Ellis County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Ellis County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 905 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Ellis County

The Plastics product manufacturing industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 248 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Plastics product manufacturing industry makes up 12.9 percent of the total number of new jobs in Ellis County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Plastics product manufacturing (248 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (119 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (104 new jobs)
4. Other chemical product and preparation mfg. (98 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (92 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Ellis County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Full-service restaurants industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 151 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 30.9 percent of the total job loss in Ellis County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (151 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (67 jobs lost)
3. Building finishing contractors (53 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (30 jobs lost)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (24 jobs lost)

Out of the 99 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 28 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 68 industries reported a drop in employment.

The total number of jobs has increased by 3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than growth in Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Ellis County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other personal services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 155.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Ellis County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 5.2 percent. The Other personal services industry in Ellis County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other personal services (155.6 percent gain)
2. Other chemical product and preparation mfg. (109.7 percent gain)
3. Private households (70.6 percent gain)
4. Investigation and security services (65.9 percent gain)
5. Advertising and related services (65.0 percent gain)

Ellis County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Office administrative services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 46.1 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 felt a gain of 12.7 percent. The losses in the Office administrative services industry in Ellis County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5.7 in percent of jobs in the Office administrative services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office administrative services (46.1 percent decline)
2. Computer systems design and related services (41.8 percent decline)
3. Support activities for air transportation (26.2 percent decline)
4. Other miscellaneous store retailers (26.1 percent decline)
5. Building finishing contractors (19.3 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 Ellis County, Texas

The median household income in the area has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $50,585, representing a 14.1 percent decline. Ellis County, Texas, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 12 of 46 counties in percent of decline for income levels in the State of Texas. Ellis County ranks 67 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income in the US.

Compared to counties across the United States, Ellis County had a relatively high median household income of $58,910 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 20.7 percent higher than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median is 16.6 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

While household income level experienced a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Ellis County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median household income was the Asian category. This group felt a decline of 1092865.2 percent since the year 2000. The White Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Ellis County, undergoing a 12.9 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

The poverty rate in Ellis County, Texas has increased by 1.8 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 8.6 percent to 10.4 percent.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 38.9 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $35,994. In Ellis County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $61,787 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 4.9 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $61,007. This household income level is 3.6 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Hispanic Householders in Ellis County, Texas reported a median household income of $47,406, this income level is 19.5 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Ellis County had a median household income level of $47,845, this median was 18.8 percent less than the median income level in this area.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Ellis County, Texas can be understood to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 8.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 20.1 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Ellis County, reporting 15.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

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