Sterling County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Sterling County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 55.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the industry reported a gain of 28.8 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Sterling County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 12.1 in percent of workers in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (55.6 percent decline)
2. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (43.2 percent decline)
3. Computer systems design and related services (36.4 percent decline)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (35 percent decline)
5. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (34.1 percent decline)

Sterling County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Private households industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 16.3 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Sterling County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where it saw a gain of 1.1 percent. The Private households industry in Sterling County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1.9 percent.

Top 3 Industries
1. Private households (16.3 percent gain)
2. Cattle ranching and farming (15.3 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (12.5 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 10.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Texas, which saw a gain of 4.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

In Sterling County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 48 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Sterling County

Given the industries in the area, the Legal services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 45 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Legal services industry make up 12.1 percent of the total employment decline in Sterling County, Texas.

Top 3 Industries
1. Legal services (45 jobs lost)
2. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (43 jobs lost)
3. Highway, street, and bridge construction (36 jobs lost)









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 Sterling County, Texas

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Sterling County, Texas can be recognized as having a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 16.8 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 34.3 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Sterling County, with 33.3 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Hispanic in Sterling County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $23,254, which is 43.4 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Sterling County reported a median household income of $16,088, this level was 60.9 percent less than the median income level in this area. In Sterling County, Texas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $41,654 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.3 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Sterling County had a medium-high median income for households of $41,101 (2005 Dollars). This median is 13.7 percent lower than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median is 19.5 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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