Starr County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Starr County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Home health care services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 268 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Home health care services industry makes up 63.1 percent of the growth in Starr County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (268 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (40 new jobs)
3. Child day care services (29 new jobs)
4. Outpatient care centers (25 new jobs)
5. Automobile dealers (20 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Starr County

The Offices of other health practitioners industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 14 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Offices of other health practitioners industry make up 26.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Starr County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (14 jobs lost)
2. Building equipment contractors (12 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (10 jobs lost)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (7 jobs lost)
5. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (5 jobs lost)

In Starr County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 348 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Out of the 26 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 11 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 15 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Employment for all industries has increased by 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in the State of Texas, which experienced 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.

Starr County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 40.7 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 experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 6.6 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Starr County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5.5 in percent of workers in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (40.7 percent decline)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (34.1 percent decline)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (22.6 percent decline)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (17.6 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (11.7 percent decline)

Starr County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Outpatient care centers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 129.8 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Starr County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where the industry took a gain of 5.3 percent. The Outpatient care centers industry in Starr County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 4.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Outpatient care centers (129.8 percent gain)
2. Death care services (56.7 percent gain)
3. Child day care services (55.4 percent gain)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (38.9 percent gain)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (23.3 percent gain)





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 Starr County, Texas

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Starr County, Texas can be recognized as having a very high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 50.9 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The White race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 51.7 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Starr County, with 62.7 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Starr County reported an income level of $12,991, this median was 32.7 percent less than the median income level in this area. Hispanic in Starr County, Texas reported a median household income of $19,002, this income level is 1.6 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 20.4 percent greater than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $23,254. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $39,037. This median is 102.2 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. In Starr County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $18,934 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 1.9 percent less than the median in 2000.

Compared to counties across the United States, Starr County had a very low median household income of $19,310 (2005 Dollars). This median is 141.9 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 154.4 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.







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