In Dawson County, jobs in the unclassified pay the highest wages

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Employment in the unclassified industry wages were the highest in Dawson County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Dawson County earned an annual wage of $70,293 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry pay the State of Texas of $36,302 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $35,742.

Top-pay jobs in Dawson County, Texas exsists in oil and gas extraction ($67,906), general freight trucking ($44,982), automobile dealers ($39,747) and support activities for mining ($38,988) 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.

Dawson County Wages have decreased by ( 16.1%) Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have decreased in Dawson County, Texas by a total of ( 16.1%). This is less than the growth in industry wages for Texas and less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

Dawson County Industry Wages Lag Behind Texas, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Dawson County, Texas when analyzed can be understood as being medium-low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 40.1 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $41,186. The average pay was less than the industry average in the US 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.

Dawson County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Dawson County

The Full-service restaurants industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 61 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 29.6 percent of the total job loss in Dawson County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (61 jobs lost)
2. Other crop farming (51 jobs lost)
3. General freight trucking (16 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (13 jobs lost)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (12 jobs lost)

In Dawson County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 691 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Out of the 24 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 14 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 9 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Dawson County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 48 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 36.4 percent of the growth in Dawson County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (48 new jobs)
2. Support activities for mining (39 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (14 new jobs)
4. Support activities for crop production (11 new jobs)
5. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (9 new jobs)

Dawson County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electronics and appliance stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 53.8 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Texas, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 1.9 percent. The losses in the Electronics and appliance stores industry in Dawson County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 2.7 percent in terms of employment in the Electronics and appliance stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronics and appliance stores (53.8 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (53.5 percent decline)
3. Full-service restaurants (47.7 percent decline)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (40.8 percent decline)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (40 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 19.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Texas, which saw a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Dawson County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 110.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Dawson County has increased employment slower than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Dawson County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1.7 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (110.0 percent gain)
2. Support activities for mining (53.2 percent gain)
3. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (36.0 percent gain)
4. Building equipment contractors (35.0 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (32.3 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.

Dawson County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Dawson County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 39.8 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Dawson County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 6.6 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Dawson County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 5.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (39.8 percent gain)
2. Support activities for mining (30.0 percent gain)
3. Private households (16.0 percent gain)
4. Oil and gas extraction (15.5 percent gain)
5. Printing and related support activities (14.6 percent gain)

Dawson County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 52.3 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 has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry reported a gain of 28.8 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Dawson County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 12.1 percent in terms of employees in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (52.3 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (41.1 percent decline)
3. Legal services (14.3 percent decline)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (12.4 percent decline)
5. Other crop farming (10.3 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 0.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Dawson County

The Support activities for crop production industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 26 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Support activities for crop production industry makes up 28.9 percent of the total growth in Dawson County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for crop production (26 new jobs)
2. Support activities for mining (26 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (15 new jobs)
4. Private households (8 new jobs)
5. Oil and gas extraction (4 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Dawson County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other crop farming industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 53 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Other crop farming industry make up 60.9 percent of the total employment decline in Dawson County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other crop farming (53 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (8 jobs lost)
3. Unclassified (8 jobs lost)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (5 jobs lost)
5. Automobile dealers (4 jobs lost)

In Dawson County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 4 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 21 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 11 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 10 industries reported a drop in employment.





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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 Dawson County, Texas

In Dawson County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $36,107 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 9.4 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic Householders in Dawson County, Texas recorded a median income of $26,339, this income level is 20.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Dawson County had a median income of $36,563, this median was 10.8 percent greater than the median for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 61.8 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $12,600. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $62,888. This income level is 90.5 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Compared to counties across the United States, Dawson County had a relatively low household income of $33,007 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 41.5 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median is 48.9 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Dawson County, Texas can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 19.7 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 49.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Dawson County, accounting 42.9 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.







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

Higher Education in Dawson County, Texas

Dawson County, Texas is made up of a less-educated working age population, with 10.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Dawson is reported having a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Dawson County, Texas according the 2000 Decennial Census, 13.4 percent of the White Alone, 1.4 percent of Black or African American, 15.4 percent of the Asian alone and 1.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Dawson County, Texas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 37.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Dawson have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 9.8 percent (Men) versus 11.4 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Less than High School category, with 35 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Dawson County, Texas

Dawson County, Texas has a population that is made up of 40.4 percent White, 8.7 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 50.3 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 59.4 percent minorities. This is greater than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Dawson has increased the percent of minority makeup when 57.3 percent of the total population were minorities.

Estimated since the year 2000, a high amount of people migrated to Dawson from outside the country. The immigration into Dawson totals 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Texas. This level of international migration can be considered high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Dawson County, Texas had an estimated population of 14,256 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 14,959. The decline represents a decrease of -4.7 percent. Dawson ranks 239 of 254 counties by growth in total population in Texas and the county ranks 2,868 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

By measuring total land area, Dawson encompasses a total area of 902 square miles. The land areas has a very low population density of 16 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Kittitas, WA (16 per sq. mile ), Van Buren, IA (16 per sq. mile ), Wasatch, UT (16 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Dade, MO (16 per sq. mile ), Jackson, MN (16 per sq. mile ), Ashland, WI (16 per sq. mile ).

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Dawson County, Texas to be 36.1 years old. The median age in Dawson is greater than the median age in Texas of 33.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 35.7 years of age. With 24.4 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Dawson can be described as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 61.9 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 13.7 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

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

Housing Report for Dawson County, Texas

Dawson County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $39,300, published by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the Texas 2000 home value of $82,500 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

In Dawson County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 5,510 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a decline in housing units, losing in all -6 residential structures since 2001, a change of -0.1 percent.

According to the data, there is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Dawson County, Texas. In 2000, 93.8 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

The State of Texas, Dawson County ranks 248 of 254 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 3,076 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Information since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Dawson County. The industry lost a total of 309 total jobs during the period, accounting for 87.8 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 45 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Dawson County, growing in new jobs by 13.4 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of -0.6 percent. The State of Texas faced a industry job change of -2 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

Health care and social assistance is the industry with the largest establishments in Dawson County, with the industry averaging 18 employees per business. This is less than the industry's average in the United States of 21 and less than the State of Texas establishments size average of 21 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

Dawson County ranks 140 of 255 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of Texas by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 131 of 255 Counties.

The Information industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Dawson County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 9.7 percent of total employment in 2001 to 1.4 percent in 2005.

In Dawson County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Mining and Transportation and Warehousing have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has an LQ of 28.77. This means the percent of total employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 28.77 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Dawson County may specialize, or be an exporter of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

In Dawson County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting is the major employer in the county making up 30.3 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 933 individuals. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 15.8 and 10.2 percent of total employment, respectively.



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