Friday, February 23, 2007

Collingsworth County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Collingsworth County

The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry has added the most employment with 10 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry makes up 62.5 percent of the total growth in Collingsworth County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (10 new jobs)
2. Support activities for crop production (6 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Collingsworth County

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 13 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 100.0 percent of the total job loss in Collingsworth County, Texas.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (13 jobs lost)
2. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (391 jobs lost)

In Collingsworth County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 88 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.



Employment for all industries has increased by 14.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Collingsworth County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 76.9 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Collingsworth County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where it saw a gain of 3.8 percent. The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry in Collingsworth County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 0.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (76.9 percent gain)
2. Support activities for crop production (14.9 percent gain)

Collingsworth County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 31.7 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Texas, where the industry reported a gain of 15.6 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Collingsworth County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 13.2 percent in terms of employees in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (31.7 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (1.7 percent decline)





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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