In Clearfield County, jobs in the medical and diagnostic laboratories pay the highest wages

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Employment in the medical and diagnostic laboratories industry paid the average highest wages in Clearfield County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Clearfield County received a wage of $81,650 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry wage in Pennsylvania of $51,093 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $50,276.

Top-pay jobs in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania are present in power generation and supply ($68,044), offices of physicians ($58,678), insurance carriers ($49,721) and grocery and related product wholesalers ($46,430) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic 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.

Clearfield County Wages have increased by 15.9% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania by a total of 15.9%. This is less than the growth in average industry wages for Pennsylvania and less 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.

Clearfield County Industry Wages Lag Behind Pennsylvania, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania when analyzed can be understood as being relatively low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 30.7 percent lower than the with an state average of $39,178. 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.

Clearfield County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Clearfield County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Community care facilities for the elderly industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 445.2 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Clearfield County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Pennsylvania, where this industry saw a gain of 66.8 percent. The Community care facilities for the elderly industry in Clearfield County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 27.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Community care facilities for the elderly (445.2 percent gain)
2. Individual and family services (318.5 percent gain)
3. Grantmaking and giving services (93.3 percent gain)
4. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (73.8 percent gain)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (68.2 percent gain)

Clearfield County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 86 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 50.4 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Clearfield County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 19.8 in percent of workers in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (86 percent decline)
2. Professional and similar organizations (63.2 percent decline)
3. Cut and sew apparel manufacturing (59.2 percent decline)
4. Furniture stores (54.5 percent decline)
5. Lessors of real estate (51 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 0.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are equal to growth in the State of Pennsylvania, experiencing a gain of 0.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Clearfield County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Individual and family services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 443 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Individual and family services industry makes up 19.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Clearfield County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (443 new jobs)
2. Community care facilities for the elderly (322 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (194 new jobs)
4. General freight trucking (164 new jobs)
5. Other general merchandise stores (96 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Clearfield County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Nursing care facilities industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 258 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Nursing care facilities industry make up 12.8 percent of the total employment decline in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nursing care facilities (258 jobs lost)
2. Cut and sew apparel manufacturing (221 jobs lost)
3. Department stores (177 jobs lost)
4. Private households (125 jobs lost)
5. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (97 jobs lost)

In Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 144 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Given the 82 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 42 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 39 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that 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.

Clearfield County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Clearfield County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Activities related to real estate industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 143.3 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Clearfield County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry took a gain of 5.2 percent. The Activities related to real estate industry in Clearfield County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 4.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to real estate (143.3 percent gain)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (65.8 percent gain)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (62.5 percent gain)
4. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (45.2 percent gain)
5. Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying (42.9 percent gain)

Clearfield County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 78.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Pennsylvania, where the industry reported a loss of 46.1 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Clearfield County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 1.9 percent in terms of employees in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (78.6 percent decline)
2. Specialty food stores (41.8 percent decline)
3. Greenhouse and nursery production (39.4 percent decline)
4. Nursing care facilities (35.1 percent decline)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (30.6 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 0.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in Pennsylvania, which went through a gain of 1.1 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

In Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 130 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Clearfield County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Individual and family services industry has grown the most with 164 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Individual and family services industry makes up 17.5 percent of the total employment growth in Clearfield County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (164 new jobs)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (83 new jobs)
3. Home health care services (64 new jobs)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (57 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (51 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Clearfield County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Nursing care facilities industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 346 jobs. The declines in the Nursing care facilities industry make up 27.7 percent of the total job loss in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nursing care facilities (346 jobs lost)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (80 jobs lost)
3. Private households (75 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (53 jobs lost)
5. Outpatient care centers (52 jobs lost)

Of the 93 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 44 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 48 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that 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 Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

The rate of poverty in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania has increased by 3.6 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 12.5 percent to 16.1 percent.

