Monday, October 30, 2006

Employment Report for Blanco County, Texas -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Blanco County, Construction, Finance and insurance and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Construction sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.48. The percent of employment in the Construction sector is 2.48 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Blanco specializes in Construction.

In Blanco County, Construction, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Construction produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 16.3 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 320 employees. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 13.1 and 6.7 percent of industry employment.

The Wholesale trade has seen the largest decrease in industry presence in Blanco County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 5.8 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 0 percent in 2005.

Construction is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Blanco County, moving a total of 56.9 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 7.3 percent. The State of Texas experienced a sector employment shift of -2.5 percent, during the period.

Finance and insurance has the largest businesses in Blanco County. The industry averages 14 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 13 and greater than the State of Texas average establishment size of 13 for the Finance and insurance industry.







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

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