Collingsworth County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 6 4-digit NAICS industries, 1 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 4 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Collingsworth County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 11 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Collingsworth County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Support activities for crop production industry has grown the most with 6 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Support activities for crop production industry makes up 31.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Collingsworth County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Support activities for crop production (6 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Collingsworth County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 1 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 66.7 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Collingsworth County, Texas.

Top 4 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (293 jobs lost)
2. Warehousing and storage (256 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (185 jobs lost)
4. ISPs and web search portals (181 jobs lost)

Total employment has increased by 1.6 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than growth in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Collingsworth County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 157.1 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Collingsworth County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry took a gain of 28.8 percent. The Unclassified industry in Collingsworth County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 12.1 percent in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Unclassified (157.1 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (27.3 percent gain)
3. Limited-service eating places (24.4 percent gain)
4. Support activities for crop production (15.8 percent gain)

Collingsworth County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 3.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Texas, where the industry reported a loss of 1.2 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Collingsworth County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 0.3 in percent of workers in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (3.4 percent decline)





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 Collingsworth County, Texas

The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $205,530. This median income level is 590.6 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Hispanic Householders in Collingsworth County, Texas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $18,921, this median is 36.4 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Collingsworth County, Texas White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $33,385 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 12.2 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 57.7 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $12,578. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Collingsworth County reported a median household income of $28,762, which was 3.4 percent less than the median for all households.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Collingsworth County, Texas can be recognized as having a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 18.7 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 50.2 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Collingsworth County, having 38.9 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Collingsworth County was reported to have a relatively low household income of $29,762 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 57 percent lower than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 65.1 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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