Friday, February 23, 2007

Cooke County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Cooke County

Given the industries in the area, the Grocery stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 97 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 30.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Cooke County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (97 jobs lost)
2. Shoe stores (33 jobs lost)
3. Drycleaning and laundry services (24 jobs lost)
4. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (23 jobs lost)
5. Lessors of real estate (22 jobs lost)

In Cooke County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 1,511 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Cooke County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Support activities for mining industry has grown the most with 868 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 46.6 percent of the total employment growth in Cooke County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (868 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (185 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (127 new jobs)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (97 new jobs)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (84 new jobs)

Of the 50 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 18 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 32 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Cooke County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Support activities for mining industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 453.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Cooke County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 32.1 percent. The Support activities for mining industry in Cooke County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 33.7 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (453.0 percent gain)
2. Professional and similar organizations (417.0 percent gain)
3. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (233.3 percent gain)
4. Architectural and engineering services (140.0 percent gain)
5. Private households (114.7 percent gain)

Cooke County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Lessors of real estate industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 52.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the it saw a loss of 3.2 percent. The losses in the Lessors of real estate industry in Cooke County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 2.1 in percent of workers in the Lessors of real estate industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (52.8 percent decline)
2. Shoe stores (52.6 percent decline)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (51.1 percent decline)
4. Civic and social organizations (47.4 percent decline)
5. Management and technical consulting services (46.3 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 15 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of Texas, which saw a gain of 4.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US 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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