In Lampasas County, jobs in the health and personal care stores pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the health and personal care stores industry had the highest average wages in Lampasas County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Lampasas County earned an annual wage of $59,872 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Texas of $32,786 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $30,135.

Other high-paying jobs in Lampasas County, Texas can be found in automobile dealers ($42,726), nonresidential building construction ($32,149), electronic markets and agents and brokers ($31,975) and general freight trucking ($31,152) 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.

Lampasas County Wages have increased by 34.3% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Lampasas County, Texas by a total of 34.3%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of 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.

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

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The overall industry wages in Lampasas County, Texas can be described as medium-low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 36.9 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $41,186. The average industry wage was less than the US average pay 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.

Lampasas County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 27 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 8 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 19 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Lampasas County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 59 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry makes up 15.9 percent of the total employment growth in Lampasas County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (59 new jobs)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (59 new jobs)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (52 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (46 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (42 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Lampasas County

Given the industries in the area, the Nonresidential building construction industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 88 jobs. The declines in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 53.0 percent of the total employment decline in Lampasas County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (88 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (31 jobs lost)
3. Architectural and engineering services (20 jobs lost)
4. Cattle ranching and farming (10 jobs lost)
5. Specialized freight trucking (8 jobs lost)

In Lampasas County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 161 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Lampasas County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 660.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Lampasas County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Lampasas County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 1.7 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (660.0 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (267.2 percent gain)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (193.4 percent gain)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (173.5 percent gain)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (156.5 percent gain)

Lampasas County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 58.7 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 gone through in the Texas, where the it saw a loss of 12.9 percent. The losses in the Nonresidential building construction industry in Lampasas County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 1.6 in percent of workers in the Nonresidential building construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (58.7 percent decline)
2. Specialized freight trucking (54.3 percent decline)
3. Architectural and engineering services (51.7 percent decline)
4. Cattle ranching and farming (29.3 percent decline)
5. Nondepository credit intermediation (19.5 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 4.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is less than growth in Texas, which experienced a gain of 4.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States 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.

Lampasas County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Lampasas County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of other health practitioners industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 75.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Lampasas County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 3.1 percent. The Offices of other health practitioners industry in Lampasas County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 4 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (75.0 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (44.6 percent gain)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (35.7 percent gain)
4. Unclassified (31.0 percent gain)
5. Architectural and engineering services (23.9 percent gain)

Lampasas County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 36.1 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 felt a gain of 7.3 percent. The losses in the Nonresidential building construction industry in Lampasas County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 6.1 in percent of jobs in the Nonresidential building construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (36.1 percent decline)
2. Building finishing contractors (34.9 percent decline)
3. Specialized freight trucking (34.4 percent decline)
4. Other professional and technical services (32.2 percent decline)
5. Residential building construction (25.4 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 9.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in Texas, which experienced a gain of 4.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Lampasas County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 36 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 31.9 percent of the total growth in Lampasas County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (36 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (29 new jobs)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (14 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (12 new jobs)
5. Depository credit intermediation (6 new jobs)

Given the 29 4-digit NAICS industries, 15 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 11 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Lampasas County

The Building finishing contractors industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 65 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Building finishing contractors industry make up 44.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Lampasas County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (65 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (35 jobs lost)
3. Residential building construction (17 jobs lost)
4. Other professional and technical services (6 jobs lost)
5. Specialized freight trucking (4 jobs lost)

In Lampasas County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 391 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.





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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 Lampasas County, Texas

It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $38,541. This household income level is 8.9 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 11.9 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $37,294. Hispanic Householders in Lampasas County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $32,238, this median household income is 23.8 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Lampasas County had a median income of $27,788, this was 34.3 percent less than the areas median level for all households. In Lampasas County, Texas White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $44,073 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 4.1 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Lampasas County, Texas can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 14.1 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 44 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Lampasas County, reporting 23.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Lampasas County had a medium-high household income of $42,326 (2005 Dollars). This median is 10.4 percent lower than the median in Texas of $46,715 and this is 16.1 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Lampasas County, Texas

In Lampasas County, Texas as reported in the 2000 Census, 17.4 percent of the White Alone, 9.2 percent of Black or African American, 14.6 percent of the Asian alone and 6.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Lampasas 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 33.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lampasas have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 18 percent (Men) versus 14.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 31.6 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Lampasas County, Texas may to understood as having a moderately-educated population, with 16.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Lampasas has 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 the national average of 24.4 percent.





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

Demographic Profile for Lampasas County, Texas

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Lampasas County, Texas to be 37.0 years of age. The median in Lampasas is greater than the median in Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 36.9 years of age. With a total of 24.4 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Lampasas can be understood as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 61.2 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 14.4 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

Lampasas County, Texas has a population that is made of 78.9 percent White, 3 percent African American, 0.8 percent Asian, and 15.7 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 19.5 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Lampasas has increased the level of diversity when 18.9 percent of the people were minorities.

Lampasas County, Texas had a population that was estimated at 19,669 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since the population in 2000 of 17,905. This growth signifies an increase of 9.9 percent. Lampasas ranks 71 of 254 counties when analyzing total population change in Texas and the county ranks 881 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

From 2000, a medium-high amount of people have migrated to Lampasas internationally. The international migration into Lampasas totals 0 percent of all immigration into Texas. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

In terms of total land area, Lampasas extends a total area of 712 total square miles. The area has a low density of 28 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- La Plata, CO (28 per sq. mile ), Clark, WI (28 per sq. mile ), Burke, GA (28 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Marion, AR (28 per sq. mile ), Lawrence, SD (28 per sq. mile ), Holmes, MS (28 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Lampasas County, Texas

Lampasas County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $72,400, accounted by the Decennial Census. This is less than the overall State of Texas 2000 home median value of $82,500 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

In Lampasas County, the census reported 7,919 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding all together 220 residential structures since 2001, a change of 2.9 percent.

Throughout the State of Texas, Lampasas County places 70 of 254 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 1,433 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

It can be understood that there is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Lampasas County, Texas. In 2000, 89.6 percent of housing was valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Real estate and rental and leasing has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Lampasas County, moving a total of 486.1 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 4.3 percent. The State of Texas saw a change in employment in the sector of 0.6 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

In Lampasas County, Construction, Retail Trade, and the Manufacturing industries are the largest employment industries. The Construction is the major employer in the county making up 17.1 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 713 jobs. The Retail Trade and Manufacturing sectors account for 15.5 and 15.4 percent of industry employment.

Administrative and waste services saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Lampasas County. The industry lost a total of 146 jobs, or 32.7 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 61.9 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Lampasas County. In the County, the industry averages 34 jobs per place of business. This is less than the US industry average of 39 and less than the Texas average establishment size of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Lampasas County, Real estate and rental and leasing, Construction and Utilities industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Real estate and rental and leasing sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.64. The level of employment in the Real estate and rental and leasing industry is 2.64 times greater than the national average, signifying that Lampasas specializes in Real estate and rental and leasing.







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