Atascosa County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Atascosa County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 128.6 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Atascosa County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 4.7 percent. The Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry in Atascosa County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 5.9 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (128.6 percent gain)
2. Unclassified (112.0 percent gain)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (89.5 percent gain)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (73.8 percent gain)
5. Computer systems design and related services (52.8 percent gain)

Atascosa County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 29.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the it saw a gain of 5.7 percent. The losses in the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Atascosa County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 3.8 in percent of workers in the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (29.3 percent decline)
2. Automobile dealers (22.3 percent decline)
3. Clothing stores (20 percent decline)
4. Support activities for crop production (19.7 percent decline)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (17.3 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 7.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Texas, which saw a gain of 4.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Atascosa County

The Support activities for mining industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 99 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 29.3 percent of the total number of new jobs in Atascosa County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (99 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (26 new jobs)
3. Unclassified (19 new jobs)
4. Grocery stores (16 new jobs)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (16 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Atascosa County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Automobile dealers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 24 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Automobile dealers industry make up 19.8 percent of the employment lost during the period in Atascosa County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automobile dealers (24 jobs lost)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (21 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (20 jobs lost)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (8 jobs lost)
5. Child day care services (8 jobs lost)

Given the 50 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 17 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 32 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Atascosa County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 484 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.





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.

Income and Poverty in Atascosa County, Texas

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Atascosa County accounted a medium-low median income for households of $38,705 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 20.7 percent lower than the median in Texas of $46,715 and this is 26.9 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Atascosa County, Texas can be understood to have a relatively high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 20.2 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 40.1 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Atascosa County, having 36.8 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

In Atascosa County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $41,716 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 7.8 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Atascosa County, Texas recorded a median income of $32,632, this median household income is 15.7 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $36,075. This median is 6.8 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Atascosa County reported a median household income of $41,891, this median was 8.2 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 21.3 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $30,469.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.