Corpus Christi, TX

Corpus Christi Metro Area industry wages have increased by 22.7% percent since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in the Corpus Christi Metro Area by a total of 22.7%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Texas and greater than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

Corpus Christi Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind Texas, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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Wages in all industries in Corpus Christi, TX when analyzed can be understood as being medium-high when compared to other Metro Areas throughout the US in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 19.6 percent lower than the with an state average of $41,186. The average pay was less than the national industry average of $40,259.

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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.

Corpus Christi Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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The total number of jobs has increased by 4.7 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than growth in the State of Texas, which experienced a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

The Corpus Christi Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 205.3 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Corpus Christi has added employment slower than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Corpus Christi outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 1.7 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (205.3 percent gain)
2. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (127.0 percent gain)
3. Computer systems design and related services (112.1 percent gain)
4. Other professional and technical services (85.9 percent gain)
5. Elementary and secondary schools (77.2 percent gain)

The Corpus Christi Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Book, periodical, and music stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 40.1 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 15.9 percent. The losses in the Book, periodical, and music stores industry in Corpus Christi outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 20.9 in percent of workers in the Book, periodical, and music stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Book, periodical, and music stores (40.1 percent decline)
2. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (33.8 percent decline)
3. Ship and boat building (27.4 percent decline)
4. Sound recording industries (25.6 percent decline)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (23.3 percent decline)

Out of the 40 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 16 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 24 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In the Corpus Christi, TX metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 6,283 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Corpus Christi Metro Area

The Nonresidential building construction industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 474 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 24.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Corpus Christi, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (474 jobs lost)
2. Ship and boat building (356 jobs lost)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (352 jobs lost)
4. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (175 jobs lost)
5. Legal services (151 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Corpus Christi Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 1,062 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 24.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Corpus Christi.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (1,062 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (886 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (346 new jobs)
4. Other professional and technical services (330 new jobs)
5. Architectural and engineering services (325 new jobs)

Corpus Christi One-Year Industry Employment Change

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The Corpus Christi Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Local messengers and local delivery industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 62.3 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 0.2 percent. The losses in the Local messengers and local delivery industry in Corpus Christi outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.4 percent in terms of employees in the Local messengers and local delivery industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Local messengers and local delivery (62.3 percent decline)
2. Gambling industries (34.6 percent decline)
3. Advertising and related services (19.1 percent decline)
4. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (18.1 percent decline)
5. Boiler, tank, and shipping container mfg. (17.6 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 1.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than percent in Texas, which saw a gain of 4 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2 percent.

The Corpus Christi Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Natural gas distribution industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 130.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Corpus Christi has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where it saw a gain of 3.1 percent. The Natural gas distribution industry in Corpus Christi outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 0.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Natural gas distribution (130.0 percent gain)
2. Special food services (79.3 percent gain)
3. Elementary and secondary schools (40.7 percent gain)
4. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (35.5 percent gain)
5. Other professional and technical services (33.6 percent gain)

Of the 92 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 42 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 50 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Corpus Christi Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Nonresidential building construction industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 661 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 33.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Corpus Christi, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (661 jobs lost)
2. Department stores (177 jobs lost)
3. Lessors of real estate (124 jobs lost)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (108 jobs lost)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (95 jobs lost)

In the Corpus Christi, TX metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 1,845 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Corpus Christi Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Home health care services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 641 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Home health care services industry makes up 20.2 percent of the growth in Corpus Christi.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (641 new jobs)
2. Special food services (198 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (181 new jobs)
4. Other professional and technical services (180 new jobs)
5. Traveler accommodation (168 new jobs)

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 Corpus Christi, TX

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The median household income in the area has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $38,158, posting a 8.8 percent decline. The Corpus Christi, TX MSA, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 15 of 22 metro area in percent of decline for income levels in the State of Texas. Corpus Christi ranks 104 of 233 metro area when comparing total percent of decline in median income level for the United States.

When compared to other Metro Areas throughout the United States, the Corpus Christi metro area had a medium-low median income for all households of $41,854 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 11.6 percent lower than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median is 17.4 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 33.5 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $27,812. Hispanic households in Corpus Christi, TX recorded a median income of $33,965, this median is 18.8 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Corpus Christi reported an income level of $34,534, this was 17.5 percent less than the median for all households. In Corpus Christi, TX White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $45,318 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 8.3 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $59,039. This median income level is 41.1 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the Corpus Christi metro area can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 18.2 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 29.9 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Corpus Christi, having 27.4 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The rate of poverty in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro has increased by 0.3 percent since the amount published in 2000, moving from 18.2 percent to 18.5 percent.

