In Bailey County, jobs in the offices of physicians pay the highest wages

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Employment in the offices of physicians industry reported the top wages in Bailey County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Bailey County received an annual wage of $54,745 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the industry wage in Texas of $68,019 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $64,740.

Other top-pay jobs in Bailey County, Texas exsists in accounting and bookkeeping services ($39,462), machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($34,061), misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers ($26,419) and automotive repair and maintenance ($19,844) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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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.

Bailey County Wages have increased by 17.1% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Bailey County, Texas by a total of 17.1%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Texas and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

Bailey County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Bailey County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Oilseed and grain farming industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 18 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Oilseed and grain farming industry make up 47.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Bailey County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Oilseed and grain farming (18 jobs lost)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (13 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (4 jobs lost)
4. Other crop farming (2 jobs lost)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (23 jobs lost)

In Bailey County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 181 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

From the 10 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 5 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Bailey County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 29 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 67.4 percent of the total growth in Bailey County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (29 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (4 new jobs)
3. Personal care services (4 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (3 new jobs)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (3 new jobs)

Bailey County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Personal care services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 57.9 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Bailey County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry took a gain of 13 percent. The Personal care services industry in Bailey County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 16.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Personal care services (57.9 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (31.5 percent gain)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (22.5 percent gain)
4. Other general merchandise stores (11.8 percent gain)
5. Building equipment contractors (6.0 percent gain)

Bailey County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Oilseed and grain farming industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 52.4 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the it saw a loss of 6.3 percent. The losses in the Oilseed and grain farming industry in Bailey County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 5.6 percent in terms of employees in the Oilseed and grain farming industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Oilseed and grain farming (52.4 percent decline)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (29.7 percent decline)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (12.5 percent decline)
4. Full-service restaurants (5.2 percent decline)
5. Other crop farming (1.5 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 10.2 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in Texas, which went through a gain of 4.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level 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.

Bailey County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Bailey County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 142 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Of the 12 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 4 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 7 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Bailey County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other crop farming industry has grown the most with 40 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Other crop farming industry makes up 54.5 percent of the total employment growth in Bailey County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Other crop farming (40 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (20 new jobs)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (6 new jobs)
4. Personal care services (3 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Bailey County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 13 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 78.4 percent of the total employment decline in Bailey County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (13 jobs lost)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (1 jobs lost)
3. Other general merchandise stores (10 jobs lost)
4. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (4 jobs lost)
5. Logging (3 jobs lost)

Total industry employment has increased by 7.8 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Bailey County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 16.7 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 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 industry reported a gain of 2.9 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Bailey County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.2 in percent of workers in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (16.7 percent decline)
2. Offices of physicians (13 percent decline)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (7.5 percent decline)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (3.2 percent decline)

Bailey County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Private households industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 66.7 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Bailey County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 1.1 percent. The Private households industry in Bailey County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1.9 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (66.7 percent gain)
2. Personal care services (42.9 percent gain)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (40.0 percent gain)
4. Other crop farming (34.2 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (19.8 percent gain)





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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.

Income and Poverty in Bailey County, Texas

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Bailey County had a relatively low median income for households of $32,644 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 43.1 percent lower than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 50.5 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Bailey County, Texas may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 16.7 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 66.7 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Bailey County, accounting 32.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 42.8 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $18,676. Hispanic in Bailey County, Texas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $28,743, this median household income is 12 percent less 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 Bailey County reported a median household income of $27,589, this median was 15.5 percent less than the areas median level for all households. In Bailey County, Texas White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $35,572 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 9 percent greater than the median in 2000.







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

Higher Education in Bailey County, Texas

In Bailey County, Texas according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 11.8 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 1.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Bailey County, Texas has a less-educated working age population, with 9.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Bailey was reported to have a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Bailey County, Texas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 39.4 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Bailey have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 10.4 percent (Men) versus 8.2 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Less than High School category, with 37.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





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

Demographic Profile for Bailey County, Texas

Bailey County, Texas has a population base that is comprised of 47.1 percent White, 1.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 51.1 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 52.5 percent of the population being minorities. This is greater than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Bailey has increased in diversity when 49.1 percent of the people were minorities.

Bailey County, Texas had a population that was estimated at 6,726 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since its 2000 population of 6,590. This growth signifies an increase of 2.1 percent. Bailey ranks 131 of 254 counties in terms of population growth in Texas and the county ranks 1,739 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Bailey County, Texas to be 33.8 years of age. The median age in Bailey is greater than the median age in Texas of 33.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced a decline in the median age, at that time the median was 34.7 years of age. With 29.9 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Bailey can be understood as having a relatively high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 55 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 15.2 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated to Bailey internationally. The migration from outside the US into Bailey makes up 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Texas. This amount of international migration is medium-high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

In terms of total land area, Bailey extends a total area of 827 total square miles. The area has a very low average area density of 8 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Knox, NE (8 per sq. mile ), Box Elder, UT (8 per sq. mile ), Reynolds, MO (8 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Blaine, ID (8 per sq. mile ), Mercer, ND (8 per sq. mile ), Norman, MN (8 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Bailey County, Texas

Bailey County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $37,300, reported by the Decennial Census. This is less than the Texas 2000 median home value of $82,500 and less than home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

Throughout the State of Texas, Bailey County stands 229 of 254 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,964 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

It can be understood that there is a abundant amount of housing that is affordable in Bailey County, Texas. In 2000, 96 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

In Bailey County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 2,754 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding in all 8 residential units since 2001, or 0.3 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Bailey County, Texas -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Utilities has a largest number of employee per establishment in Bailey County, averaging 39 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 34 and greater than the State of Texas average establishment size of 26 for the Utilities industry.

In Bailey County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Retail Trade, and the Utilities industries are the largest employment industries. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting is the largest employment industry and makes up 32 percent of total employment in the county, making up 614 jobs. The Retail Trade and Utilities sectors provide 13 and 8.1 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

In Bailey County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Utilities and Wholesale trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector has a United State LQ of 30.4. This means the percent of total employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is 30.4 times greater than the national average, signifying that Bailey County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Bailey County, with an industry growth of 33.8 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of -0.6 percent. The State of Texas went through a industry job change of -2 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.









Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).