Bee County One-Year Industry Employment Change

The total number of jobs has increased by 11.2 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Texas, which saw a gain of 4.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Bee County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 61.3 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 reported a gain of 28.8 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Bee County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 12.1 percent in terms of employment in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (61.3 percent decline)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (41.2 percent decline)
3. Lessors of real estate (30.8 percent decline)
4. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (16.2 percent decline)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (15.3 percent decline)

Bee County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 60.3 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Bee County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where it saw a gain of 6.6 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Bee County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (60.3 percent gain)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (35.5 percent gain)
3. Traveler accommodation (30.3 percent gain)
4. Individual and family services (23.1 percent gain)
5. Architectural and engineering services (19.4 percent gain)

In Bee County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 493 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Bee County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Services to buildings and dwellings industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 30 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry make up 36.1 percent of the total job loss in Bee County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (30 jobs lost)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (16 jobs lost)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (8 jobs lost)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (8 jobs lost)
5. Unclassified (6 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Bee County

The Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 28 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 14.2 percent of the total growth in Bee County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (28 new jobs)
2. Support activities for mining (26 new jobs)
3. Home health care services (19 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (16 new jobs)
5. Traveler accommodation (16 new jobs)

Out of the 35 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 12 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 23 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





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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 Bee County, Texas

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Bee County was reported to have a relatively low household income of $33,219 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 40.6 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the income level is 47.9 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Hispanic Householders in Bee County, Texas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $26,519, this median household income is 20.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $67,458. This income level is 103.1 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 5.9 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $31,252. In Bee County, Texas White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $35,359 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 6.4 percent greater than the median in 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Bee County reported a median household income of $20,384, this level was 38.6 percent less than the areas median level for all households.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Bee County, Texas can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 24.0 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 30.9 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 6 to 11 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Bee County, accounting 37.2 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.







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