Employment Report for Reagan County, Texas -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
In Reagan County, Transportation and Warehousing, Mining, and the Retail Trade industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Transportation and Warehousing is the major employer in the county making up 42.2 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 547 employees. The Mining and Retail Trade industries total 34 and 7.5 percent of total employment, respectively.
The Mining industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Reagan County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 42.4 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 34 percent of employment in 2005.
Transportation and Warehousing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Reagan County, averaging 68 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 19 and greater than the Texas average establishment size of 23 for the Transportation and Warehousing industry.
Transportation and Warehousing is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Reagan County, growing in new jobs by 629.3 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of -1 percent. The State of Texas went through a industry job change of 1.4 percent, in the last 5 years.
In Reagan County, Mining, Transportation and Warehousing and Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Mining industry has an LQ of 67.15. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining sector is 67.15 times greater than the national average, signifying that Reagan County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Mining.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
In Reagan County, Transportation and Warehousing, Mining, and the Retail Trade industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Transportation and Warehousing is the major employer in the county making up 42.2 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 547 employees. The Mining and Retail Trade industries total 34 and 7.5 percent of total employment, respectively.
The Mining industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Reagan County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 42.4 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 34 percent of employment in 2005.
Transportation and Warehousing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Reagan County, averaging 68 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 19 and greater than the Texas average establishment size of 23 for the Transportation and Warehousing industry.
Transportation and Warehousing is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Reagan County, growing in new jobs by 629.3 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of -1 percent. The State of Texas went through a industry job change of 1.4 percent, in the last 5 years.
In Reagan County, Mining, Transportation and Warehousing and Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Mining industry has an LQ of 67.15. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining sector is 67.15 times greater than the national average, signifying that Reagan County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Mining.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
