Sherman County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Sherman County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 11 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 88.9 percent of the total employment decline in Sherman County, Oregon.

Top 3 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (11 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (5 jobs lost)
3. Support activities for crop production (3 jobs lost)

In Sherman County, Oregon, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 27 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.





Total industry employment has increased by 7.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in Oregon, experiencing a gain of 3.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Sherman County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 45.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Oregon, where the it saw a gain of 3.5 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Sherman County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 2.2 in percent of jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (45.7 percent decline)
2. Other amusement and recreation industries (15 percent decline)

Sherman County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Religious organizations industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 40.0 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Sherman County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Oregon, where this industry saw a gain of 0.9 percent. The Religious organizations industry in Sherman County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.8 percent in this industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Religious organizations (40.0 percent gain)
2. Gasoline stations (14.7 percent gain)
3. Grocery stores (10.0 percent gain)





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 Sherman County, Oregon

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Sherman County reported a medium-high median income for all households of $41,116 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 16.4 percent lower than the household income median in State of Oregon of $47,872 and the median household income is 19.5 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Sherman County, Oregon can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 14.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 39.3 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Sherman County, with 28.6 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Hispanic households in Sherman County, Oregon reported a median household income of $22,912, this median is 44.3 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Sherman County, Oregon White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $41,450 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.8 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Sherman County reported a median household income of $31,444, this level was 23.5 percent less than the median income level in this area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $21,938. This income level is 46.6 percent less than the all households reported median in the area.







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