In Wallowa County, jobs in the depository credit intermediation pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the depository credit intermediation industry wages were the highest in Wallowa County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Wallowa County earned an annual wage of $35,305 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the industry wage in Oregon of $42,028 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $47,929.

Other high-paying jobs in Wallowa County, Oregon are present in accounting and bookkeeping services ($35,155), offices of physicians ($34,506), logging ($31,446) and legal services ($29,512) 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.

Wallowa County Wages have increased by 12.0% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Wallowa County, Oregon by a total of 12.0%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for the State of Oregon and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Wallowa County, Oregon when analyzed can be understood as being relatively low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 41.4 percent lower than the with an state average of $36,156. The industry pay 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.

Wallowa County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Wallowa County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 28.7 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 gone through in the Oregon, where the it saw a gain of 14.5 percent. The losses in the Limited-service eating places industry in Wallowa County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 13.9 in percent of jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (28.7 percent decline)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (15.5 percent decline)
3. Support activities for forestry (15.4 percent decline)
4. Religious organizations (7.2 percent decline)
5. Offices of physicians (6.9 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 20.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Oregon, which saw a gain of 5.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Wallowa County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Private households industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 154.5 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Wallowa County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Oregon, where the industry felt a gain of 22.4 percent. The Private households industry in Wallowa County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 19.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (154.5 percent gain)
2. Building finishing contractors (107.1 percent gain)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (105.6 percent gain)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (76.3 percent gain)
5. Offices of dentists (75.7 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Wallowa County

The Offices of other health practitioners industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 25 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Offices of other health practitioners industry makes up 19.4 percent of the total number of new jobs in Wallowa County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (25 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (24 new jobs)
3. Private households (17 new jobs)
4. Foundries (11 new jobs)
5. Offices of dentists (9 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Wallowa County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Limited-service eating places industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 20 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 69.0 percent of the total employment decline in Wallowa County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (20 jobs lost)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (4 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (2 jobs lost)
4. Religious organizations (2 jobs lost)
5. Support activities for forestry (1 jobs lost)

In Wallowa County, Oregon, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 290 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Out of the 20 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 5 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 15 industry sectors reported declines during the time 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.

Wallowa County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Wallowa County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 94.7 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Wallowa County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Oregon, where the industry felt a gain of 12.4 percent. The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Wallowa County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (94.7 percent gain)
2. Other amusement and recreation industries (87.8 percent gain)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (53.5 percent gain)
4. Residential building construction (49.2 percent gain)
5. Offices of dentists (32.7 percent gain)

Wallowa County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for forestry industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 31.3 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 sector has felt in the State of Oregon, where the it saw a loss of 4.5 percent. The losses in the Support activities for forestry industry in Wallowa County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.6 percent in terms of employees in the Support activities for forestry industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for forestry (31.3 percent decline)
2. Building finishing contractors (21.6 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (17.2 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (6.3 percent decline)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (6 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 7 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in Oregon, which saw a gain of 3.7 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

In Wallowa County, Oregon, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 113 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Wallowa County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 5 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 31.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Wallowa County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (5 jobs lost)
2. Support activities for forestry (3 jobs lost)
3. Building finishing contractors (3 jobs lost)
4. Cattle ranching and farming (3 jobs lost)
5. Religious organizations (1 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Wallowa County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Residential building construction industry has added the most employment with 19 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Residential building construction industry makes up 23.3 percent of the growth in Wallowa County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (19 new jobs)
2. Foundries (13 new jobs)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (12 new jobs)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (8 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (6 new jobs)

Given the 21 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 6 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 14 industry sectors reported declines during the time 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.

Income and Poverty in Wallowa County, Oregon

In Wallowa County, Oregon White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,777 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.5 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Wallowa County reported a median household income of $30,713, this level was 18.3 percent less than the areas median level for all households. Hispanic headed households in Wallowa County, Oregon , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $10,969, this income level is 70.8 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Wallowa County, Oregon can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 14.0 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 33.3 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 Wallowa County, with 29.4 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Wallowa County had a medium-low median income for households of $37,591 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 27.3 percent lower than the median income in State of Oregon of $47,872 and this is 30.7 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Wallowa County, Oregon

In Wallowa County, Oregon according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 20.6 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 13 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Wallowa County, Oregon, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 35.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Wallowa have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 22.6 percent (Men) versus 18.2 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 38.2 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

Wallowa County, Oregon has a highly-educated population of the working age, with 20.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Wallowa counted a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Oregon's proportion of 25 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.





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

Demographic Profile for Wallowa County, Oregon

Wallowa County, Oregon has a population that is comprised of 96.4 percent White, 0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 1.8 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 2.1 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Oregon percent of 14.9. Since 2000, Wallowa has increased in diversity when 2.0 percent of the population were minorities.

Estimated since the year 2000, a very low number of individual migrated to the Wallowa from outside the country. The immigration into Wallowa totals 0 percent of immigration into the State of Oregon. This percent of international migration is very low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Wallowa County, Oregon to be 47.8 years old. The median age in Wallowa is greater than the median age in Oregon of 37.0. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 44.5 years of age. With 19.9 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Wallowa can be understood as having a relatively low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 59 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 21.1 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a relatively high proportion of the population.

Wallowa County, Oregon had a total estimated population of 7,014 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 7,220. The decline denotes a decrease of -2.9 percent. Wallowa ranks 31 of 36 counties when calculating total change in population for Oregon and the county ranks 2,338 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

By measuring total land area, Wallowa spans a total area of 3145 square miles. This area has a very low average population density of 2 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Madison, MT (2 per sq. mile ), McKenzie, ND (2 per sq. mile ), Logan, ND (2 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Presidio, TX (2 per sq. mile ), Rich, UT (2 per sq. mile ), Kodiak Island, AK (2 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Wallowa County, Oregon

Wallowa County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $111,300, according to the Decennial Census. This median is less than the overall State of Oregon 2000 median home value of $152,100 and less than home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

When compared to other counties in Oregon, Wallowa County places 27 of 36 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 2,217 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

In Wallowa County, there were a total of 4,008 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding all together 65 residential structures since 2001, a change of 1.6 percent.







Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Wholesale trade has the largest employers in Wallowa County. In the County, the industry averages 13 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 10 and greater than the State of Oregon average establishment size of 9 for the Wholesale trade industry.

In Wallowa County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Utilities and Other services, except public administration industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector in the county has a location quotient of 7.75. The percent of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is 7.75 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Wallowa County may specialize, or be an exporter of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

In Wallowa County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 20 percent of the total county employment. This totals 334 employees. The Manufacturing and Accommodation and food services industries make up 13.2 and 11.9 percent of total employment, respectively.

Wholesale trade is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Wallowa County, increasing in size by 372.7 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 0.4 percent. The State of Oregon had changed in sector employment of 4.4 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.









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