Lamar County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Lamar County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 55.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the it saw a gain of 28.8 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Lamar County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 12.1 in percent of workers in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (55.3 percent decline)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (38.3 percent decline)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (38 percent decline)
4. Investigation and security services (31.4 percent decline)
5. Insurance carriers (28.4 percent decline)

Lamar County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 145.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Lamar County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 16.9 percent. The Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing industry in Lamar County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 4.9 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing (145.1 percent gain)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (105.6 percent gain)
3. Management and technical consulting services (62.7 percent gain)
4. Highway, street, and bridge construction (54.0 percent gain)
5. Warehousing and storage (49.5 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 5.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Lamar County

Given the industries in the area, the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 27 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry make up 10.2 percent of the total job loss in Lamar County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (27 jobs lost)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (25 jobs lost)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (23 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (15 jobs lost)
5. Drycleaning and laundry services (15 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Lamar County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing industry has added the most employment with 459 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing industry makes up 42.7 percent of the total employment growth in Lamar County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing (459 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (131 new jobs)
3. Warehousing and storage (91 new jobs)
4. Nonresidential building construction (52 new jobs)
5. Depository credit intermediation (39 new jobs)

Of the 71 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 37 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 30 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Lamar County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 869 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.





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 Lamar County, Texas

Compared to counties across the United States, Lamar County accounted a medium-low median income for all households of $36,983 (2005 Dollars). This median is 26.3 percent lower than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median is 32.9 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

In Lamar County, Texas White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $39,912 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 7.9 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic in Lamar County, Texas recorded a median income of $37,172, this median household income is 0.5 percent greater than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 44.9 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $20,378. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Lamar County had a median household income level of $42,087, this was 13.8 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $36,197. This median income level is 2.1 percent less than the all households reported median in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Lamar County, Texas may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 16.4 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 37.9 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Lamar County, accounting 27.2 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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