Crosby County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has decreased by 15.8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Texas, which saw a gain of 4.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Crosby County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for crop production industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 23.8 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry reported a loss of 10.6 percent. The losses in the Support activities for crop production industry in Crosby County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 1.5 percent in terms of employees in the Support activities for crop production industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Support activities for crop production (23.8 percent decline)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (6.8 percent decline)

Crosby County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 46.2 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Crosby County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry took a gain of 6.6 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Crosby County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 5.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 1 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (46.2 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Crosby County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 2 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 100.0 percent of the growth in Crosby County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (2 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (20 new jobs)

In Crosby County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 188 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Crosby County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Support activities for crop production industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 28 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Support activities for crop production industry make up 81.0 percent of the employment lost during the period in Crosby County, Texas.

Top 1 Industries
1. Support activities for crop production (28 jobs lost)







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 Crosby County, Texas

The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Crosby County had a median household income level of $19,013, this level was 36.9 percent less than the median for all households. Hispanic Householders in Crosby County, Texas reported a median household income of $24,894, this median is 17.4 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 62.6 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $11,282. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $33,638. This median income level is 11.6 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. In Crosby County, Texas White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $33,591 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 11.4 percent greater than the median household income in 2000.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Crosby County, Texas may be understood as having a very high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 28.1 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 70 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Crosby County, with 44.1 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Crosby County had a relatively low median household income of $30,150 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 54.9 percent lower than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the income level is 63 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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