Monday, January 22, 2007

Castro County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Castro County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Oilseed and grain farming industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 13 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Oilseed and grain farming industry make up 29.0 percent of the employment lost during the period in Castro County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Oilseed and grain farming (13 jobs lost)
2. Support activities for crop production (10 jobs lost)
3. Limited-service eating places (8 jobs lost)
4. Full-service restaurants (7 jobs lost)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (6 jobs lost)

From the 16 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 7 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 8 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Castro County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 42 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Castro County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Cattle ranching and farming industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 55 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Cattle ranching and farming industry makes up 79.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Castro County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (55 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (6 new jobs)
3. Private households (3 new jobs)
4. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (2 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (31 new jobs)

Castro County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 24.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Castro County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where the industry took a gain of 4.1 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Castro County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 2.3 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (24.4 percent gain)
2. Cattle ranching and farming (14.2 percent gain)
3. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (8.8 percent gain)
4. Private households (7.7 percent gain)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (7.5 percent gain)

Castro County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 18.8 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 2.9 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Castro County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 2.2 in percent of workers in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (18.8 percent decline)
2. Support activities for crop production (18.5 percent decline)
3. Limited-service eating places (17.6 percent decline)
4. Oilseed and grain farming (16.7 percent decline)
5. Professional and similar organizations (16.7 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than percent in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

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