Corpus Christi One-Year Industry Employment Change

The Corpus Christi Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Local messengers and local delivery industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 62.3 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 0.2 percent. The losses in the Local messengers and local delivery industry in Corpus Christi outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.4 percent in terms of employees in the Local messengers and local delivery industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Local messengers and local delivery (62.3 percent decline)
2. Gambling industries (34.6 percent decline)
3. Advertising and related services (19.1 percent decline)
4. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (18.1 percent decline)
5. Boiler, tank, and shipping container mfg. (17.6 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 1.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than percent in Texas, which saw a gain of 4 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2 percent.

The Corpus Christi Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Natural gas distribution industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 130.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Corpus Christi has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where it saw a gain of 3.1 percent. The Natural gas distribution industry in Corpus Christi outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 0.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Natural gas distribution (130.0 percent gain)
2. Special food services (79.3 percent gain)
3. Elementary and secondary schools (40.7 percent gain)
4. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (35.5 percent gain)
5. Other professional and technical services (33.6 percent gain)

Of the 92 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 42 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 50 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Corpus Christi Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Nonresidential building construction industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 661 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 33.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Corpus Christi, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (661 jobs lost)
2. Department stores (177 jobs lost)
3. Lessors of real estate (124 jobs lost)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (108 jobs lost)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (95 jobs lost)

In the Corpus Christi, TX metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 1,845 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Corpus Christi Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Home health care services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 641 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Home health care services industry makes up 20.2 percent of the growth in Corpus Christi.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (641 new jobs)
2. Special food services (198 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (181 new jobs)
4. Other professional and technical services (180 new jobs)
5. Traveler accommodation (168 new jobs)





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 Corpus Christi, TX

The median household income in the area has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $38,158, posting a 8.8 percent decline. The Corpus Christi, TX MSA, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 15 of 22 metro area in percent of decline for income levels in the State of Texas. Corpus Christi ranks 104 of 233 metro area when comparing total percent of decline in median income level for the United States.

When compared to other Metro Areas throughout the United States, the Corpus Christi metro area had a medium-low median income for all households of $41,854 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 11.6 percent lower than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median is 17.4 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 33.5 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $27,812. Hispanic households in Corpus Christi, TX recorded a median income of $33,965, this median is 18.8 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Corpus Christi reported an income level of $34,534, this was 17.5 percent less than the median for all households. In Corpus Christi, TX White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $45,318 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 8.3 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $59,039. This median income level is 41.1 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the Corpus Christi metro area can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 18.2 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 29.9 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Corpus Christi, having 27.4 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The rate of poverty in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro has increased by 0.3 percent since the amount published in 2000, moving from 18.2 percent to 18.5 percent.

While household income level experienced a decline in the last five year in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in household income was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 27.8 percent since 2000. The Asian population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Corpus Christi, undergoing a 43.4 percent increase in median income, since the values reporting the 2000 Decennial Census.

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