Fort Bend County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Fort Bend County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 408 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 7.8 percent of the total growth in Fort Bend County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (408 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (287 new jobs)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (254 new jobs)
4. Home health care services (212 new jobs)
5. Computer systems design and related services (164 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Fort Bend County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other specialty trade contractors industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 379 jobs. The declines in the Other specialty trade contractors industry make up 19.7 percent of the total job loss in Fort Bend County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (379 jobs lost)
2. Oil and gas extraction (246 jobs lost)
3. Other general merchandise stores (98 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (83 jobs lost)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (80 jobs lost)

In Fort Bend County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 4,183 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

From the 158 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 60 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 96 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Fort Bend County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Oilseed and grain farming industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 70 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 has seen in the Texas, where the it saw a loss of 12.1 percent. The losses in the Oilseed and grain farming industry in Fort Bend County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 2.1 in percent of workers in the Oilseed and grain farming industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Oilseed and grain farming (70 percent decline)
2. Taxi and limousine service (39.4 percent decline)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (38.5 percent decline)
4. Apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers (34.1 percent decline)
5. Used merchandise stores (26.2 percent decline)

Fort Bend County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management of companies and enterprises industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 122.5 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Fort Bend County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where the industry took a gain of 7.2 percent. The Management of companies and enterprises industry in Fort Bend County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 2.7 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (122.5 percent gain)
2. Petroleum and coal products manufacturing (102.2 percent gain)
3. Other ambulatory health care services (78.3 percent gain)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (67.8 percent gain)
5. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (63.1 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 4.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Texas, which experienced a gain of 4.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.





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 Fort Bend County, Texas

The median household income in the area has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $70,229, which amounts to a 6 percent decline. Fort Bend County, Texas, when analyzing percentage of decline, ranks 36 of 46 counties in percent of decline for income levels in the State of Texas. Fort Bend County ranks 414 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median household income in the United States.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Fort Bend County had a very high median income for households of $74,682 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 37.4 percent higher than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 34.2 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Fort Bend County, Texas may be understood as having a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 7.1 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 15.5 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Fort Bend County, with 13.2 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Fort Bend County reported a median household income of $63,473, this median was 15 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $89,654. This median is 20 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Hispanic in Fort Bend County, Texas recorded a median income of $49,272, this median household income is 34 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 17.5 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $61,592. In Fort Bend County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $82,753 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 10.8 percent greater than the median income in 2000.

The poverty rate in Fort Bend County, Texas has increased by 1.4 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 7.1 percent to 8.5 percent.

While household income level experienced a decline in the last five year in Fort Bend County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in the household income level was the Asian category. This group felt a decline of 9.3 percent since 2000. The Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Fort Bend County, encountering a 0.6 percent decline in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

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