San Patricio County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in San Patricio County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has added the most employment with 149 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 32.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in San Patricio County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (149 new jobs)
2. Other professional and technical services (101 new jobs)
3. Support activities for mining (48 new jobs)
4. Utility system construction (42 new jobs)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (28 new jobs)

In San Patricio County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 243 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

From the 66 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 42 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 23 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in San Patricio County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Individual and family services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 105 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Individual and family services industry make up 14.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in San Patricio County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (105 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (92 jobs lost)
3. Limited-service eating places (84 jobs lost)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (54 jobs lost)
5. Other crop farming (52 jobs lost)

San Patricio County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other professional and technical services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 226.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in San Patricio County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where it saw a gain of 6.1 percent. The Other professional and technical services industry in San Patricio County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 4.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other professional and technical services (226.1 percent gain)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (59.4 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (55.5 percent gain)
4. Used merchandise stores (26.7 percent gain)
5. Specialized freight trucking (23.9 percent gain)

San Patricio County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Activities related to real estate industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 66.4 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 6.5 percent. The losses in the Activities related to real estate industry in San Patricio County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 4.1 percent in terms of employment in the Activities related to real estate industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to real estate (66.4 percent decline)
2. Individual and family services (65.4 percent decline)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (53.7 percent decline)
4. Unclassified (49.2 percent decline)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (33.6 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in the State of Texas, which saw 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.





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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 San Patricio County, Texas

While household income level experienced a decline since 2000 in San Patricio County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in household income was the White category. This category saw a decline of 11.4 percent since 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in San Patricio County, undergoing a 115.1 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

The rate of poverty in San Patricio County, Texas has declined by 5.0 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 18 percent to 13 percent.

The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $37,491, representing a 8 percent decline. San Patricio County, Texas, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 30 of 46 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Texas. San Patricio County ranks 331 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of decline in household income across the nation.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, San Patricio County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $40,758 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 14.6 percent lower than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the income level is 20.5 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, San Patricio County, Texas can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 18.0 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 26.9 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in San Patricio County, with 24.9 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 1.8 percent greater than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $41,507. In San Patricio County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $43,440 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 6.6 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic headed households in San Patricio County, Texas recorded a median income of $31,858, this median household income is 21.8 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $29,173. This median is 28.4 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in San Patricio County reported a median household income of $26,248, this level was 35.6 percent less than the median for all households.

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