Saturday, February 24, 2007

Jasper County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Jasper County

The Home health care services industry has grown the most with 194 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Home health care services industry makes up 26.5 percent of the total number of new jobs in Jasper County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (194 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (82 new jobs)
3. Residential building construction (74 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (69 new jobs)
5. Traveler accommodation (47 new jobs)

From the 42 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 15 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 27 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Jasper County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Logging industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 111 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Logging industry make up 28.0 percent of the employment lost during the period in Jasper County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Logging (111 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (67 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (37 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (36 jobs lost)
5. Specialized freight trucking (35 jobs lost)

In Jasper County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 465 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Employment for all industries has increased by 5.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Jasper County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 1800.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Jasper County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where the industry took a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Jasper County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 1.7 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (1800.0 percent gain)
2. Residential building construction (387.7 percent gain)
3. Nonresidential building construction (192.5 percent gain)
4. Architectural and engineering services (133.3 percent gain)
5. Death care services (84.8 percent gain)

Jasper County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 59.6 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 gain of 13.2 percent. The losses in the Specialized freight trucking industry in Jasper County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 6.8 percent in terms of employees in the Specialized freight trucking industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (59.6 percent decline)
2. Private households (53.8 percent decline)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (51.7 percent decline)
4. Logging (48.7 percent decline)
5. Lessors of real estate (48.5 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.

 

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