Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Retail Trade has a largest number of employee per establishment in Culberson County. In the County, the industry averages 18 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the US industry average of 15 and greater than the Texas establishments size average of 16 for the Retail Trade industry.

In Culberson County, Mining, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Retail Trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Mining industry has a US LQ in the county of 19.72. The percent of employment in the Mining industry is 19.72 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Culberson may be an exporter of products or services of Mining.

The Accommodation and food services sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Culberson County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 32.4 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 26 percent of employment in 2005.

Retail Trade has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Culberson County, with an employment growth of 11.3 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 0.5 percent. The State of Texas saw a change in employment in the sector of -0.8 percent, since the year 2001.

In Culberson County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Mining sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 39.2 percent of the total county employment. This totals 275 employees. The Accommodation and food services and Mining sectors provide 26 and 10 percent of total employment, respectively.







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

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