Trinity County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Trinity County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 116.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Trinity County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where it saw a loss of 3.8 percent. The Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry in Trinity County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 0.7 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (116.7 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (20.7 percent gain)
3. General freight trucking (15.4 percent gain)
4. Limited-service eating places (9.0 percent gain)
5. Civic and social organizations (8.5 percent gain)

Trinity County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 50 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 11.4 percent. The losses in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry in Trinity County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 4.9 percent in terms of employees in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (50 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (17.8 percent decline)
3. Building equipment contractors (6.9 percent decline)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (5.9 percent decline)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (3.9 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 1.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in Texas, which went through a gain of 4.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Trinity County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 11 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 25.0 percent of the total employment growth in Trinity County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (11 new jobs)
2. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (9 new jobs)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (9 new jobs)
4. Civic and social organizations (6 new jobs)
5. Specialized freight trucking (6 new jobs)

Given the 17 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 5 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 10 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Trinity County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 21 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Trinity County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 6 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 42.9 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Trinity County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (6 jobs lost)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (5 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (1 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (6 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (5 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 Trinity County, Texas

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Trinity County had a relatively low median income for all households of $31,672 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 47.5 percent lower than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median is 55.1 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Trinity County, Texas can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 17.6 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 39.4 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Trinity County, accounting 30.2 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Hispanic Householders in Trinity County, Texas reported a median household income of $25,722, which is 18.8 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $118,161. This median is 273.1 percent greater 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 Trinity County had a median household income level of $51,188, this level was 61.6 percent greater than the median for all households. In Trinity County, Texas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $33,462 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 5.7 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 43.4 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $17,940.







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