oklahoma 2000 median home value of $70,700 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Arts, entertainment, and recreation is the industry with the largest establishments in Logan County, averaging 14 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's average at the national level of 16 and less than the Oklahoma average of 15 for the Arts, entertainment, and recreation industry.

In Logan County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Construction sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 17.3 percent of the total county employment. This totals 798 individuals. The Accommodation and food services and Construction sectors provide 11.6 and 9.8 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Wholesale trade in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Logan County, increasing by 44.6 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 0.4 percent. The State of Oklahoma saw a change in employment in the sector of 0.8 percent, during the period.

In Logan County, Mining, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Arts, entertainment, and recreation have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Mining industry has a US LQ in the county of 3.98. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining industry is 3.98 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Logan 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).