Midland County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Midland County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Support activities for mining industry has grown the most with 730 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 18.5 percent of the growth in Midland County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (730 new jobs)
2. Nondepository credit intermediation (312 new jobs)
3. Home health care services (291 new jobs)
4. Architectural and engineering services (156 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (149 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Midland County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 54 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry make up 9.1 percent of the total employment decline in Midland County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (54 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (53 jobs lost)
3. Furniture stores (43 jobs lost)
4. Clothing stores (39 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (39 jobs lost)

In Midland County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 3,973 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 127 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 44 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 81 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Midland County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Vending machine operators industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 195.5 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Midland County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where the industry took a loss of 1.6 percent. The Vending machine operators industry in Midland County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 2.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Vending machine operators (195.5 percent gain)
2. Unclassified (179.2 percent gain)
3. Advertising and related services (92.2 percent gain)
4. Pipeline transportation of natural gas (88.6 percent gain)
5. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (79.1 percent gain)

Midland County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 32.5 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the it saw a gain of 2.1 percent. The losses in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry in Midland County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.3 percent in terms of employment in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (32.5 percent decline)
2. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (28.2 percent decline)
3. Outpatient care centers (24.9 percent decline)
4. Furniture stores (24.7 percent decline)
5. Business support services (24.3 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.





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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 Midland County, Texas

While household income level experienced a decline since 2000 in Midland County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median household income was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 18.6 percent since 2000. The Hispanic population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Midland County, undergoing a 3 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

The poverty rate in Midland County, Texas has increased by 2.3 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 12.9 percent to 15.2 percent.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Midland County, Texas may be understood as having a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 12.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 35.8 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Midland County, reporting 19.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Midland County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $45,726 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 2.2 percent lower than the median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median is 7.5 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

In Midland County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $50,948 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 11.4 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $57,713. This income level is 26.2 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Midland County reported an income level of $34,277, which was 25 percent less than the median income level in this area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 43.7 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $25,745. Hispanic Householders in Midland County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $32,569, this income level is 28.8 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

The household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $41,455, which represents a 9.3 percent decline. Midland County, Texas, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 28 of 46 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Texas. Midland County ranks 260 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income in the US.

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