In Umatilla County, jobs in the power generation and supply pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the power generation and supply industry paid the average highest wages in Umatilla County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Umatilla County received a wage of $79,278 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the industry pay the State of Oregon of $79,696 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $76,551.

Other top-pay jobs in Umatilla County, Oregon are present in general freight trucking ($54,560), scientific research and development services ($54,411), wired telecommunications carriers ($51,069) and other heavy construction ($45,896) 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.

Umatilla County Wages have increased by 16.1% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Umatilla County, Oregon by a total of 16.1%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of Oregon 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.

Umatilla County Industry Wages Lag Behind Oregon, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Umatilla County, Oregon when analyzed can be described as medium-low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 23.1 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $36,156. The average pay was less than the national industry average 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.

Umatilla County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Umatilla County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Fruit and tree nut farming industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 148 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Fruit and tree nut farming industry makes up 19.1 percent of the total growth in Umatilla County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fruit and tree nut farming (148 new jobs)
2. Community care facilities for the elderly (104 new jobs)
3. Residential mental health facilities (73 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (60 new jobs)
5. Building finishing contractors (58 new jobs)

Given the 77 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 46 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 30 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Umatilla County, Oregon, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 163 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Umatilla County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 783 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry make up 32.3 percent of the total job loss in Umatilla County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty (783 jobs lost)
2. Vegetable and melon farming (346 jobs lost)
3. Other heavy construction (167 jobs lost)
4. Other crop farming (134 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (92 jobs lost)

Umatilla County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other heavy construction industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 90.3 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Oregon, where the it saw a gain of 2.2 percent. The losses in the Other heavy construction industry in Umatilla County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 9.4 percent in terms of employment in the Other heavy construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other heavy construction (90.3 percent decline)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (71.6 percent decline)
3. Travel arrangement and reservation services (58.4 percent decline)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (55.3 percent decline)
5. Vegetable and melon farming (48.2 percent decline)

Umatilla County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 166.7 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Umatilla County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Oregon, where it saw a gain of 7.4 percent. The Unclassified industry in Umatilla County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 1.7 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (166.7 percent gain)
2. Investigation and security services (118.2 percent gain)
3. Building finishing contractors (84.0 percent gain)
4. Activities related to real estate (61.1 percent gain)
5. Community care facilities for the elderly (53.9 percent gain)

Total industry employment has decreased by 0.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Oregon, which experienced a gain of 5.9 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 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.

Umatilla County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Umatilla County, Oregon, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 117 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Umatilla County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has added the most employment with 92 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Employment services industry makes up 17.1 percent of the total growth in Umatilla County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (92 new jobs)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (56 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (54 new jobs)
4. Community care facilities for the elderly (48 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (22 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Umatilla County

Given the industries in the area, the Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 137 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry make up 23.2 percent of the employment lost during the period in Umatilla County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty (137 jobs lost)
2. Fruit and tree nut farming (87 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (38 jobs lost)
4. Other crop farming (37 jobs lost)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (28 jobs lost)

Out of the 84 4-digit NAICS industries, 45 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 38 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Employment for all industries has increased by 0.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than growth in the State of Oregon, which went through a gain of 3.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Umatilla County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other schools and instruction industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 166.7 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Umatilla County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Oregon, where it saw a gain of 9.2 percent. The Other schools and instruction industry in Umatilla County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 5.7 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other schools and instruction (166.7 percent gain)
2. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (49.1 percent gain)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (23.9 percent gain)
4. Cattle ranching and farming (23.3 percent gain)
5. Employment services (23.0 percent gain)

Umatilla County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Emergency and other relief services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 37.7 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Oregon, where the industry felt a gain of 5.1 percent. The losses in the Emergency and other relief services industry in Umatilla County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 0.6 percent in terms of employees in the Emergency and other relief services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Emergency and other relief services (37.7 percent decline)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (34.1 percent decline)
3. Management and technical consulting services (33.3 percent decline)
4. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (25.7 percent decline)
5. Florists (24.7 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.

Income and Poverty in Umatilla County, Oregon

The poverty rate in Umatilla County, Oregon has increased by 2.7 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 12.7 percent to 15.4 percent.

The areas median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $38,459, which amounts to a 9.3 percent decline. Umatilla County, Oregon, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 9 of 14 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Oregon. Umatilla County ranks 263 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income in the US.

