In Stephens County, jobs in the support activities for mining pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the support activities for mining industry paid the average highest wages in Stephens County for 2006. The average industry job in Stephens County earned an annual wage of $62,659 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage rate in Oklahoma of $56,759 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $64,588.

Other high-paying jobs in Stephens County, Oklahoma exsists in management and technical consulting services ($50,030), architectural and engineering services ($43,883), nonresidential building construction ($43,325) and offices of physicians ($43,111) industries. Note: Click Graph Above 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.

Stephens County Wages have increased by 28.3% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Stephens County, Oklahoma by a total of 28.3%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of Oklahoma and greater than the growth in average wages for 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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Stephens County, Oklahoma can be understood as being relatively high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 4.8 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $32,677. The overall industry wage was less than the US average pay 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.

Stephens County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Stephens County, Oklahoma, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 894 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Of the 55 4-digit NAICS industries, 25 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 30 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Stephens County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Electronics and appliance stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 472 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Electronics and appliance stores industry make up 54.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Stephens County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronics and appliance stores (472 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (60 jobs lost)
3. Private households (46 jobs lost)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (33 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (31 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Stephens County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Employment services industry has added the most employment with 247 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Employment services industry makes up 21.2 percent of the total employment growth in Stephens County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (247 new jobs)
2. Support activities for mining (231 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (142 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (75 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (59 new jobs)

Stephens County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electronics and appliance stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 91.7 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Oklahoma, where the industry felt a loss of 34.3 percent. The losses in the Electronics and appliance stores industry in Stephens County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 2.7 in percent of jobs in the Electronics and appliance stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronics and appliance stores (91.7 percent decline)
2. Utility system construction (55.4 percent decline)
3. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (51.4 percent decline)
4. Private households (50 percent decline)
5. Architectural and engineering services (45.5 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 7.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Oklahoma, which saw a gain of 0.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Stephens County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Clothing stores industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 226.3 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Stephens County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Oklahoma, where it saw a gain of 4.2 percent. The Clothing stores industry in Stephens County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 12.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Clothing stores (226.3 percent gain)
2. Employment services (224.2 percent gain)
3. Building finishing contractors (128.1 percent gain)
4. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (116.7 percent gain)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (106.3 percent gain)





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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.

Stephens County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Stephens County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 170 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Employment services industry makes up 27.8 percent of the total employment growth in Stephens County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (170 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (167 new jobs)
3. Nursing care facilities (36 new jobs)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (31 new jobs)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (31 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Stephens County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Nonresidential building construction industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 77 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 32.2 percent of the total job loss in Stephens County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (77 jobs lost)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (32 jobs lost)
3. Individual and family services (26 jobs lost)
4. Private households (19 jobs lost)
5. Full-service restaurants (17 jobs lost)

In Stephens County, Oklahoma, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 729 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Given the 56 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 20 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 33 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Stephens County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 62.5 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Oklahoma, where the it saw a gain of 15.1 percent. The losses in the Nonresidential building construction industry in Stephens County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 6.1 percent in terms of employment in the Nonresidential building construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (62.5 percent decline)
2. Private households (29.1 percent decline)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (26 percent decline)
4. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (25.7 percent decline)
5. Civic and social organizations (18.1 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 5.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Oklahoma, which saw a gain of 3.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Stephens County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Lessors of real estate industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 102.4 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Stephens County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Oklahoma, where this industry saw a gain of 1.2 percent. The Lessors of real estate industry in Stephens County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 0.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (102.4 percent gain)
2. Employment services (90.2 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (63.9 percent gain)
4. Management and technical consulting services (38.9 percent gain)
5. Residential building construction (33.6 percent gain)





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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 Stephens County, Oklahoma

Compared to counties across the United States, Stephens County was reported to have a medium-low household income of $35,930 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 8.8 percent lower than the median income in State of Oklahoma of $39,078 and the income level is 36.7 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Stephens County, Oklahoma can be recognized as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 14.6 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 53.9 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 Stephens County, accounting 25.2 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Hispanic Householders in Stephens County, Oklahoma , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $39,600, this median is 10.2 percent greater than the areas median income level for all households. In Stephens County, Oklahoma White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $36,181 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.7 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Stephens County reported an income level of $28,967, this median was 19.4 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $76,275. This median income level is 112.3 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 60.8 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $14,086.







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

Higher Education in Stephens County, Oklahoma

In Stephens County, Oklahoma as reported in the 2000 Census, 16.8 percent of the White Alone, 8.8 percent of Black or African American, 65.6 percent of the Asian alone and 10 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Stephens County, Oklahoma may to understood as having a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 16.6 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Stephens has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Oklahoma's proportion of 20.2 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Stephens County, Oklahoma, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 35.4 percent achieving this level. The female population in Stephens have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 18.2 percent (Men) versus 15.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 39 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





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

Demographic Profile for Stephens County, Oklahoma

Stephens County, Oklahoma has a population base that is comprised of 85 percent White, 2.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 4.7 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of diversity, with 7.4 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Oklahoma percent of 15.7. Since 2000, Stephens has increased in diversity when 6.5 percent of the total population were minorities.

Stephens County, Oklahoma had a total estimated population of 42,946 in 2005. The total population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 43,079. The decline denotes a decrease of -0.3 percent. Stephens ranks 52 of 77 counties when analyzing total population change in Oklahoma and the county ranks 2,190 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

By measuring total land area, Stephens spans a total of 874 total square miles. The area has a low average area density of 49 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Allegany, NY (49 per sq. mile ), Buchanan, VA (49 per sq. mile ), Iosco, MI (49 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Covington, MS (49 per sq. mile ), Washington, UT (49 per sq. mile ), Dickenson, VA (49 per sq. mile ).

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Stephens County, Oklahoma to be 41.4 years old. The median age in Stephens is greater than the median age in the State of Oklahoma of 36.5. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 40.3 years old. With 22.4 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Stephens can be described as being made up of a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 60.4 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 17.2 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

Since 2000, a very low number of individuals have migrated to Stephens from another country. The international migration into Stephens accounts for 0 percent of all immigration into Oklahoma. This percent of international migration is very low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

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

Housing Report for Stephens County, Oklahoma

The State of Oklahoma, Stephens County ranks 48 of 77 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 2,512 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

In Stephens County, the real estate market was made up of 20,191 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding in all 240 homes since 2001, or 1.2 percent.

Stephens County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $54,500, according to the Decennial Census. This value is less than the Oklahoma 2000 median home value of $70,700 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

There is a large amount of affordable housing in Stephens County, Oklahoma. In 2000, 91.8 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Stephens County. The industry averages 36 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the State of Oklahoma average establishment size of 31 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Stephens County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Mining industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 17.8 percent of the total county employment. This totals 2,253 individuals. The Retail Trade and Mining industries total 16.1 and 14.6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

In Stephens County, Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation and Warehousing industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Mining industry has a US LQ in the county of 28.86. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining sector is 28.86 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Stephens may be an exporter of products or services of Mining.

Transportation and Warehousing in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Stephens County, growing in new jobs by 296.6 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of -1 percent. The State of Oklahoma encountered a change in industry employment of -8.9 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

Retail Trade between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Stephens County. The sector dealt with a loss of 538 jobs, or 20.9 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 52.7 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.







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