Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Calhoun County. The industry averages 125 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the State of Texas average of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Calhoun County. The sector faced a loss of 910 total jobs during the period, accounting for 22.6 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 62.1 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

In Calhoun County, Manufacturing, Construction and Mining industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing sector in the county has a location quotient of 3.1. The percent of employment in the Manufacturing industry is 3.1 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Calhoun specializes in Manufacturing.

In Calhoun County, Manufacturing, Construction, and the Retail Trade sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 39.8 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 3,122 individuals. The Construction and Retail Trade sectors account for 18.6 and 10.7 percent of all employment.

Transportation and Warehousing has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Calhoun County, growing in new jobs by 41 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of -1 percent. The State of Texas faced a industry job change of 1.4 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

The Manufacturing sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Calhoun County since the year 2001. The industry went from accounting for 45.4 percent of total employment in 2001 to 39.8 percent in the year 2005.

Calhoun County is ranked at 80 of 255 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of Texas according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 69 of 255 Counties.



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

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