While the median household income saw a decline in the last five year in Umatilla County, Oregon, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in median income was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 33.4 percent in the last five years. The Asian Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Umatilla County, undergoing a 443.4 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Umatilla County was reported to have a medium-high household income of $42,411 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 12.9 percent lower than the household income median in State of Oregon of $47,872 and the median is 15.8 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Umatilla County, Oregon can be understood to have a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 12.7 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 33 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Umatilla County, with 20.7 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 5.8 percent greater than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $44,850. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $36,806. This median income level is 13.2 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. Hispanic households in Umatilla County, Oregon , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $37,406, this median is 11.8 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. In Umatilla County, Oregon White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $43,159 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 1.8 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Umatilla County had a median household income level of $39,594, this level was 6.6 percent less than the areas median level for all households.

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

Higher Education in Umatilla County, Oregon

Umatilla County, Oregon can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 16 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Umatilla counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Oregon's proportion of 25 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

Since the year 2000, Umatilla has decreased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has declined by 0.6 percent to a total of 15.4 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the State of Oregon percent of 27.8 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has decreased by 2.4 percent. By 2005, 15.6 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 1.0 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 15.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

In Umatilla County, Oregon according the 2000 Decennial Census, 17.2 percent of the White Alone, 15.4 percent of Black or African American, 18 percent of the Asian alone and 5.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Umatilla County, Oregon, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 30 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Umatilla have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 17.6 percent (Men) versus 14.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

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

Demographic Profile for Umatilla County, Oregon

From 2000, a high number of individuals have migrated to Umatilla internationally. The migration from outside the US into Umatilla accounts for 1.5 percent of the total international migration into the State of Oregon. This level of international migration can be considered high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Umatilla County, Oregon has a population base that is comprised of 76 percent White, 0.9 percent African American, 0.7 percent Asian, and 18.2 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 19.8 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of Oregon percent of 14.9. Since 2000, Umatilla has increased the percent of minority makeup when 17.7 percent of the total population were minorities.

Umatilla County, Oregon had a total estimated population of 73,878 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, from the population in the year 2000 of 70,687. This growth signifies an increase of 4.5 percent. Umatilla ranks 14 of 36 counties in terms of population growth in Oregon and the county ranks 656 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

By measuring total land area, Umatilla extends a total area of 3215 square miles. This area has a low population density of 23 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Wayne, TN (23 per sq. mile ), Yell, AR (23 per sq. mile ), Clay, AL (23 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Allamakee, IA (23 per sq. mile ), Humboldt, IA (23 per sq. mile ), Falls, TX (23 per sq. mile ).

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Umatilla County, Oregon to be 35.3 years old. The median in Umatilla is less than the median age in the State of Oregon of 37.0. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median, when the median age was 34.6 years old. With a total of 26.5 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Umatilla can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 61.5 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 12 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

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

Housing Report for Umatilla County, Oregon

The residential real estate values in Umatilla County, Oregon have moderate increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $17,300, or 17.6 percent, from their 2000 value of $98,100.

When compared to other counties in Oregon, Umatilla County stands 22 of 36 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 1,409 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

In Umatilla County, there were a total of 28,761 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding in all 823 residential units since 2001, or 2.9 percent.

Umatilla County may be be described as having a small, but present percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 1 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

There seems to be a large amount of affordable housing in Umatilla County, Oregon. In 2005, 56.5 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Umatilla County had a median home value in the year 2005 of $115,400, published by the American Community Survey. This is less than the Oregon 2005 home value of $201,200 and less than home value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Umatilla County, Oregon -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Umatilla County, Transportation and Warehousing, Utilities and Manufacturing are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Transportation and Warehousing sector has a United State LQ of 2.46. The percent of employment in the Transportation and Warehousing sector is 2.46 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Umatilla specializes in Transportation and Warehousing.

In Umatilla County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 17.3 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 3,721 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 14.3 and 12.1 percent of total employment, respectively.

Administrative and waste services saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Umatilla County, increasing by 32 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 4.5 percent. The State of Oregon experienced a sector employment shift of 12 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Umatilla County. In the County, the industry averages 52 employees per business. This is greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the Oregon typical size of 34 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Umatilla County. The sector faced a loss of 279 employees during the period, or 7 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 29.8 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).