Texas Five-Year Industry Employment Change

The counties in the State of Texas in terms of employment growth percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from a 81.2 percent job gained in Reagan County to a low of a 78.9 percent job lost in Loving County.

Top ten counties in terms of highest industry employment growth percent in the Texas
Industry Employment Growth Percent

1. Reagan County (81.2 percent gain)
2. Kenedy County (69.3 percent gain)
3. Jones County (69.2 percent gain)
4. Randall County (54.9 percent gain)
5. Collin County (46.0 percent gain)
6. Wise County (44.3 percent gain)
7. Lipscomb County (44.2 percent gain)
8. Montgomery County (39.8 percent gain)
9. Borden County (36.3 percent gain)
10. Williamson County (36.2 percent gain)


Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the State of Texas

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 23,670 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. industry make up 6.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. (23,670 jobs lost)
2. Wired telecommunications carriers (22,338 jobs lost)
3. Cut and sew apparel manufacturing (18,802 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (18,404 jobs lost)
5. Communications equipment manufacturing (16,074 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the State of Texas

The Home health care services industry has added the most employment with 54,204 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Home health care services industry makes up 7.5 percent of the total employment growth in Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (54,204 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (45,421 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (44,398 new jobs)
4. Employment services (36,595 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (26,010 new jobs)

From the 310 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 152 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 158 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In the State of Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 378,179 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

The State of Texas: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Postal service industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 309.3 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. The Postal service industry in Texas outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 89.6 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Postal service (309.3 percent gain)
2. Other information services (235.8 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (222.1 percent gain)
4. Apparel knitting mills (153.1 percent gain)
5. Metal ore mining (143.1 percent gain)

The State of Texas: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Scenic and sightseeing transportation, other industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 83 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). The losses in the Scenic and sightseeing transportation, other industry in Texas outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 8.3 in percent of jobs in the Scenic and sightseeing transportation, other industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Scenic and sightseeing transportation, other (83 percent decline)
2. Cut and sew apparel manufacturing (75.7 percent decline)
3. Other telecommunications (57.4 percent decline)
4. Telecommunications resellers (52.2 percent decline)
5. Fishing (51.3 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the counties in the State of Texas in terms of total employment growth from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from 72,316 total jobs gained in Collin County to a low of 122,912 jobs lost in Dallas County.

Top ten counties in terms of highest total industry employment growth in the Texas
Total Industry Employment Growth

1. Collin County (72,316 jobs gained)
2. Harris County (36,689 jobs gained)
3. Bexar County (32,553 jobs gained)
4. Denton County (28,783 jobs gained)
5. Hidalgo County (27,348 jobs gained)
6. Montgomery County (26,861 jobs gained)
7. Williamson County (23,704 jobs gained)
8. Fort Bend County (19,399 jobs gained)
9. Tarrant County (13,537 jobs gained)
10. Webb County (10,687 jobs gained)


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.