Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Lavaca CountyFrom of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 29 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the
Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry make up 22.5 percent of the total employment decline in Lavaca County, Texas.
Top 5 Industries 1. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (29 jobs lost)
2. Specialized freight trucking (25 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (19 jobs lost)
4. Full-service restaurants (18 jobs lost)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (8 jobs lost)
From the 26 4-digit NAICS industries, 12 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 14 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.
In Lavaca County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 611 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Lavaca CountyOf the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
General freight trucking industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 58 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the
General freight trucking industry makes up 27.2 percent of the growth in Lavaca County.
Top 5 Industries 1. General freight trucking (58 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (39 new jobs)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (23 new jobs)
4. Death care services (21 new jobs)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (18 new jobs)
Lavaca County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
General freight trucking industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 214.8 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Lavaca County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry took a gain of 2.2 percent. The
General freight trucking industry in Lavaca County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.2 percent of the industry employment.
Top 5 Industries 1. General freight trucking (214.8 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (73.9 percent gain)
3. Death care services (69.2 percent gain)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (40.3 percent gain)
5. Grocery stores (24.0 percent gain)
Lavaca County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 62.1 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 gone through in the Texas, where the it saw a loss of 8.4 percent. The losses in the
Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry in Lavaca County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 7.2 percent in terms of employees in the
Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (62.1 percent decline)
2. Specialized freight trucking (54.7 percent decline)
3. Building finishing contractors (47.8 percent decline)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (32.9 percent decline)
5. Offices of dentists (23.4 percent decline)
The total number of jobs has increased by 13 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in the State of Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.
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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.
