College Station-Bryan One-Year Industry Employment Change

The College Station-Bryan Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Investigation and security services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 31.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the industry reported a gain of 4.3 percent. The losses in the Investigation and security services industry in College Station-Bryan outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 2.1 in percent of jobs in the Investigation and security services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Investigation and security services (31.3 percent decline)
2. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (25.1 percent decline)
3. Computer systems design and related services (16.7 percent decline)
4. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (15.8 percent decline)
5. Florists (14.4 percent decline)

The College Station-Bryan Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Warehousing and storage industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 312.1 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in College Station-Bryan has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where it saw a gain of 8 percent. The Warehousing and storage industry in College Station-Bryan outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 7.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Warehousing and storage (312.1 percent gain)
2. Unclassified (46.7 percent gain)
3. Utility system construction (37.8 percent gain)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (32.7 percent gain)
5. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (29.2 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 2.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than growth in Texas, which saw a gain of 4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the College Station-Bryan Metro Area

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Utility system construction industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 137 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Utility system construction industry makes up 18.6 percent of the growth in College Station-Bryan.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (137 new jobs)
2. Employment services (97 new jobs)
3. Warehousing and storage (69 new jobs)
4. Grocery stores (48 new jobs)
5. Unclassified (33 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the College Station-Bryan Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Computer systems design and related services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 110 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Computer systems design and related services industry make up 20.8 percent of the employment lost during the period in College Station-Bryan, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (110 jobs lost)
2. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (56 jobs lost)
3. Home health care services (35 jobs lost)
4. Scientific research and development services (32 jobs lost)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (32 jobs lost)

In the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 1,170 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 67 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 35 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 31 industries reported employment loss in the period.





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 College Station-Bryan, TX

Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the College Station-Bryan metro area may be understood as having a very high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 26.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 38.5 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 18 to 64 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in College Station-Bryan, accounting 30.1 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

In College Station-Bryan, TX White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $36,816 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 8.1 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic households in College Station-Bryan, TX , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $29,779, this median household income is 12.5 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $21,272. This median is 37.5 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in College Station-Bryan reported an income level of $32,614, which was 4.2 percent less than the median for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 31.9 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $23,186.

While the median household income saw a decline in the last five year in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in household income was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 43.3 percent since the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in College Station-Bryan, seeing a 48.2 percent increase in median income, since the values reporting the 2000 Decennial Census.

The poverty rate in the College Station-Bryan, TX Metro has increased by 1.6 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 26.9 percent to 28.5 percent.

The household income has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $30,896, which represents a 9.3 percent decline. The College Station-Bryan, TX MSA, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 14 of 22 metro area in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Texas. College Station-Bryan ranks 95 of 233 metro area in terms of the decline in household income across the nation.

Compared to Metro Areas across the United States, the College Station-Bryan metro area accounted a very low median income for all households of $34,052 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 37.2 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 44.3 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.