While household income level experienced a decline in the last five year in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in household income was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 27.8 percent since 2000. The Asian population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Corpus Christi, undergoing a 43.4 percent increase in median income, since the values reporting the 2000 Decennial Census.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area

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Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 1.4 percent. By 2005, 20.4 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 1.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 18 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

The American Community Survey reported that in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 29.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in the Corpus Christi metro area have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 20.4 percent (Men) versus 18 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 30.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area has a moderately-educated 2005 population, with 19.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The Corpus Christi MSA is reported having a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Texas's proportion of 25.2 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 27.2 percent.

From 2000, the Corpus Christi metro area has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 1.4 percent to a total of 19.2 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the 2005 State of Texas percent of 25.2 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.

In the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey, 20.8 percent of the White Alone, 21.2 percent of Black or African American, 40.4 percent of the Asian alone and 8.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Corpus Christi, TX

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In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in the Corpus Christi metro area to be 34.7 years of age. The median in Corpus Christi is greater than the median age in Texas of 33.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 33.0 years of age. With 8.8 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Corpus Christi can be understood as being made up of a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the population, with 61.6 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 13.4 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other metro areas in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-high number of individuals have migrated into the Corpus Christi metro area, with 3,122 people migrating in from another country. The international migration into Corpus Christi accounts for 0.5 percent of immigration into the State of Texas. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

The Corpus Christi metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population base that is comprised of 39.2 percent White, 3.4 percent African American, 1.2 percent Asian, and 55.1 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 59.7 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is greater than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Corpus Christi has increased in diversity when 57.9 percent of the population were minorities.

The Corpus Christi metro area had an estimated population of 413,553 in 2005. The total population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 403,247. This growth represents an increase of 2.6 percent. Corpus Christi ranks 13 of 25 MSAs by growth in total population in Texas and the metro area ranks 173 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.

In terms of total land area, the Corpus Christi metro area extends a total area of 1779 total square miles. The area has a medium-high population density of 232 persons per square mile. Similar metro areas in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Chattanooga (236 per sq. mile ), Altoona (241 per sq. mile ), Dover (244 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Jackson (232 per sq. mile ), Savannah (231 per sq. mile ), Lewiston-Auburn (230 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Corpus Christi

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Corpus Christi had a median home value in the year 2005 of $83,500, reported by the American Community Survey. This home value is less than the overall Texas 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $106,000 and less than median home value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

The residential real estate values in Corpus Christi, Texas have experienced moderate increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $14,000, or 20.1 percent, from their 2000 median values of $69,500.

In the State of Texas, Corpus Christi ranks 12 of the 25 metro areas by percent in growth of new residential structures. The metropolitan area places 205 of 361, in terms of residential real estate percentage change compared to other United States metro areas.

In Corpus Christi, there were a total of 170,633 homes in the year 2005. This MSA has gone through a medium level of growth in the number housing units, adding all together 7,644 homes since 2001, or 4.7 percent.

Corpus Christi can be understood as having a medium percentage of high-priced residential real estate. For the year 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 1.1 percent of the areas residential property was valued over $500k.

There seems to be a large amount of affordable housing in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 2005, 72.9 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Corpus Christi, Texas -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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Mining is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Corpus Christi, moving a total of 69.4 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 4.7 percent. The State of Texas felt a shift in employment in the industry of 8.9 percent, during the period.

In Corpus Christi, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries are the largest employment industries. The Health care and social assistance provides the most jobs and contributes 17.9 percent of total employment in the Metro Area, making up 24,408 people employed. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries make up 14.7 and 13 percent of total employment, respectively.

A top paying industry in Corpus Christi is the mining sector with an annual pay of $56,586. From the year 2001, the industry annual average wages have grown by 6.6 percent or $3,511. The State of Texas reflects the same employment climate in the mining industry, falling at the top of industries in terms of 2004 annual average wages.

In Corpus Christi, Mining, Construction and Health care and social assistance are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 5.35. The percent of employment in the Mining industry is 5.35 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Corpus Christi specializes in Mining.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Corpus Christi MSA. In the region, the industry averages 33 workers per each place of employment, being less than the US industry average of 39 and less than the State of Texas establishments size average of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.

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