Friday, February 23, 2007

Childress County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Childress County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 39 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 73.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Childress County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (39 new jobs)
2. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (8 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (4 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Childress County

The Support activities for crop production industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 24 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Support activities for crop production industry make up 78.5 percent of the employment lost during the period in Childress County, Texas.

Top 4 Industries
1. Support activities for crop production (24 jobs lost)
2. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (4 jobs lost)
3. Home health care services (3 jobs lost)
4. Other wood product manufacturing (50 jobs lost)

Out of the 7 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 3 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 4 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Childress County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 81 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Childress County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Newspaper, book, and directory publishers industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 57.1 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Childress County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where this industry saw a loss of 6.5 percent. The Newspaper, book, and directory publishers industry in Childress County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 12.3 percent of the industry employment.

Top 4 Industries
1. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (57.1 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (43.4 percent gain)
3. Legal services (40.0 percent gain)
4. Building equipment contractors (16.5 percent gain)

Childress County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for crop production industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 52.9 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 23.4 percent. The losses in the Support activities for crop production industry in Childress County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 1.4 in percent of workers in the Support activities for crop production industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Support activities for crop production (52.9 percent decline)
2. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (45.8 percent decline)
3. Home health care services (4.7 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 6.1 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in Texas, which went through a gain of 4.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.





About: This report is part 2 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.

 

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