Compared to counties across the United States, Clearfield County reported a medium-low median income for households of $36,688 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 27.9 percent lower than the median in Pennsylvania of $46,924 and the median household income is 33.9 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

In Clearfield County, Pennsylvania White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $36,588 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.3 percent less than the median income in 2000. Hispanic households in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania reported a median household income of $36,400, this income level is 0.8 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $97,336. This median is 165.3 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 46.4 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $53,695. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Clearfield County had a median household income level of $67,549, this median was 84.1 percent greater than the areas median level for all households.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania can be understood to have a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 12.5 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 47.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Clearfield County, having 21.2 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

While household income level experienced a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in median income was the American Indian and Alaska Native category. This group felt a decline of 72.2 percent from 2000 to 2005. The White population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Clearfield County, seeing a 11.6 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

The median household income has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $31,952, which amounts to a 12.9 percent decline. Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 1 of 33 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Pennsylvania. Clearfield County ranks 100 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median household income in the United States.

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

Higher Education in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

In Clearfield County, Pennsylvania as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 11 percent of the White Alone, 2.2 percent of Black or African American, 61.8 percent of the Asian alone and 7.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 2.0 percent. As reported in 2005, 13 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 3.0 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 13.8 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

Clearfield County, Pennsylvania has a less-educated population, with 11.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Clearfield was reported to have a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 49.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Clearfield have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 11.4 percent (Men) versus 10.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 52.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

From 2000, Clearfield has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 2.2 percent to a total of 13.4 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the 2005 State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

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

Demographic Profile for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania to be 41.5 years of age. The median age in Clearfield is greater than the median age in Pennsylvania of 39.7. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 39.5 years of age. With a total of 20.5 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Clearfield can be described as having a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 62.3 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 17.2 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

When measuring the total land area, Clearfield extends a total area of 1147 square miles. The land areas has a medium-low average population density of 72 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Simpson, KY (72 per sq. mile ), Letcher, KY (72 per sq. mile ), Coryell, TX (72 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Wyoming, NY (72 per sq. mile ), Tuscola, MI (72 per sq. mile ), Creek, OK (72 per sq. mile ).

Clearfield County, Pennsylvania has a population that is comprised of 96.7 percent White, 1.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 0.7 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 2.9 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 16.4. Since 2000, Clearfield has increased the percent of minority population when 2.4 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Since the year 2000, a low number of individuals have migrated to Clearfield internationally. The international migration into Clearfield totals 0.1 percent of the total international migration into the State of Pennsylvania. This percent of international migration is low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Clearfield County, Pennsylvania had a total estimated population of 82,783 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 83,389. The decline shows a decrease of -0.7 percent. Clearfield ranks 44 of 67 counties when calculating total change in population for Pennsylvania and the county ranks 2,830 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

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

Housing Report for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

In the State of Pennsylvania, Clearfield County is positioned 50 of 67 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,285 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Clearfield County had a median home value in the year 2005 of $70,500, reported by the American Community Survey. This value is less than the overall State of Pennsylvania 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $131,900 and less than home value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

In Clearfield County, there were a total of 38,641 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding a total of 598 homes since 2001, or 1.6 percent.

Clearfield 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 reports that 0.3 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

The residential home values in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania have moderate increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $7,900, or 12.6 percent, since their values in that year of $62,600.

According to the data, there is a large amount of affordable housing in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. In 2005, 85.4 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Clearfield County, Mining, Transportation and Warehousing and Utilities industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Mining industry has an LQ of 4.41. The level of employment in the Mining industry is 4.41 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Clearfield County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Mining.

Arts, entertainment, and recreation is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Clearfield County, increasing by 45 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 4.7 percent. The State of Pennsylvania faced a industry job change of 10.9 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Clearfield County, with the industry averaging 32 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the Pennsylvania average of 41 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Clearfield County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Manufacturing industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Health care and social assistance provides the most jobs and contributes 21.2 percent of total employment in the county, making up 5,696 jobs. The Retail Trade and Manufacturing industries total 17.6 and 14.1 percent of all employment.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Clearfield County. The sector faced a loss of 586 employees during the period, or 13.4 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 31.3 percent of all employment losses in the county.







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