McCulloch County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In McCulloch County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 105 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Out of the 17 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 8 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 8 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in McCulloch County

The General freight trucking industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 13 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the General freight trucking industry makes up 33.3 percent of the growth in McCulloch County.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (13 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (8 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (6 new jobs)
4. Cattle ranching and farming (4 new jobs)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (3 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in McCulloch County

The Home health care services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 17 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Home health care services industry make up 31.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in McCulloch County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (17 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (10 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (9 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (8 jobs lost)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (3 jobs lost)

Total industry employment has increased by 5.3 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 since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

McCulloch County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 166.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in McCulloch County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 28.8 percent. The Unclassified industry in McCulloch County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 12.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (166.7 percent gain)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (42.9 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (22.2 percent gain)
4. Legal services (14.3 percent gain)
5. General freight trucking (11.3 percent gain)

McCulloch County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Automobile dealers industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 28.6 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 gain of 0.8 percent. The losses in the Automobile dealers industry in McCulloch County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 1 in percent of jobs in the Automobile dealers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automobile dealers (28.6 percent decline)
2. Nondepository credit intermediation (25 percent decline)
3. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (20 percent decline)
4. Full-service restaurants (16.3 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (16 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 McCulloch County, Texas

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, McCulloch County, Texas can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 22.5 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 60.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in McCulloch County, accounting 43.8 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, McCulloch County reported a relatively low median income for all households of $30,075 (2005 Dollars). This median is 55.3 percent lower than the median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 63.4 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in McCulloch County had a median income of $36,563, this level was 21.6 percent greater than the median income level in this area. In McCulloch County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $30,949 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2.9 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 76.1 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $7,200. Hispanic households in McCulloch County, Texas recorded a median income of $26,076, this median is 13.3 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.







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