Collingsworth County, Texas

In Collingsworth County, jobs in the support activities for crop production pay the highest wages

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Employment in the support activities for crop production industry paid the average highest wages in Collingsworth County for 2006. The average industry job in Collingsworth County received an annual wage of $26,996 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry pay the State of Texas of $19,868 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $19,896.

Other high-paying jobs in Collingsworth County, Texas are present in gasoline stations ($19,551), insurance agencies, brokerages, and related ($18,435), auto parts, accessories, and tire stores ($18,364) and limited-service eating places ($11,038) industries. Note: Click Graph Above 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.

Collingsworth County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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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.

Collingsworth County One-Year Industry Employment Change

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Of the 6 4-digit NAICS industries, 1 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 4 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Collingsworth County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 11 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Collingsworth County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Support activities for crop production industry has grown the most with 6 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Support activities for crop production industry makes up 31.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Collingsworth County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Support activities for crop production (6 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Collingsworth County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 1 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 66.7 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Collingsworth County, Texas.

Top 4 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (293 jobs lost)
2. Warehousing and storage (256 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (185 jobs lost)
4. ISPs and web search portals (181 jobs lost)

Total employment has increased by 1.6 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than growth in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Collingsworth County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 157.1 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Collingsworth County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry took a gain of 28.8 percent. The Unclassified industry in Collingsworth County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 12.1 percent in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Unclassified (157.1 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (27.3 percent gain)
3. Limited-service eating places (24.4 percent gain)
4. Support activities for crop production (15.8 percent gain)

Collingsworth County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 3.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Texas, where the industry reported a loss of 1.2 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Collingsworth County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 0.3 in percent of workers in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (3.4 percent decline)

About: This report is part 1 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.

Income and Poverty in Collingsworth County, Texas

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The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $205,530. This median income level is 590.6 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Hispanic Householders in Collingsworth County, Texas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $18,921, this median is 36.4 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Collingsworth County, Texas White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $33,385 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 12.2 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 57.7 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $12,578. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Collingsworth County reported a median household income of $28,762, which was 3.4 percent less than the median for all households.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Collingsworth County, Texas can be recognized as having a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 18.7 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 50.2 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Collingsworth County, having 38.9 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Collingsworth County was reported to have a relatively low household income of $29,762 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 57 percent lower than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 65.1 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

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

Higher Education in Collingsworth County, Texas

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Collingsworth County, Texas can be considered to have a moderately-educated working age population, with 15.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Collingsworth was reported to have a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

In Collingsworth County, Texas as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 17 percent of the White Alone, 9.6 percent of Black or African American, 100 percent of the Asian alone and 1.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Collingsworth County, Texas, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 30 percent achieving this level. The female population in Collingsworth have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 15.8 percent (Men) versus 14.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 30.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

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

Demographic Profile for Collingsworth County, Texas

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The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Collingsworth County, Texas to be 42.1 years of age. The median age in Collingsworth is greater than the median age in the State of Texas of 33.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 40.4 years old. With 25.2 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Collingsworth can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low representation within the population, making up 53.9 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 20.9 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a relatively high proportion of the area population base.

Since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people have migrated to Collingsworth from another country. The international migration into Collingsworth totals 0 percent of all immigration into Texas. This level of international migration can be considered medium-high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Collingsworth County, Texas had an estimated population of 2,968 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased sharply, since its 2000 population of 3,196. The decline shows a decrease of -7.1 percent. Collingsworth ranks 203 of 254 counties in terms of population growth in Texas and the county ranks 2,384 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Collingsworth County, Texas has a population that is made up of 66 percent White, 5.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 25.7 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 31.6 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Collingsworth has increased the percent of minority makeup when 26.1 percent of the population were minorities.

By measuring total land area, Collingsworth spans a total of 919 square miles. The land areas has a very low density of 3 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Bennett, SD (3 per sq. mile ), Graham, KS (3 per sq. mile ), Hamilton, NY (3 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Powell, MT (3 per sq. mile ), Converse, WY (3 per sq. mile ), Custer, MT (3 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Collingsworth County, Texas

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When compared to other counties in Texas, Collingsworth County ranks 253 of 254 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 3,102 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

Collingsworth County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $35,400, according to the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the Texas 2000 median home value of $82,500 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

There is a abundant amount of affordable housing in Collingsworth County, Texas. In 2000, 96.9 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

In Collingsworth County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 1,721 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a decline in housing units, losing a sum of -4 residential units since 2001, or -0.2 percent.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Collingsworth County, Texas ...

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

Administrative and waste services is the industry with the largest establishments in Collingsworth County. The industry averages 18 employees per business. This is less than the US industry average of 19 and less than the State of Texas average establishment size of 24 for the Administrative and waste services industry.

The Health care and social assistance industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Collingsworth County since the year 2001. The industry went from accounting for 15.5 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 0 percent in 2005.

Finance and insurance is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Collingsworth County, growing by 44.2 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 4.8 percent. The State of Texas experienced a change in employment in the sector of 9.5 percent, during the period.

In Collingsworth County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Retail Trade, and the Finance and insurance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting provides the most jobs and contributes 14.9 percent of the total county employment. This totals 110 jobs. The Retail Trade and Finance and insurance sectors provide 11.9 and 8.4 percent of industry employment.

In Collingsworth County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Finance and insurance and Wholesale trade have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has a US LQ in the county of 14.16. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is 14.16 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Collingsworth may be an exporter of products or services of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

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