Payne County, Oklahoma

In Payne County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry had the highest average wages in Payne County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Payne County earned an annual wage of $74,289 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage in Oklahoma of . and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $138,150.

Other top-pay jobs in Payne County, Oklahoma can be found in support activities for mining ($61,267), management and technical consulting services ($59,884), offices of physicians ($56,909) and general medical and surgical hospitals ($55,090) 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.

Payne County Wages have increased by 26.0% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Payne County, Oklahoma by a total of 26.0%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Oklahoma and greater than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

Payne County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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In Payne County, Oklahoma, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 10 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Of the 81 4-digit NAICS industries, 36 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 44 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Payne County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Support activities for mining industry has grown the most with 426 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 24.6 percent of the growth in Payne County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (426 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (117 new jobs)
3. Management and technical consulting services (113 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (106 new jobs)
5. Lessors of real estate (95 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Payne County

Given the industries in the area, the Business support services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 335 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Business support services industry make up 19.3 percent of the total job loss in Payne County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (335 jobs lost)
2. Clothing stores (190 jobs lost)
3. Employment services (186 jobs lost)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (107 jobs lost)
5. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (95 jobs lost)

Total employment has increased by 0.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is less than growth in the State of Oklahoma, experiencing a gain of 0.7 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Payne County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 664.7 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Payne County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Oklahoma, where this industry saw a gain of 24.4 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Payne County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 22.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (664.7 percent gain)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (430.0 percent gain)
3. Support activities for mining (185.5 percent gain)
4. Lessors of real estate (129.4 percent gain)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (108.3 percent gain)

Payne County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Business support services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 88.4 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 gone through in the Oklahoma, where the industry felt a gain of 17.5 percent. The losses in the Business support services industry in Payne County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 0.8 percent in terms of employees in the Business support services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (88.4 percent decline)
2. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (65.1 percent decline)
3. Investigation and security services (61.5 percent decline)
4. Employment services (56.7 percent decline)
5. Other support services (46.3 percent decline)

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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.

Payne County One-Year Industry Employment Change

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Payne County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Oil and gas extraction industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 135.4 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Payne County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Oklahoma, where this industry saw a gain of 15.2 percent. The Oil and gas extraction industry in Payne County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Oil and gas extraction (135.4 percent gain)
2. Individual and family services (93.2 percent gain)
3. Other support services (45.8 percent gain)
4. Management and technical consulting services (43.4 percent gain)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (41.3 percent gain)

Payne County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Business support services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 43.8 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Oklahoma, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 0.2 percent. The losses in the Business support services industry in Payne County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2 percent in terms of employment in the Business support services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (43.8 percent decline)
2. Unclassified (31.3 percent decline)
3. General freight trucking (28.6 percent decline)
4. Office administrative services (27.9 percent decline)
5. Residential building construction (22.7 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 4.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in Oklahoma, experiencing a gain of 3.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Payne County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Support activities for mining industry has added the most employment with 166 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 15.1 percent of the total employment growth in Payne County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (166 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (138 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (99 new jobs)
4. Oil and gas extraction (65 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (50 new jobs)

Out of the 91 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 34 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 54 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Payne County

The Residential building construction industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 46 jobs. The declines in the Residential building construction industry make up 14.5 percent of the total employment decline in Payne County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (46 jobs lost)
2. Business support services (34 jobs lost)
3. Nursing care facilities (29 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (20 jobs lost)
5. Home health care services (17 jobs lost)

In Payne County, Oklahoma, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 832 total jobs from 2005 to 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 Payne County, Oklahoma

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Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Payne County, Oklahoma can be understood to have a relatively high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 20.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 43.6 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 18 to 64 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Payne County, reporting 23.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 45.2 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $18,420. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Payne County reported a median household income of $31,298, this median was 6.9 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $15,188. This household income level is 54.8 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. In Payne County, Oklahoma White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $35,257 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 4.9 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic Householders in Payne County, Oklahoma recorded a median income of $29,762, this median household income is 11.5 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

The rate of poverty in Payne County, Oklahoma has increased by 8.5 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 20.3 percent to 28.8 percent.

The household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $28,952, posting a 13.9 percent decline. Payne County, Oklahoma, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 1 of 9 counties in percent of decline for income levels in the State of Oklahoma. Payne County ranks 73 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income level for the United States.

While household income level experienced a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Payne County, Oklahoma, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in the household income level was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 19.1 percent since 2000. The Asian population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Payne County, encountering a 120.4 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Payne County accounted a relatively low household income of $33,618 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 16.2 percent lower than the median income in State of Oklahoma of $39,078 and the median is 46.2 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Payne County, Oklahoma

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In Payne County, Oklahoma as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 33.8 percent of the White Alone, 22.4 percent of Black or African American, 80.6 percent of the Asian alone and 36.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Payne County, Oklahoma has a very highly-educated 2000 population, with 34.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Payne is reported having a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Oklahoma's proportion of 20.2 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Payne County, Oklahoma, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 36.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Payne on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 36.6 percent (Men) versus 31.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 31.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

From 2000, Payne has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 1.8 percent to a total of 36 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the 2005 State of Oklahoma percent of 22.4 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has decreased by 1.0 percent. By 2005, 36 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 4.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 35.8 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Payne County, Oklahoma

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Payne County, Oklahoma has a population that is made of 82.9 percent White, 3.5 percent African American, 3.2 percent Asian, and 2.4 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 9.1 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Oklahoma percent of 15.7. Since 2000, Payne has stayed the same in diversity when 9.1 percent of the people were minorities.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Payne County, Oklahoma to be 27.1 years of age. The median age in Payne is less than the median age for the State of Oklahoma of 36.5. Since the year 2000, the area has seen a decline in this median, when at that time it was 27.5 years old. With 17.2 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Payne can be understood as having a relatively low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively high representation within the population, making up 72.1 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 10.8 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

Since the year 2000, a very high number of individuals have migrated to Payne from outside the country. The immigration into Payne makes up 4.9 percent of the total international migration into the State of Oklahoma. This amount of international migration is very high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

In terms of total land area, Payne covers a total land area of 686 square miles. The county has a medium-low density of 101 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Granville, NC (101 per sq. mile ), Stokes, NC (101 per sq. mile ), Marshall, KY (102 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Hall, NE (101 per sq. mile ), Pima, AZ (101 per sq. mile ), Kauai, HI (101 per sq. mile ).

Payne County, Oklahoma had an estimated population of 69,151 in the year 2005. The population has increased, from the population in the year 2000 of 68,159. This growth denotes an increase of 1.5 percent. Payne ranks 21 of 77 counties when analyzing total population change in Oklahoma and the county ranks 1,099 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

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

Housing Report for Payne County, Oklahoma

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The residential home values in Payne County, Oklahoma have moderate increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $17,600, or 22.1 percent, since 2000 when they were valued at $79,700.

Throughout the State of Oklahoma, Payne County ranks 6 of 77 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 820 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Payne County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $97,300, reported by the American Community Survey. This is greater than the overall Oklahoma 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $89,100 and less than home value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

In Payne County, the census reported 31,214 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding in all 1,523 residential structures since 2001, a change of 5.1 percent.

Payne County can be understood as having a small, but present proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 0.1 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

There seems to be a large amount affordable residential real estate in Payne County, Oklahoma. In 2005, 64.3 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Payne County, Oklahoma -- An...

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

Administrative and waste services since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Payne County. The sector faced a loss of 782 jobs, or 48.7 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 39.1 percent of all employment losses in the county.

Educational services has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Payne County, rising by 77.7 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 13.8 percent. The State of Oklahoma experienced a change in employment in the sector of 12 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

In Payne County, Mining, Accommodation and food services and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Mining industry has an LQ of 6.26. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining industry is 6.26 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Payne may be an exporter of products or services of Mining.

In Payne County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Manufacturing industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 20.7 percent of the total county employment. This totals 3,802 people employed. The Accommodation and food services and Manufacturing industries make up 15.6 and 14.3 percent of total employment, respectively.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Payne County, averaging 30 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and less than the State of Oklahoma average establishment size of 31 for the Manufacturing industry.

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